Vice President Kamala Harris has delivered a powerful closing argument in the final weeks of the 2024 presidential campaign, offering what analysts call the “final and most effective critique” of former President Donald Trump. According to anti-GOP columnist Jennifer Rubin in The Washington Post, Harris has sharpened her focus on Trump’s apparent unraveling, highlighting his instability and lack of transparency.
In an interview with Roland Martin, Harris pinpointed Trump’s avoidance of key public appearances and scrutiny. “His staff won’t let him do a ‘60 Minutes’ interview… Everyone has done it except Donald Trump. He will not debate me again. I put out my medical records. He won’t put out his medical records. And you have to ask: Why is his staff doing that? And it may be because they think he’s just not ready — and unfit and unstable and should not have that level of transparency for the American people,” Harris said.
This line of attack is being repeated at Harris’s campaign rallies in battleground states, where she has branded Trump as “unstable and unhinged.” During a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, she even showcased clips of Trump referring to his political opponents as “the enemies from within,” a statement he made while labeling those individuals as more dangerous than foreign adversaries like Russia and China.
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Rubin observed that Trump has withdrawn from various public events, including an NRA event, to focus on less challenging engagements like a summit with Latino voters in Florida—a state where he historically has not struggled. This has fueled speculation, particularly after a recent town hall where Trump awkwardly swayed to music for 30 minutes, leading to renewed questions about his cognitive health.
As the election nears and his legal troubles continue to mount, Trump has shied away from the public eye, Rubin explained. “Unsurprisingly, as the prospect of losing looms larger and the potential for resuming his criminal trial increases, Trump hides from the scrutiny of an electorate that would be repulsed by his message and by objective examination of his emotional and physical health,” she wrote.
Harris’s campaign is capitalizing on this, making it a focal point of her strategy to contrast herself with Trump. “No wonder the vivacious, trim, and energetic vice president released her health records and has taken to playing clips of her diminished opponent,” Rubin concluded. Harris is positioning herself as a strong, transparent candidate running against a man who, at 78, is the oldest nominee in U.S. history and is withholding crucial information about his health while showing visible signs of decline.
In the final days of the campaign, Harris is making Trump’s unfitness for office a centerpiece of her closing argument, a tactic that could sway undecided voters as the race tightens.
