Harris joined her and Walz’s family as red, white and blue balloons fell from the ceiling.
A conference official said that at this time more than 100,000 balloons were ready.
The conference temporarily ended with a blessing, ending DNC 2024.
Harris concluded her nomination speech by asking Americans to “write the next wonderful bankruptcy in the most ordinary story ever told. ”
“Now it’s up to us to do what the generations before us did,” he said. “Guided by optimism and faith, to fight for this country we love, to fight for the ideals we hold dear, and to take on the enormous duty that comes with the greatest privilege on Earth: the privilege and pride of being an American. ”
“Then let’s go,” he said. “We’re going for this. ”
Harris said she and Biden were “working around the clock” to secure a ceasefire and hostage-taking agreement between Israel and Hamas.
“I will protect Israel’s right to protect itself,” he said. “I will make sure that Israel has the ability to protect itself. ”
But he said what happened in Gaza during the 10-month war is “devastating. ”
“So many innocent lives have been lost,” he said. Desperate and hungry people fleeing in search of safety. The magnitude of the suffering is heartbreaking. ”
Harris blamed Trump for the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court. Trump appointed 3 justices to the court, a conservative supermajority.
“Donald Trump elected members of the United States Supreme Court to suppress reproductive freedom and now he is bragging about it,” she said.
He said Americans have shared stories of miscarriages in a parking lot, sepsis and loss of the ability to have children again.
“This is what is happening in our country thanks to Donald Trump,” he said, warning that “it is not over. ”
He said he would limit himself to birth control, ban medication abortion, enact a national ban on abortion, and require states to report miscarriages and female abortions.
“Simply put, they’re crazy,” he said.
On immigration, Harris accused Trump of sabotaging a bipartisan immigration bill negotiated in the Senate that collapsed after Trump opposed it. The bill would have included billions of dollars in new spending for border security and reforming key elements of the country’s asylum system.
“But Donald Trump believes that a border agreement would hurt his campaign. Ordered
“Well, I refuse to play politics with our security. “
As president, Harris said, she pledged to “bring back the bipartisan border security bill that she eliminated” and “sign it into law. “
He continued: “I know we can live up to our proud heritage as a country of immigrants and reform our broken immigration system. We can create an earned path to citizenship and protect our border.
Harris attacked Trump, calling him an “unserious man” and warned Americans of the “extremely serious” consequences of his return to the White House.
“Consider the strength that it’s going to have, especially after the United States Supreme Court just ruled that it would be immune from prosecution of criminals,” he said. “Imagine Donald Trump without safeguards and how he would use the immense forces of the United States. not to improve his life, not for our national security, but to serve the only consumer he has ever had: himself. ”
Harris officially confirmed the party’s nomination: “Throughout my entire career, I’ve had only one client: the others. And so, on behalf of others, on behalf of one or both Americans, regardless of party, race, gender, or what language your grandmother speaks. Array on behalf of my mother and everyone who has embarked on their own fantastic journey, on behalf of Americans like the other people I grew up with, other people who work hard and pursue their dreams. and to care for one another, on behalf of all those whose history can only be written in the greatest country in the world, I am content with your nomination for the presidency of the United States of America. “
Harris began her speech by thanking President Biden, calling his character “inspirational” and predicting that history would view his record in the workplace favorably.
The vice president used her comments to share her life story, raised by a single mother in California, who immigrated to the United States when she was 19 years old.
“The path that has brought me here in recent weeks is certainly unexpected,” he said. “But I’m no stranger to improbable journeys. “
She remembers moving as a child and eventually settling in San Francisco, where she was raised through a network of caregivers. Harris shared with the audience the classes she learned from her mother, adding “never do anything halfway,” which she said is a “direct quote. “
Shortly after 10:30 p. m. , Harris emerged to thunderous applause from the crowd to begin her acceptance speech.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said it’s “the last status quo between you and the moment we’ve all been waiting for. ”
Cooper called Harris “a great fighter” capable of taking on “a lot of big fights that we have ahead of us. ”
“Even if you don’t agree with her on everything, Kamala Harris will fight for you until the end,” he said.
He said he would fight for families who want better physical health or safer places to live, for parents who want better schools, for employees worried about retirement, and he would have the support of United States allies.
“And when she fights, we win,” he said. “Kamala is ready. The question is, are we? Are we going to stand up and fight for Kamala like she will stand up and fight for us?”
Maya Harris, sister of the vice president, spoke about her mother, who immigrated to the United States from India and is a breast cancer scientist.
“Mom understood the strength and the option of knowing and appearing who we are. I knew we could be the writers of our own stories, just as she had been the writer of hers,” he said. Declared.
Harris said that while Americans would likely differ in their struggles, histories and perspectives, “what unites us in combination is the fervent preference to be free, to realize the perspective that God has given us. “
Harris said her sister knows what it’s like to be the underdog, but she will fight for the country and unite it.
“That’s why we want your leadership at this historic moment,” he said.
Harris has accused Republicans of failing to push the country back, but her sister seeks unity and progress.
“My sister says let’s wait, we’re not going to come back,” he said. “Because Kamala understands that we have much more than what separates us. ”
Harris said the country will have to “elect a leader who sees the future in each of us, a leader who cares about all of us, a leader who fights for all of us. ” “Our Democratic candidate, my older sister, the next president of the United States, Kamala Harris. “
Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger criticized Trump, saying the GOP had led him astray.
“Donald Trump has extinguished the soul of the Republican Party,” he said. “His basic weakness has spread through me like a disease. “
He said the Republican Party had “switched its allegiance” in favor of a “man whose target is himself. ”
“Donald Trump is a weak guy who pretends to be strong. A small guy who pretends to be big. A fake guy who pretends to be fair. An abuser who cannot help but still play the role of victim. Offer a show. . But there’s nothing genuine there, it’s strength. ”
Kinzinger is one of the few Republicans who openly opposed Trump at the convention. He said he is still a Republican, but he had to put the country first and would vote for Harris.
“I never thought I’d be here. And, look, you never imagined seeing me here, did you?” he says.
“But I learned something about the Democratic Party. And I need to reveal this secret to my Republican colleagues. Democrats are as patriotic as we are,” he said to loud applause. “They love this country as much as we do. And they are as interested in defending American values at home and abroad as we conservatives have been. I was relieved to realize this. ”
He Harris shared his commitment to the rule of law, the Constitution and democracy.
“To my fellow Republicans, if you swear allegiance to those principles, I suspect you belong here too,” he said.
Actress Eva Longoria led the crowd in a chant revolving around the word “Yes we can. ”
“Tonight I’m here to tell you: yes, she can. She can,” he said. “Our votes, our vote, we will be in this election. “
Longoria appeared at last week’s conference with the Texas delegation when they voted for Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee.
“Kamala’s good luck is our good luck, and she is also helping us dream big,” he said.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Harris’ upbringing is comparable to that of millions of Americans, but she said Trump couldn’t relate to those experiences.
“She lived a life like ours. He knows us,” he said. Do you think he understands that when your car breaks down, you can’t go to work?No. Su first word is probably “driver. ” Do you think they’ve had to remove parts from the car before paying?Damn, do you think he’s ever been to a grocery store?But Kamala Harris, she sees us. “
Whitmer painted a picture of the next 4 years, receiving an informational alert in the midst of life’s chaos when “something hit the fan. “
“You’re going to ask, ‘Is my circle of family members going to be okay?’And then you’ll ask, “Who the hell is in charge?”What if it was him? What if it was “that guy from Mar-a-Lago?,” he said, referring to Trump calling Whitmer “that Michigan woman. “
The governor said the country has a choice of who will lead it in the next crisis.
“Why not choose a tough, proven and absolutely tough leader?I know who I need as commander in chief,” Whitmer said. “United States, let’s be Kamala Harris. “
Rep. Ruben Gallego, a candidate for Arizona Senate, emphasized his experience in the military and drew dozens of other Democratic veterans into his speech.
We stand united – veterans, Democrats and patriots – to fight for all who have served our country. But politicians like Donald Trump are not on our side. They call patriots like Senator McCain losers. John McCain an American hero. He shows respect. “Trump’s 2025 plan will cut veterans’ benefits and force VA hospitals to close across the country,” Gallego said.
“Show respect. “
Leon Panetta, former White House leader and Obama’s former defense secretary, said the country wants a “cool-headed leader like Harris. “
“Our warriors want a tough, calm commander in chief to protect our democracy from tyrants and terrorists. We want Kamala Harris as Resolute,” he said.
Panetta has an idea of what those decision-making moments look like. He gave the order that ultimately killed Osama bin Laden.
“I ordered our special operations forces to fly two helicopters for 150 miles in the afternoon and when the sun came up, Osama bin Laden was dead,” Panetta said. “Because no one attacks our country and comes out unscathed. No one. That’s what our warriors do. “
Panetta said Harris “knows a tyrant when he sees one, and our allies know a leader when they see one. “
“Trump is telling tyrants like Putin that they can do whatever they want,” he said. “Kamala Harris tells bullies, ‘You can do it. Not on my watch. ‘”
Panetta said the country wants a leader who respects fallen soldiers.
“They are idiots, they are losers, they are our heroes,” he said.
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly touted Harris’ expertise in foreign policy and national security, but began his speech by saying that “President Obama wants to stick with Michelle. I had to continue with Gabthrough and Pink. “
He congratulated his spouse, Gabby Giffords, and said he was able to speak at the conference thanks to a team of doctors, nurses and his speech therapist.
“We all want a team,” he said. I’ve flown into the area 4 times. I’ve been in a fight almost 40 times. Not once have I done it alone,” he said. “A team was needed to accomplish a mission. It still is. “
Kelly said Russia, North Korea, Iran and China were watching the country intensely and criticized Trump for skipping his intelligence briefings as well as disparaging comments he allegedly made about American soldiers.
“If we fall into the trap again and name him commander in chief, we will be the idiots,” he said.
Kelly said that while “the world laughs at Trump,” he praised Harris for his NATO, Ukraine and a relaxed and fair election.
“The world is laughing at Trump. Literally. But friends, it’s not funny,” he said. “When he was president, it meant the world laughed at us. The threats we face are too serious. The sacrifices made by our foot soldiers are too sacred. The alliances we have built over decades are too critical. That’s what it is. at stake now. The selection is not even close.
Kelly, among Democrats, was considered Harris’ vice presidential candidate.
Singer Pink her hit song “What About Us” with her daughter Willow Sage Hart after Giffords’ speech. The Grammy Award winner endorsed Biden and Harris in 2020.
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was shot in the head in an assassination attempt in 2011 and has since become a prominent advocate for stricter gun laws, ran on the same level as her husband, Sen. Mark Kelly. , to deliver brief comments.
“I died. But I fought for my life and I survived. I learned to walk again, step by step. I learned to talk again, word by word,” he declared.
“So other people helped me while I worked hard to recover, and added a fair guy from Delaware who took care of me. He still does. Thank you, Joe Biden. Thank you for everything. Joe is a wonderful president,” he said. Giffords continued. Array “And my friend Kamala will be a wonderful president. She’s tough. She’s got courage. Kamala can beat the gun lobby. “
Five Americans who have lost loved ones to gun violence have shared their stories, adding Rep. Lucy McBath, the Georgia congresswoman who lost her 17-year-old son Jordan when he was shot and killed in 2012.
“I’ve noticed firsthand the strength of telling our stories,” he said.
Abbey Clements, who taught at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, said the young scholars and teachers lost on Dec. 14, 2012, are still there.
“On December 14, 2012, I walked into Sandy Hook School,” she recalls. “Suddenly there was a loud crash, like that of a folding steel chair. One hundred and fifty-four shots rang out. I hid in my coats, I tried to sing with my students, I tried to get them to read, I tried to drown out the sounds. I bring this terrible day with me. Twenty first-graders were killed.
Kim Rubio’s daughter, Lexi, was just 10 years old when a mass shooting occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. One minute, the school identified Lexi for getting all A’s.
“Thirty minutes later, a gunman murdered him, along with 18 classmates and two teachers,” Rubio said. “They take us to a personal room where the police tell us they will be coming home. “
Melody McFadden of South Carolina remembers searching for information after learning there had been a shooting in Myrtle Beach, where her niece was visiting. McFadden lost her own mother when she was shot and killed by an abusive partner.
“No one can locate Sandy,” he recalls. I stay calm. ” In the end he contacted the coroner.
Ten years later, his niece’s murder remains unsolved. “I will keep calling and I will keep fighting,” she said.
Edgar Vilchez, of Chicago, in the best school when his classmate shot him.
“It replaced my story,” he said. “Instead of worrying about passing a test, I’m worried about living to take another test. They say schools are for learning and I learned a lot that day. I learned to run, hide and drop. This is what’s on the news, this could happen to me.
Comedian and actor D. L. Hughley told a few jokes apologizing to Harris.
“I don’t blame Donald Trump for no less than debating Kamala,” he said. “I’ve been married to a black woman for 40 years and I haven’t won any debates. ”
“Trump says Kamala is black,” he said. “I assure you, Kamala has been black for much longer than Trump has been a Republican. ”
“If she continues to fall in the polls like she is, the way to keep Kamala out of the White House is to buy her and refuse to rent her. ”
Hughley said he had already made assumptions about Harris and repeated them to many other people without conducting any research.
“I’m here to apologize to everyone,” he said. “I was wrong and I’m so glad I did, because Kamala, you give me hope for the future. ”
Biden, who is vacationing in Santa Ynez, California, said in a social media post that he and the first Dr. Biden. Jill Biden spoke with Harris before she delivered her acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“Jill and I just spoke with @KamalaHarris; we can’t wait to see her settle for this historic nomination,” he wrote. “Kamala and Tim will motivate an entire generation and lead us into the future. “
The message included a photo of the president, holding a mobile phone, and the first girl’s status in front of a television broadcasting the convention.
White House spokeswoman Emilie Simons said the Bidens Harris wished her well.
Two of Harris’ great-nieces appeared on the floor next to Kerry Washington to help explain the pronunciation of the vice president’s name.
Trump and other Republicans have continually mispronounced Harris’ first call. In an interview with CNN earlier this month, Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina said she would “say the Kamala call I want. ”
“I have observed that other people are having difficulty, or pretending to have difficulty, in delivering our president’s long-term call,” Washington said. “Écoutez-moi. The confusion is understandable. The lack of respect is not. “
Washington invited the two women to the stage, who led the crowd in composing the song “Kamala,” explaining that the pronunciation is like “comma” and “la. “
Actress Kerry Washington, star of the television series “Scandal,” is the celebrity host of the primetime evening. She said she wasn’t at the Democratic National Committee tonight as an actress.
“I’m here as a mother, as a daughter and as a proud member of the union,” Washington said. “I am here as the granddaughter of immigrants, as a black descendant of slaves. I’m here because I’m an American and because I’m a voter. “
“I am the main character in this story. You are,” Washington said.
Washington, whose character is Olivia Pope on the show, told the audience, “You are the Olivia Popes. ”
“You are the superheroes who save this democracy,” he said. “You, I, have the greatest strength to convince your loved ones to vote. So, as Michelle Obama told us, let’s do something. ”
Washington began looking to take a video selfie with the crowd when actor Tony Goldwyn, who plays the president and his love on the show, rushed up to the level to sign up for her. Together, they took a video selfie with the crowd in the background for attendees to send to the circle of family and friends.
Grammy Award-winning band The Chicks stepped up to sing the national anthem, kicking off at nine p. m. evening. Eastern Time.
Several families rose to the level to warn against Trump’s reelection.
His wife and mother, Anya Cook, said she suffered a miscarriage two years ago and doctors refused to see her because of abortion restrictions in her state.
“I had a miscarriage in the bathroom,” she said. “I’ll never see my husband’s face as he tried to prevent bleeding, trying to prevent what the doctors deserve to have done. “
When he got medical help, he had lost some of his blood.
The family of Brian Sicknick, an officer who died as a result of the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, also spoke. Brian’s brother, Craig, said his family “knows how dangerous Trump is. ”
“We want a genuine leader, not an autocrat stuck in the past,” Sicnkick said. “Brian, we miss you every day. ”
Eric Fitts, a father of two, said he tries to set an example for them, instilling character and values in them.
“I need those values to be reflected in our leaders,” Fitts said. “I’m tired of all this hate. It is time to move forward together and build a country that our young people can be proud of. ”
Texas Rep. Colin Allred will face Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in November and has pledged to make the Senate seat blue. A former football player, he most recently represents Texas’ 32nd Congressional District.
“In the NFL, we had a term for guys like Donald Trump and my opponent, Ted Cruz: ‘I-guys,'” he said. “You know that guy: communicating about a wonderful match, just caring about themselves. But you don’t need to be with him at a barbecue. The fact is, the United States has never turned to ‘me. ‘”
Echoing former President Barack Obama, who said that “the hardest word in our democracy is the word ‘we,'” Allred said he had a message for so-called “me-guys. “
“‘We’ are tougher than ‘me,'” he said. We will repair reproductive freedom. We will protect the border. We will protect Medicare and Social Security, and we will turn the page and write a new bankruptcy for this country: we will elect Kamala Harris as the next president and we will defeat Ted Cruz. “
After concluding his speech, the crowd sang “Beat Ted Cruz. ”
Steph Curry, a four-time NBA champion and recent Olympic gold medalist, gave the impression in a video expressing hers for Harris.
“I Kamala, as president, can restore this unity and continue to move our country forward,” said the Golden State Warriors point guard. “This is about preserving hope and confidence in our country, ensuring families can be cared for during their most precious moments. “
Curry remembers meeting Harris at the White House after the Warriors’ last championship in 2022: “I can tell you one thing: I knew then, and I know now, that the Oval Office suits him well. “
He concluded: “So, in the words of Michelle Obama: Do something!Go vote, stay active. Let’s demonstrate in November like never before. It has been an honor to constitute our country, it is an honor for Kamala, so let’s go. “”Let’s all do our part. “
Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost, the first Gen Z congressman, his comments on climate change.
“Fighting the climate crisis is patriotic,” he said. “And unlike Donald Trump, our patriotism is more than a damn slogan in a hat. It’s about caring about the other people who live in this country. Because when you love someone, you need them to have a blank air. When you love someone, you need them to have blank water and when you love someone, you need them to have a decent job.
Frost remembers visiting communities that had to rebuild their lives after their homes were destroyed by hurricanes. He said he has heard the stories of immigrant farmers who are “forced to work in terrible situations and exasperated by this crisis. ”
“Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have shown that addressing this crisis creates jobs,” he said. “That investing in electricity protects our health. That investing in public transportation builds strong communities. And we will have to not do it. “Let us forget that peace is essential for our climate and that war destroys our environment. This choice is about each and every drop of water that we consume and breathe.
When Harris takes the stage at the conference later tonight to officially accept the Democratic nomination for president, she will tell the audience her story of how she was raised by a single mother in California and what motivated her to run for prosecutor.
According to excerpts from her speech, the vice president will urge the electorate to use the November elections as an opportunity to move forward and dedicate themselves to unifying the country.
“With this election, our country has a valuable and fleeting opportunity to overcome the bitterness, cynicism and conflicts of the past,” he will say. “A chance to chart a new path forward, as members of a party or faction, but as Americans. “
He will also warn the country about the timing that Trump’s term will bring, invoking the 2025 Project and the policy proposals defined in the vast timeline overseen through The Heritage Foundation, a conservative tank.
“In many ways, Donald Trump is a serious man,” Harris will say. “But the consequences of Donald Trump’s return to the White House are incredibly severe. “
She will draw on her travels, her tenure as vice president and the election campaign, and tell attendees that she sees “a country in a position to move forward. “
“I see an America where we hold firmly to the fearless confidence that built our country and emboldened the world,” Harris will say. “Here in this country it is possible. Nothing is out of our reach. ”
Four members of the so-called Central Park Five were brought to the conference through the Reverend Al Sharpton. The Central Park Five were an organization of black and Latino teenagers arrested and charged with the rape and attack of a white jogger in Central Park in 1989. They were wrongly convicted in 1990 and exonerated when DNA testing compared them to those of another guy who confessed to the attack. Their convictions were overturned in 2002.
“Our young people robbed us. Every day when we walked into the courtroom, other people yelled at us and threatened us because of Donald Trump,” Korey Wise said. “He spent $85,000 on a full-page ad in the New York Times calling for our execution. We were innocent children. But in total we served 41 years in prison. “
Yusef Salaam, now a member of the New York City Council, said Trump sought him and the other four men, who were teenagers at the time of the affair, dead.
“45 were looking for us so that we were dead,” he said.
Despite the DNA evidence and the confession, Trump said he wouldn’t do it because of comments he made more than 30 years ago.
“This guy believes hate is the driving force in America. That’s not the case,” Salaam said. “We have a constitutional right to vote; actually, it’s a huge right. So let’s use it. I need you to march with us. I need you to march with us. I need you to vote with us. “
The Rev. Al Sharpton, a veteran civil rights leader, vowed that the country will “roll back” all of its gains before introducing the Central Park Five.
Sharpton alluded to Trump’s comments that immigrants settle for “black jobs,” a comment for which Trump has not apologized.
Sharpton said Trump and others would be briefed in November.
“We fought too hard for women to be told to leave the kitchen,” Sharpton said. “We’re now on our way to the Oval Office.
And the country will stop fighting for LGBTQ+ equality, Sharpton said, or give up the right to vote.
“We suffered, we died and bled, we went to prison to obtain the right to vote; we will pass again,” he said.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Senate candidate, introduced her as a former national security official. She served in the CIA and completed three tours of duty in Iraq, and worked as acting deputy secretary of Defense during former President Barack Obama’s administration.
“I need to communicate tonight about national security,” Slotkin said. “Because the election in November is difficult. The United States withdraws from the world or leads the world. Trump needs to push us back. He greatly admires dictators. He treats our friends as adversaries and our adversaries as friends. But our vision is based on our values, those that brought us to the shores of Normandy and those that helped us win the Cold War.
Slotkin said the United States will have to collaborate with its allies to address demanding global situations such as artificial intelligence and climate change.
“And guess what, you need friends, you have to have friends to do that,” he said.
Slotkin suggested that Americans “not give an inch to contenders who wrap themselves in the flag, but spit in the face of the freedoms it represents. “
He concluded: “We are the United States of America. »
New York Rep. Pat Ryan, an Iraq War veteran, said Harris treats service members and veterans with respect and dignity, while Trump disrespects them.
“At that point, they will be informed of the honor code: ‘A cadet will not lie, cheat, borrow, or tolerate those who do,'” he said. “Well, there’s a candidate who has violated every single word. “of this code. A serial liar, a cheater, and a thief who looked the foot soldiers in the eye, then turned around and called the fallen heroes “fools” and “losers,” who insulted the Medal of Honor winners.
He then used military jargon to describe the former president.
“I would tell them what I think about Donald Trump, but they told me I couldn’t use that word on television,” he said. “I’m going to use a military term: FUBAR. If you don’t know FUBAR, Google it. ”
The 2025 Project returned on the final night of the convention, with Democratic Rep. Jason Crow highlighting some of the initiative’s plans for national security and foreign policy.
“I refuse to tell Trump’s golfing buddies when and how our troops will be sent to war,” he said.
Crow, a former Army ranger, said smart leaders don’t interact in “tough communications or chest thumps. “
“In times of war, talking costs nothing,” he said. And I, I recognize a couch command when I see it. “
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. , took the level to loud applause from conference attendees and became emotional, wiping tears from her eyes before she began speaking.
In her remarks, the Massachusetts Democrat took aim at Trump for his conviction by a New York jury in late May on 34 counts of tampering with business records and ongoing legal issues due to the 2020 presidential election.
“Donald Trump, the con man, has no plan to lower prices for families. He doesn’t know how and deep down he doesn’t care,” he told conference attendees. “When have you refuelled or worried about the supermarket bill?The expenses you are concerned about come from your criminal defense attorneys. “
Warren then praised Harris for her economic policies and highlighted her efforts to fight the California wildfires and the COVID-19 pandemic.
“You know what I like most about Kamala Harris?Kamala Harris can’t be bought and you can’t send her,” Warren said.
The senator said she would not accept Trump or Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance supervising families on issues such as the value of food, gasoline, housing, physical care, taxes and abortion.
“Gee, I wouldn’t accept those guys moving my couch,” he said, referencing a joke about Vance that went viral on social media.
Warren faced off against Harris, Biden and a wide range of challengers in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, who sits on the House Intelligence Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, said his job in Congress is to scrutinize China. He noted that one of China’s most sensible leaders wrote an e-book called “United States. “against the United States. “
“That’s how they think they’re going to win,” Krishnamoorthi said of China. “They know the only way to beat America is to beat ourselves. ”
“Mark my words: seeing Donald Trump at the negotiating table,” he said.
Krishnamoorthi said Trump would “pit Americans against Americans, and that’s what China wants. “
Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey, a vulnerable Democrat, has sued the companies for securities fraud and greed, calling it “greed. ”
“In just six months, a box of diapers has risen to $15. Large corporations say their costs have increased
because their prices are rising. They sell you a lie. It’s in the bag with the diapers. Prices are going up because those corporations are conspiring to make them go up,” he said.
The three-term senator faces a re-election war against former hedge fund CEO David McCormick.
He said he and Harris are fighting to ban theft of value.
“Americans don’t expect things to be free, but they do expect them to be fair,” he said.
Sen. Tammy of Wisconsin said her mother struggled with addiction and had never met her father, but she had two grandparents who stepped in and raised her.
“Everything I know, I know from them,” he said.
When his grandparents grew older, he said it was his privilege to take care of them.
But he noted that Trump said “a lot can be done. . . in terms of cutting” Social Security and Medicare, and said Democrats would protect entitlements.
“We Democrats honor our elders and ask the wealthiest to pay their share,” he said.
A spokesman for Trump’s crusade said Trump was referring to “cutting entitlements and fraud,” not Social Security and other entitlements. Throughout his 2024 crusade, Trump has consistently said that he has no plans to cut Social Security or Medicare.
Baldwin faces a re-election race in November, and his presence is notable. Other vulnerable Democrats, including Sen. Jon Tester of Montana, Jacky Rosen of Nevada and Sherrod Brown of Ohio, skipped the conference entirely.
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge detailed Harris’ role as a prosecutor fighting to address foreclosure and the Biden administration’s efforts focused on housing.
“Kamala Harris has fought to protect landlords and tenants in her career,” he said.
Fudge said Harris believed housing was a “human right. “
“We can return the keys to our housing policy to a negligent landlord or elect a president who believes in affordable housing for all,” he said.
Senator Alex Padilla of California talked about how Harris treats her three children: “she greets them with kindness and respect. ”
“You literally have to meet them at their level, communicate with them and pay attention to them,” he said.
“Kamala and I believe that all of our young people deserve a chance to achieve the American dream,” she said. “But today we know that this dream is out of reach for many families. ”
He asked the crowd: “Who is willing to dream?
Padilla took Harris’ Senate seat when she was vice president.
Leaders of the two largest teachers unions argued that Harris would fulfill America’s promise to education.
“As an eighth-grade science instructor for more than 30 years, I can tell you that Kamala and teacher Ttim Walz sense that when our public schools are strong, our country is strong,” said Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association. “They know that expanding free school meals, investing in physical care, and maintaining our communities and schools creates opportunities for everyone. ”
Pringle said former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee J. D. Vance “will shut down the Department of Education and Head Start and make educators pay a higher percentage of taxes than billionaires. “
Randi Weingarten, who heads the American Federation of Teachers, said Trump and Vance “can’t pretend to be pro-kids while defunding public schools. “
Democrats gathered for the final night of their conference in Chicago. Harris is expected to face delegates, elected officials and other attendees and officially settle for the party’s presidential nomination later that night.
Harris’ most sensible crusader aide, Quentin Fulks, told CBS News White House lead correspondent Nancy Cordes that Harris is still putting the “finishing touches” on her speech.
But she’s still “exactly” what she means, Fulks said.
Fulks said Harris didn’t renew her speech at all, as former President Bill Clinton did this week, when he rewrote his speech after seeing the enthusiasm of the crowd at the convention.
Here is the full list of Democratic National Committee speakers, released via the Democratic National Committee:
The final day of the Democratic National Convention will conclude with Harris’ speech in Chicago. CBS News’ Skyler Henry reports that some are wondering if there will be a wonder at the DNC:
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