Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama headlined the evening events as protests continued outside. CHICAGO—Democrats saw continued momentum during day two of their convention in Chicago on Aug. 20, as delegates from across the country officially coronated Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee. The packed crowd in the
Harris’s rise begins a new chapter after 35 years in which three families dominated Democratic presidential races. CHICAGO—Former President Barack Obama endorsed Kamala Harris’s presidential bid at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Aug. 20, adding to the backing offered by Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden. “The torch has been passed,” Obama said, referring
The 2024 Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees are in the midst of a battleground-state sweep, focusing on a different theme each day. Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), took their “Make America Safe Again” message to police departments in two battleground states on Aug. 20, pledging to improve
“This is like a generational defining moment,” Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers told The Epoch Times’ Jan Jekielek at the DNC on Tuesday. He says Vice President Kamala Harris has different challenges than Former President Barack Obama did in 2008. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For Office? Conservative Campaign Consulting
Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg, the parents of Hersh Goldberg—one of eight Americans still held hostage in Gaza—came to the DNC to “amplify the need for more advocacy and more publicity about this so that we can get these people home,” Goldberg told Epoch Times’ Jan Jekielek. Read More Original News Source Link – Epoch
“The American population is looking towards pathways, i.e, the types of jobs that you can get straight out of high school, without having to go into college-level debt. A lot of that is going to fall in the manufacturing industry,” political analyst Ameshia Cross told The Epoch Times’ Jan Jekielek, in speaking about Vice Preside…
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) says that America is the most powerful country in the world, economically and militarily. So despite external threats from countries like China, Russia, and Iran, he told Epoch Times’ Jan Jekielek that “there’s no threat greater than what could happen internally,” adding that “in historical examples,… Original News Source Link –