(RepublicanNews.org) – Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has unveiled her first campaign video. The video, set to a backing track of “Freedom” by Beyoncé, includes several barbed references to her rivals, the former President Donald Trump and his vice-presidential pick Sen. J.D. Vance.
Early in the video, a voiceover by Harris can be heard asking the viewer whether they would like to live in a country of “chaos” and “fear,” at which point Trump’s slightly blurred face appears on the screen. When Harris asks viewers if they wish to live in a country of “hate,” Vance’s face replaces Trump’s image. Later in the video, Harris uses Trump’s infamous mugshot in conjunction with an assertion that under her leadership, nobody would be “above the law.”
This theme of positioning Trump as being on the wrong side of the law in contrast to the current vice president’s history of carrying out prosecutions as an attorney is not unique to the campaign video. Harris has already used her experience as a prosecutor to paint herself as someone who fights for justice. Trump has been targeted with several lawsuits, ranging from civil defamation suits to state suits relating to the 2020 presidential election. He has continued to proclaim his innocence and has often characterized these lawsuits as a form of political “lawfare”.
In Harris’s campaign video, she goes on to contrast her proclamations of chaos and lawlessness with her own imagined presidency, characterizing it as one of “freedom.” She speaks about having the freedom to “make choices about your own body” in reference to reproductive issues such as abortion and family planning. She also refers to being free from “gun violence.” The images chosen to accompany her voiceover include cheering crowds waving signs with her name, other groups of people waving LGBT pride flags, and people hugging one another. Harris also uses the video to associate voting for her with choosing a future in which children do not suffer poverty and in which everyone can afford healthcare.
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