Kamala Harris to urge voters to ‘turn the page’ on era of Donald Trump

US vice-president to strike hopeful tone in remarks delivered from site of Trump’s speech before deadly January 6 attack

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. Picture: AP Photo/Susan Walsh

With the presidential race deadlocked a week before election day, Kamala Harris will call on voters to “turn the page” on the Trump era, in remarks delivered from a park near the White House where the former president spoke before a mob of his supporters stormed the US Capitol in a last effort to overturn his 2020 loss.

The Harris campaign has described the remarks as a major address that will underline the vice-president’s closing message, in a location she hopes will remind voters precisely why the electorate denied Trump a second term four years ago. She is expected to cast Trump as a divisive figure who will spend his term consumed by vengeance, leveraging the power of the presidency against his political enemies rather than in service of the American people.