I saw Trump dispatch his mob on Jan 6. Last night, I saw Harris offer a stark warning to a divided nation
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Donald Trump responded with two words: ‘So what?’ Tens of thousands of supporters attended the rally, billed as a major part of Harris’s closing argument a week out from polling day "He says one of his highest priorities is to set free the violent extremists who assaulted those law enforcement officers on January 6. “Unlike Donald Trump, I don’t believe people who disagree with me are the enemy,” Harris said. Luther Jett, a retired educator from the DC area, said there was ‘poetic justice’ in Harris holding a rally at the same spot where Trump had riled up his crowd before the Capitol riot Many who came were not old enough to vote when Trump summoned his mob four years ago. And people like Sheila Beaman, a resident of DC, who wore a T-shirt with the words: “My Black job is voting.” Sheila Beaman was wearing a T-shirt with the message: ‘My Black job is voting’ The attack on the Capitol was personal to her, she said, both as a resident and a citizen.