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Another major event is taking place in one of American history’s most dramatic election cycles as Vice President Harris and former President Trump prepare to debate on Tuesday, Sept. 10.

With two candidates representing complete opposites of the political spectrum, the debate serves as a campaign booster to either the Republicans or Democrats for November.

To earn the trust of Americans, Harris is racing the clock and running from ideological allegiance to make Americans forget the disastrous decisions of the administration she seconds.  Trump takes positions on major issues left and right but lacks Harris’ incumbent status, which caused the former president to run on reminding America of his first term and put their trust in his ability to revive past policies.

Ultimately, the 2024 Presidential Election will define America’s future beyond the next four years.

The Campaign to Forget

Many media outlets have reported  Harris’ basement campaign: keeping as many votes to her chest and evading hardline positions on policy or acknowledging mistakes from the past four years with President Biden.

Flip-flopping on important issues to dissociate from the tainted Joe Biden has become Harris’ top priority.

While the BBC created a list of where Harris stands on key issues, the Democratic nominee’s history of changing her stance instead of owning up to mistakes may have already caused a large amount of the voter base to become disinterested in her campaign.

As a prime example, the latest issue Harris has changed her tune on has been a national ban on fracking out of a desperate attempt to gain Pennsylvanian electoral votes.

“During a CNN town hall in 2019, she said that ‘there is no question I’m in favour of banning fracking,’ which is a technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock that can be damaging to the environment.

“In her first interview as Democratic nominee, Ms Harris told CNN she no longer supports this because ‘we can grow and we can increase a thriving clean energy economy without banning fracking,’” according to the BBC.

As her campaign progresses, Harris’ voter base must ask if they will choose to forget the egregious government spending encouraged by both her and Biden, the record inflation, high energy prices, foreign policy fumbles, the absolute governing disaster that is our southern border and the chaos it has caused our infrastructure, cities and law enforcement.

The Campaign to Remember

Former President Trump has been hot on the campaign trail as the days countdown to Tuesday’s debate. Unlike Kamala Harris’ message focused on future hope, Trump’s message is loud and clear: vote for what you once had, making cases for policies under his administration Americans may now realize were better in hindsight.

The former president’s strategy has been to battle Harris’ forget campaign by getting the nation to remember his successes, like the secure economy and low energy prices and taxes, to appeal to the country’s plea for economic and financial relief.

At the same time, however, Trump is trying to get Americans to remember Harris’ ties to the Biden name. To make the Vice President’s name synonymous with scapegoat, the Trump campaign has expressed its desire to take the offensive.

“Trump also meets regularly with policy advisers who are experts on issues that may come up during the debate. During these informal sessions, they talk about the issues, Trump’s policies while he was in office, and the plans he’s put forth for a second term…Trump, aides insist, intends to put Harris on the defensive,” according to the Associated Press.

As Election Day draws closer, Americans must ask if they will choose to remember the candidate who paved the way to a thriving economy with historic unemployment records, created accountability for WHO and NATO,  secured the southern border, revitalized Historically Black Colleges and Universities and had massive foreign policy successes in the Middle East, North Korea and Europe. 

One thing is absolutely clear: America is being faced with an important historical choice this November. The debate begs the question: will America choose to remember or forget?

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