The national convention unfolding in Chicago this week holds particularly high stakes for Democrats.
President Joe Biden will make the case for Vice President Kamala Harris , and he lays out his view of the stakes of this election. CHICAGO — A refreshed Democratic Party gathered Monday night for a valedictory speech from President Joe Biden , whose decision to end his reelection bid released newfound energy with Vice President The Democratic National Convention that began Monday in Chicago holds particularly high stakes for the party one month after an unprecedented from Biden to Harris.
Part of introducing Harris and Walz will be first giving a graceful exit to the incumbent president, who is Biden told reporters during a walkthrough of the arena that “it’s a memorable moment” and that he was ready to pass the baton to Harris. An early focus on the convention program was honoring the civil rights movement, with an appearance from Rev. Jesse Jackson, the founder of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, who is ailing with Parkinson’s disease. There were several references to Fannie Lou Hamer, the late civil rights activist who gave a landmark speech at a Democratic convention in 1964.
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