They showed the DNC how she pronounces her name
Democrat Issues at the First National Convention: Joe Biden, Tim Walz, Oprah Winfrey, and The Case for Common Sense
Conventions are always events that feature not just the ticket running in the current election cycle, but a chance for potential future candidates to shine, to stand out and make a name for themselves before a large audience.
Democrats haven’t always been good at commanding the message in presidential campaigns, but — so far — since Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, have come on the scene, they are doing that, starting with making their opponents seem “weird” and taking it further with this convention.
Those audiences also heard, though, from President Biden, the Obamas, the Clintons, even Oprah Winfrey, as well as several other speakers before Harris herself takes the stage Thursday night.
Democrats had a problem coming across as pretentious when they were actually more compassionate than that. He showed that he had a common touch when he talked about Harris in his first speech. It’s notable that the ticket with the Ivy League degrees is Trump-Vance and not Harris-Walz. President Joe Biden was the first president since Reagan who didn’t have an Ivy League degree.
Whether it was Oprah – someone who Donald Trump once said in an ideal world, he would want to be his vice president – Bill Clinton, Pete Buttigieg, Walz, or the handful of Republicans who spoke, Wednesday arguably was about appealing to undecided voters and persuadable independents and Republican to give them a permission structure to vote for Harris.
Oprah called on all independents and undecideds to vote for Harris because she is a registered independent. She said common sense told her that Tim Walz and Kamala Harris could give us decency and respect. … Let us choose common sense over nonsense.”
The case for Democratic ideas was not as radical as the GOP has claimed, but rather was more in line with reality, such as affordable housing, medical debt reduction, and food for children in schools.
They were on display Wednesday night with speeches by a few other people including Buttigieg and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore.
See Jon, Lil. The Democratic National Convention has been a raucous and enthusiastic affair to this point. The President decided to step aside in favor of Harris, that is part of why this is happening. Democrats have been telling pollsters for more than a year that they didn’t like their choices.
Those chants of, “Thank you, Joe,” seemed to mean two things at the same time. Thank you for what you did as president, but also, thank you for getting out of the race. Biden made clear why Democrats were nervous about him when he gave a stemwinder of his valedictory speech.
She had to walk a fine line when talking about the need for change on the campaign trail because her husband had to be careful not to offend white voters, who might be hesitant about voting for a Black man. But Michelle Obama is now one of the most beloved Democrats in the country. She had the leverage to say what she did, and she clearly is liberated by no longer being actively involved in electoral politics.
Harris would be the first black woman and the first South Asian woman to serve in the presidency, and they’ve made a lot of noise about it. That would be a major historical feat. It is unusual to see a man rounding the edges of his spouse running for president. It is a very different kind of speech from the one Bill Clinton gave in 2016 to Hillary Clinton. He was not only a well-known former president, but the Clintons had one adult child.
Emhoff, on the other hand, is someone far less known and his family’s story showed a lot of new things on a political stage. There is an interracial marriage and step parenting in the picture. And remember, a significant percentage of marriages end in divorce, so millions of Americans can identify with blended families.
Kamala Harris: How the Vpc Will Save the Nation, Protect the Rights of Color, and Educate the Future of the United States
If Harris was trying to convince Americans that she is well-equipped to handle the presidency, it also had to give Democrats confidence in the kind of candidate she will be for the remaining 74 days.
Washington said confusion is understandable when it comes to the name of the vice president. Disrespect is not. Tonight, we will help everyone get it right.
Trump has mis- pronounced the name Harris many times. He said that he couldn’t care less if he made a mistake. I couldn’t care less.
Harris’ niece and her two step daughters share that the vice president has been a source of encouragement for them. And they vouched that she would serve the country with care and as an inspiring leader.
“Like many young people, I did not always understand what I was feeling.” “But no matter what, Kamala was there for me. She’s never stopped listening to me and she’s not going to stop listening to all of us.”
Hudlin added, “To me, her advice means everything. Whether it is pursuing my passions, making an impact, or finding hope when the world doesn’t feel so hopeful. She taught me that making a difference means giving your whole heart and taking action.”
All three said that Harris would fight to protect the rights of the LGBTQ community and the environment, as well as reproductive freedom.
A Conversation with a New Yorker: How Two Sisters Could Help Donald Trump and the Preterm Shooting of Young Childless Cat Lady Harris
In 2020, she told CNN that her book about how two sisters effect change was inspired by their work.
After Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance made comments about childless cat lady Harris, Emhoff replied by thanking her parents, and also wrote on social media “I love my three parents.”
“I could just see her smiling saying how proud she is of Kamala,” she said. “And then, without missing a beat, she’d say, ‘That’s enough. You have work to do.'”
“He spent a small fortune on full-page ads calling for the execution of five innocent young teenagers,” Sharpton said in reference to the Central Park Five, some of whom joined him on stage.
“On one side of this race is Donald Trump, a fellow New Yorker I’ve known for 40 years. In that time he never took a position on racial issues.
She had to connect with those who are either undecided about her or those on her side but not sold on voting. She tried to modify Donald Trump’s behavior in doing things to other people. She tried to make her story a typical one for Americans. She’s the child of divorce, brought up working class, raised by a mother who dreamed big and taught her daughters to dream big, but also stressed critical all-American values — work hard, don’t complain and “do something,” a nice rhetorical coda to former first lady Michelle Obama’s speech two nights ago.
Night 4 was about gun violence, climate change, and Donald trump, along with chant “we’re not going back” and “joy”, which have been throughlines of the convention.
Democratic National Convention Speakers (DNC Night 4 Speakers from Harris, Whitmer, Sharpton, and more): The First Native American Woman to Lead the World in Climate Change
Both Warren and Harris competed in the 2020 presidential race. Harris dropped out in 2019 and Warren dropped out after a bad showing on Super Tuesday.
The interior secretary took the stage after a video highlighting rising temperatures and the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
The first Native American woman to hold the role argued that a President should lead the world in tackling climate change. Haaland told the crowd about the IRA being sent to Biden’s desk because of Harris’ vote in the Senate.
“Kamala Harris has lived a life like ours, she knows us,” Whitmer told the crowd. “Donald Trump doesn’t know you at all. You think he understands that when your car breaks down you can’t get to work? No. His first word was probably ‘chauffeur.'”
Is there a time when he has to take items out of the cart before checking out? You think that he has never been to a grocery store? That’s what the chauffeur is for.”
DNC Night 4: A Democratic National Convention Speakers Addressing the Suffocated Soul of the Republican Party, and a Case Study of a Shooting Victim
Turning against his party’s presidential nominee Donald Trump, former Republican representative Adam Kinzinger delivered a prime-time speech supporting Harris.
Kinzinger, the only Republican to speak at the DNC on the final day and who has been a vocal Trump critic over the years, said the former president had “suffocated the soul of the Republican party.”
In a passionate speech to the convention, Florida representative Maxwell Frost stressed the stakes of the race, arguing Harris is the candidate to address climate change.
The Generation Z member is the first to serve in Congress. The elected person in 2022, was Frost. He was involved in the gun violence prevention movement after the Sandy Hook mass shooting and first got into organizing while in high school.
Giffords spoke to the DNC crowd about her own experiences with gun violence after the family of a shooting victim spoke.
“For five years I served in Congress from a swing district. Everybody called me a rising star,” said Giffords, who was joined onstage by her husband, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly.
Giffords served in the House after an assassination attempt left her with a severe brain injury. Along with Giffords, there were 18 other people shot. Six were killed.
Source: WATCH: DNC Night 4 speeches from Harris, Whitmer, Sharpton, Kinzinger and more
Kamala Harris: The First Black Woman to Adopt an Electoral Candidate: 5 Takeaways from Trump’s historic Acceptance Speech
Among other things, he criticized Trump’s past remarks on Russia. He went after both Trump and NATO for their lack of commitment, as well as for Trump not being accountable for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
And she pledged that she and President Biden “are working to end this war such that Israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security, freedom and self-determination.”
Harris said that the election gave the nation a chance to move past the bitterness, cynicism, and divisive battles of the past and to chart a new way forward.
History was made Thursday night when Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination, the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to do so.
Harris painted herself as a blue-collar child who understands the needs of people and value of hard work and discipline, unlike a radical California liberalism.
Democrats flooded the United Center in Chicago with flags, instead of coming across as unpatriotic and unhappy with America, because they spoke of campaigning with joy. They had Republicans like Kinzinger attest to their patriotism and decency, and they brought veterans to the forefront on the stage.
The week was well produced; the campaign pulled off a high-wire act seamlessly marrying the convention with a packed Harris-Walz rally in Milwaukee at the very arena where the Republican National Convention was held; and it had big stars.
Kamala and Tim: Are They Doing Well? And What Do They Really Mean in the House? — Michelle Obama’s Rejoinder
“Yes, Kamala and Tim are doing great now,” Michelle Obama said. We are loving it. They are packing arenas across the country. Folks are energized. We are happy. But remember, there are still so many people who are desperate for a different outcome.”