Harris' first rally

Key lines from Harris' first rally as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president

From CNN staff

Vice President Kamala Harris laid out her vision for the country during her first campaign rally in Wisconsin as the presumptive Democratic nominee, offering some rhetorical differences from the Biden administration that prompted a galvanized response from the crowd.

“Wisconsin, this campaign is also about two different visions for our nation: One where we are focused on the future. The other — focused on the past. We believe in a future where every person has the opportunity, not just to get by, but to get ahead,” she said in battleground Wisconsin. 

She also highlighted how the state is key in her path to victory. “You all helped us win in 2020. And in 2024, we will win again,” Harris said.

Here are key moments from Harris’ remarks:

• On reproductive rights: Harris vowed to put a stop to former President Donald Trump’s abortion bans and help restore reproductive freedoms. “And we who believe in reproductive freedom will stop Donald Trump’s extreme abortion bans because we trust women to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do,” Harris told a cheering crowd. “And when Congress passes a law to restore reproductive freedoms as president of the United States, I will sign it into law,” she said at her first presidential campaign rally in Wisconsin.
• On the economy: “Building up the middle class,” Harris told supporters, “will be a defining goal of my presidency.” She went on to lambast Trump and “his extreme Project 2025 agenda.” She pointed to Trump’s intention to cut Social Security and Medicare and ease taxes on billionaires and corporations, echoing some of President Joe Biden’s criticisms of their opponent. “We are not going back,” she vowed.
• Historic fundraising: Harris touted the fact that her campaign raised tens of millions in grassroots funding in the last 24 hours. “We are running a people-powered campaign. And we just had some breaking news, we just had the best 24 hours of grassroots fundraising in presidential campaign history and because we are a people-powered campaign that is how you know we will be a people first presidency,” she said.
• On Trump: As she spoke about her record as a prosecutor and referred to Trump’s conviction and said, “So hear me when I say: I know Donald Trump’s type.” Wisconsin voters in the packed high school gymnasium in Milwaukee chanted, “lock him up.”