ATLANTA Vice president and newly minted Democratic presumptive nominee Kamala Harris offered loud and boisterous evidence Tuesday night that its a brand-new race against the GOP nominee, coup -attempter and convicted criminal Donald Trump .

The path to the White House runs right through this state, said Harris to a crowd of some 10,000 packed into the Georgia State Convocation Center. The momentum in this race is shifting, and there are signs that Donald Trump is feeling it.

Harris repeated lines that have already become a favorite for her audience, contrasting her record of prosecuting sex abusers, suing for-profit college operators, and going after giant banks for fraud against Trump having been found liable for sexual abuse, paying a massive settlement for Trump University, and having been found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to a hide a hush money payment to a porn actor.

So hear me when I say: I know Donald Trumps type, Harris said.

Harris also answered attacks from Trump and his allies accusing her of enabling an immigration policy that allowed millions of migrants to cross the southern border illegally. She pointed out that it was Trump who tanked a bipartisan immigration bill that would have provided new funding for Border Patrol agents and tightened asylum rules because it would hurt Trumps efforts to regain the White House.

Donald Trump does not care about border security, he only cares about himself, she said, adding that as president, she would push that same legislation through Congress and sign it into law, and show Donald Trump what real leadership looks like.

Harriss stump speech hit themes familiar to Democrats . Restoring abortion rights, protecting the Affordable Care Act, favoring economic policies that benefit middle-class people over the wealthy, and defending American democracy have been staples of President Joe Biden s message since the 2020 campaign.

But Harris has at least for now infused those messages with an energy level not seen in a Democratic national ticket since President Barack Obama s 2012 reelection.