WASHINGTON – On the last night of the Democratic National Convention, a variety of members of the family circle, former White House rivals, and elected officials spoke about Joe Biden’s character, retracting him as loyal, empathetic, and a user of ethical clarity.
While the last three nights included discussions about issues such as climate change and gun violence, on Thursday he focused on Biden’s faith, his family circle, and the bonds he forged over decades as a U.S. senator, followed for eight years as vice president of former President Barack. Obama.
The speakers shared stories about what they had done in their lives. There have been repeated voting reminders and jokes from actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the night’s moderator, whose jokes have generated combined complaints on social media.
Biden used his acceptance speech to highlight his vision of addressing the country’s challenges, adding the pandemic and recession, and criticizing President Donald Trump’s record.
“The character is on the ballot, compassion is on the ballot, decency, science, democracy. They’re all on the ballot,” Biden said. “Who we are as a nation, what we represent, and, most importantly, who we should be. It’s all on the ballot. The selection can be clearer.”
Standing on a level surrounded by flags in an empty conference room, Biden criticized the president’s conduct and policies in his first term, especially for his handling of COVID-19.
“Just judge this president through the facts,” Biden said, before citing statistics on the spread of the virus in the United States and the shocking number of deaths, job losses, and company shutdowns.
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He chronicled some of the president’s movements and national level, adding the president’s reaction to the fatal attack on white supremacy in Charlottesville, Virginia, when he said there were “other very intelligent people on both sides.”
“Is this America you for yourself, for your family, your children?” Biden asked.
One of the most memorable moments of the night came here with Brayden Harrington, 13, who hooked up with Biden at the New Hampshire electoral crusade in February and shared the fun with a stutter.
“Without Joe Biden, I wouldn’t be talking to you today,” Brayden said, reading on a blank piece of paper where he wrote his speech, the same approach Biden has used over the years to mark the safe words and letters to be made. . are less difficult to read.
“I’m just a kid,” he says. “And in a short time. Joe Biden has made me feel more confident about anything that has bothered me my entire life.”
Biden has already said of his struggles with the development of stuttering and that he practiced his speech by reciting poems in the mirror.
Former 2020 presidential applicants spoke through a virtual conference, in a show of unity among the party’s most progressive and moderate members to unite and laugh at Biden.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, former Texas representative Beto O’Rourke, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Venture for America founder Andrew Yang attended the call. .
“Bernie, don’t laugh, I have questions for you,” Senator Cory Booker said in the call. “Why does my friend love you more than she loves me?” said, referring to the public help of actress Rosario Dawson for Sanders the number one season.
“Because she’s smarter than you, is that the apparent answer?” Sanders responded with a laugh.
The applicants spent most of the call announcing Biden’s character and describing the moments with him that stayed with them.
Klobuchar recalled a specific phone call from Biden after giving a speech in the Senate.
“I was wondering if my mother was watching this at C-SPAN, ” said Klobuchar. “And at that moment, the mobile phone rang, and I think my mother might be chasing him. And you know what, it was Joe Biden, and it’s not just his kindness in calling me and being a mentor, but also how much he cares about our government.
The conference included a verbal exchange between Joe Biden’s son Hunter and his daughter Ashley, in which they gave the impression of ending each other’s prayers by arguing about his father, calling him “stable stone,” “grandfather” and “the worst enemy ever seen through a bully. Array “
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The segment ended with a clip of his late brother and Son of Biden, Beau Biden, calling Joe Biden a “hero” when he took him to the 2012 Democratic convention.
Hunter Biden, a debatable figure in politics after being placed at the national highlight last year when he was a central player in Trump’s political trial.
At the heart of the scandal were accusations that Trump had used the strength of his workplace for a foreign force to investigate Biden and his ties to Burisma, a Ukrainian herbal fuel company, and whether his father, who was the vice president at the time, had tried to avoid an investigation into the company because of his son on the board.
Actress and actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus hosted the last night of the convention, providing a very different tone from celebrities over the more than 3 nights.
The dark and hopeful speeches were interrupted by jokes and hot catches through Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who left some on social media. The jokes, told in an empty, unpublicly unpublic, studio attacked Trump for a series of problems, from his golf games to the president’s photo shoot at a church across the street from the White House, forcing police brutality protesters to leave the site. Spring.
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“Remember: Joe Biden’s going to church so regularly, he doesn’t even want tear fuel and an organization of federalized troops to get there,” said Louis-Dreyfus, who plays HBO’s vice president of VEEP. Observers after an emotional segment recounting Biden’s religion and how she guides her leadership.
After a vote on its importance, Louis-Dreyfus said: “If we all vote, Facebook, Fox News or Vladimir Putin can’t do anything to prevent us.”
Louis-Dreyfus was not the actor who played a role in Thursday’s event. Comedian Sarah Cooper, who gained notoriety through her viral lip-lip sync of Trump’s comments, lip-synced some of Trump’s comments about the mailing vote, then commented on the importance of voting and accused Trump of seeking to influence the election. in his favor.