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Posted: 2024-10-23T23:58:24Z | Updated: 2024-10-23T23:58:24Z

Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver the closing message of her presidential campaign on Oct. 29 at the site where Donald Trump instigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden .

A senior Harris campaign official said the choice of the Ellipse, the circular park just south of the White House, is meant to contrast Harris vision for a first term versus Trumps vision for a second.

The site suggests Harris will make democracy the overarching theme of her closing address. Trump hasnt announced whether hes giving a similar major address to close out his third campaign for president.

The Ellipse was where Trump urged supporters to march to the Capitol as Congress was certifying the results of the 2020 election. The violent attack resulted in five deaths , including one of Trumps own supporters.

Harris has returned to the themes of democracy and Trumps authoritarian tendencies to court disaffected GOP voters. The vice president has campaigned recently in swing states with former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney , who led the Jan. 6 investigation into Trump and who lost her congressional seat after breaking with Trump.