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Vice President Kamala Harris will take her presidential campaign to the nation’s capital on Tuesday as she delivers what is being billed as her closing argument to American voters.

With a week left until Election Day, the vice president and the Democratic presidential candidate will call on Americans to “turn the page” on former President Trump, the Republican candidate.

And a senior campaign adviser to Harris also said that the vice president, in what is being touted as an optimistic and hopeful speech, will pledge to always put country and common ground above party to achieve results for all Americans.

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Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a rally in Houston, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

According to her campaign, Harris plans to argue that Trump — who four years later continues to charge that his 2020 election defeat to President Biden was due to an election rigged with massive voter fraud — is consumed by his grievances and desire for retribution. he is not focused on the needs of Americans.

It’s an argument the vice president has paid a lot of attention to in recent days.

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“He is focused and basically fixated on his grievances, on himself and on dividing our country, and it is in no way something that will strengthen the American family, the American worker,” Harris told reporters on Monday.

And at a large rally in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, last Thursday, the vice president asked his supporters to “imagine the Oval Office in three months.” Imagine it…. It’s either Donald Trump in there, stewing – stewing about his enemies list. , or me – working for you, checking off my to-do list.”

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Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at James R. Hallford Stadium, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Clarkston, Georgia (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The vice president is expected to address this contrast in her speech.

Trump, who has been indicted several times and made history as the first current or former president to be convicted in a criminal case, frequently threatened during the 2024 campaign that if he returned to the White House he would prosecute his political enemies.

And both Biden and Harris — who replaced her boss atop the Democrats’ 2024 ticket in July after Biden ended his reelection bid — have repeatedly warned voters that Trump is a threat to democracy if re-elected.

“Our democracy is at stake,” the president said last week. ‘Think about it. Think about what would happen if Donald Trump wins this election.”

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Harris will give her address from the Ellipse, a large park just south of the White House and north of the National Mall.

The Harris campaign points to two symbolic reasons for the Ellipse as the location of the vice president’s speech.

First, the backdrop is the White House, where either Harris or Trump will soon succeed Biden in the Oval Office.

Then-President Donald Trump speaks with supporters of The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021 in Washington DC, ahead of the attack on the US Capitol. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Then-President Donald Trump speaks with supporters of The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021 in Washington DC, ahead of the attack on the US Capitol. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) ((Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images))

And second, on January 6, 2021, Trump led a large gathering of supporters at the Ellipse. Many of those who attended Trump’s rally then marched to the US capital and joined other protesters in storming the building in an attempt to upend the congressional certification of Biden’s 2020 program. election victory over Trump.

The Harris campaign says the vice president will also use her speech to highlight her plans and priorities for the country going forward. And they say at the top of that list are details on how she will lower costs and put more money in the pockets of average Americans.

Trump delivered his closing argument at a large rally Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City, where the former president’s message was partially overshadowed by controversial comments from speakers during the pre-show that made national headlines.

Harris’ speech comes as the latest national polls point to a race between her and Trump. It’s the same story with the latest surveys in the seven crucial battleground states whose razor-thin margins determined Biden’s 2020 victory over Trump and will likely determine whether Harris or Trump wins the 2024 election.

Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more on our Fox News Digital election hub.