Harris, With Fuzzy Facts and Fear, Makes Her Closing Against Trump, Calling Him a ‘Petty Tyrant’ Out for Unchecked Power

Our columnist quotes Churchill’s quip about dessert: ‘Take this pudding away, it has no theme.’

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Vice President Harris at Washington, October 29, 2024. AP/Stephanie Scarbrough

Vice President Harris is bringing the 2024 campaign full circle as a referendum on President Trump. Her speech from the Ellipse at Washington, D.C., casts her opponent as “unstable,” a man out for “revenge” and “unchecked power,” a “petty tyrant” like King George III. It signals a final week to be spent rehashing claims that weakened her pitch for votes.

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