Skip next section Harris is expected to formally accept nomination
08/23/2024August 23, 2024
Harris is expected to formally accept nomination
The Democratic National Convention closes on Thursday. The theme for the final night is “For Our Future,” according to convention organizers.
Vice President will accept her party’s nomination for president in a speech that is widely expected to offer her vision and policy agenda to the American people.
According to her aides, the 59-year-old Democrat will highlight in her speech her life as the daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother, as well as deliver a robust denunciation of her rival former President Donald Trump.
The speech comes after a week in which the ‘s most prominent figures rallied the party faithful.
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08/23/2024August 23, 2024
What happened earlier at the DNC?
After a raucous of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Monday, and , day three saw vice-presidential candidate Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota .
On the first day, Biden received an emotional welcome when he said that choosing Kamala Harris as his vice president was the “best decision” he had ever made.
On day two, the Obamas delivered a message of rejuvenated political hope amid a party-like atmosphere, often poking fun at the narrow-minded privilege and strange racial obsessions behind the rantings and policies of Harris’ Republican challenger, Donald Trump. They also urged Democrats to prepare for the political battle facing them in their effort to get Harris elected president.
On day three, Minnesota Governor formally accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for vice president in a keynote speech at the convention, calling it “the honor of my life.”
An emotional Walz used his DNC address to thank the packed arena for “bringing the joy” to an election transformed by the elevation of his running mate, Harris.
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