Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday, framing the upcoming election as an opportunity for the nation to “chart a new way forward” and encouraging voters to write the “next great chapter in the most extraordinary story ever told.” Harris makes history as the first Black woman to lead a major
A little over a month ago, Democrats were coming to grips with the idea that President Biden might not be the best candidate to represent their party in the race against former President Donald Trump, with many dreading what they thought could be a landslide loss up and down the ballot in November. What a
Rep. Lucy McBath, family members and survivors of gun violence address DNC 06:47 Five Americans who lost loved ones to gun violence offered their stories, including Rep. Lucy McBath, the congresswoman from Georgia who lost her 17-year-old son, Jordan, when he was shot in 2012. “I saw firsthand the power of telling our stories,” she
Rep. Lucy McBath, family members and survivors of gun violence address DNC 06:47 Five Americans who lost loved ones to gun violence offered their stories, including Rep. Lucy McBath, the congresswoman from Georgia who lost her 17-year-old son, Jordan, when he was shot in 2012. “I saw firsthand the power of telling our stories,” she
Rep. Lucy McBath, family members and survivors of gun violence address DNC 06:47 Five Americans who lost loved ones to gun violence offered their stories, including Rep. Lucy McBath, the congresswoman from Georgia who lost her 17-year-old son, Jordan, when he was shot in 2012. “I saw firsthand the power of telling our stories,” she
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was shot in the head in 2011, in a speech at the Democratic convention on its final night, said Vice President Kamala Harris “can beat the gun lobby.” Giffords, who was elected to Congress in 2006, appeared to have a bright future in the Democratic Party when she was shot in
Four members of the so-called Central Park Five were introduced at the Democratic convention by the Rev. Al Sharpton Thursday, who brought them on stage after saying that Donald Trump “a fellow New Yorker I’ve known for 40 years,” took “a position on racial issues” just once in that time. “He spent a small fortune