Kamala Harris will deliver what her campaign has billed as a “closing argument” to the American people on Tuesday, in a final effort to win over voters in the country’s knife-edge presidential election.
The location for the speech, at the Ellipse just outside the White House, was chosen by Harris and her campaign to highlight the difference between the Democratic vice-president and her Republican opponent, former president Donald Trump.
The Ellipse was the site of Trump’s controversial speech on January 6 2021 in which he called on his supporters to protest against the result of the 2020 election. Hours later a mob marched up the National Mall to the US Capitol to try and stop the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral college victory.