Kamala Harris, Donald Trump make duelling speeches about U.S. economy [Video]

PITTSBURGH –

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday pledged to build an economy that is both pro-business and helps the middle class as she pushed back against Republican nominee Donald Trump’s claims that she’s advancing “communist” ideas.

The Democratic nominee said in remarks at the Economic Club of Pittsburgh in battleground Pennsylvania that she “would take good ideas from wherever they come” as she promised to double the number of people being trained in registered apprenticeships and outlined her support for more home ownership.

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“As president, I will be grounded in my fundamental values of fairness, dignity and opportunity,” Harris said. “And I promise you, I will be pragmatic in my approach.”

Little more than a hour before her speech, Trump offered his own competing vision of the economy while visiting a furnituremaker in Mint …