With the presidential race deadlocked a week before Election Day, Kamala Harris will urge voters to “turn the page” on the Trump era. She made the comments in a park near the White House, where the former president spoke before a mob of his supporters stormed the US Capitol in a final attempt to overturn his 2020 defeat.

The Harris campaign called the remarks an important address that will underscore the vice president's closing message, at a venue it hopes will remind voters exactly why the electorate denied Trump a second term four years ago. She is expected to portray Trump as a divisive figure who will spend his time in office seeking revenge and exploiting the power of the presidency against his political enemies rather than serving the American people.

“Tomorrow I will speak to Americans about the choice we face in this election – and everything that is at stake for the future of this country we love,” she wrote on X.

Although the vice president sees the challenges of the 2024 election as nothing less than preserving American democracy, her speech is expected to strike an optimistic and hopeful tone, in stark contrast to the dark, racist themes that fueled Trump's resentment-fueled rally at Madison Square Garden.

On Sunday in New York, Trump reiterated that the biggest threat to the US is the “enemy within.” In recent days, Harris has stepped up her warnings about her opponent's drift toward authoritarianism and outright xenophobia. Her campaign is running ads highlighting John Kelly, a Marine general and Trump's former chief of staff, saying the former president meets the definition of a fascist. Harris has said she agrees with that.

“Imagine the Oval Office in three months,” Harris said, previewing her message at a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Saturday. “It’s either Donald Trump rummaging through his enemies list or me working for you checking off my to-do list.”

In her remarks, Harris will attempt to reconcile the existential and the economic. It focuses on the threat Trump poses to American institutions while integrating Democrats' plans to cut costs and build the middle class. She is expected to portray Trump as a tool of the billionaire class who would eliminate vestiges of abortion access and stand in the way of bipartisan compromise when it doesn't suit him politically.

Polls consistently show that the economy and the cost of living are the top issues for voters this election. Protecting democracy tends to be a higher priority for Democrats and voters who want to support Harris.

In the final stretch of the campaign, Harris emphasized the breadth of her coalition, particularly the support of a number of former Trump administration officials and conservative Republicans such as Liz Cheney and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Trump has sought to rewrite the history of Jan. 6, the culmination of his bid to hold on to power that led to the first occupation of the U.S. Capitol since British troops set it ablaze in the War of 1812. Trump recently declared the attack a “day of love” and said he would pardon the Jan. 6 rioters – whom he called “patriots” and “hostages” – if elected president.

Hundreds of supporters have been convicted and jailed for their behavior at the Capitol, while federal prosecutors accused Trump of coordinating efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. Trump maintains that he played no role in fomenting the violence and still baselessly claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

Harris' campaign sought to lay out the election's daunting challenges while capitalizing on the joy that enabled the vice president's unexpected rise to the top of the Democratic candidates.

In an abbreviated 100-day campaign that Harris took over from Biden after he resigned in July, the Democratic nominee unified her party, raised more than a billion dollars, flooded the airwaves and bombarded battleground states. And yet the race remains a dead heat nationally and in the seven swing states that will decide who becomes the 47th president of the United States.

After her speech, Harris will return to the campaign trail and maintain a fast pace leading up to Election Day.