As the race reaches one week until Election Day, Kamala Harris delivered her "closing argument" on The Ellipse -- in the same spot where Donald Trump allied his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, to march on the U.S. Capitol nearby.
Trump tried to preempt Harris's remarks, speaking to reporters Tuesday morning at Mar-a-Lago after declaring he's "the opposite of a Nazi" on Monday night in Georgia. He holds a rally later in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where there is a large population of Puerto Rican Americans.
As of 4:40 p.m. ET on Tuesday, more than 51 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.
Of the total number of early votes, 26,855,025 were cast in person and 24,573,128 were returned by mail
There is now just one week until Election Day.
Harris, speaking in front of the White House, both distanced herself from President Joe Biden and embraced her one-time running mate.
"My presidency will be different because the challenges we face will be different," Harris said.
Biden was in the White House behind Harris while she delivered her speech. Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee when Biden opted not to run for reelection in July.
Harris deliberately tried to win over Republicans and former Trump supporters, telling the audience in Washington that "our democracy doesn't require us to agree on everything."
"Donald Trump has spent a decade trying to keep the American people divided and afraid of each other," she said. "That is who he is. But America, I am hear to tonight to say, that is not who we are."
She added: "The fact that someone disagrees with us does not make us the enemy within."
At the top of her speech at the Ellipse Tuesday, Harris took shots at former President Donald Trump's recent rhetoric, specifically invoking his "enemy from within" comment.
"This is someone who is unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance and out for unchecked power. Donald Trump has spent a decade trying to keep the American people divided and afraid of each other," Harris said.
"That is who he is, but America, I am here tonight to say, that is not who we are. That is not who we are," Harris added.
The vice president went on to call for unity across the nation.
"We have to stop pointing fingers and start locking arms. It is time to turn the page on the drama and the conflict, the fear and division. It is time for a new generation of leadership in America," Harris said.
Harris opened her speech in Washington by setting the stakes of next week's general election.
