Night 2 of the 2020 DNC is tonight. Here's a look at what to watch for tonight, including Jill Biden and fmr. President Clinton.
That didn't stop Clinton from becoming the party's most effective cheerleader, winning two presidential campaigns and being credited with a key assist in helping President Barack Obama win re-election with a blockbuster speech at the 2012 convention. Four years later, he spoke about his relationship with his wife, Hillary Clinton, who was accepting the nomination herself.
But now, the Democratic Party has moved on from Clinton, and his brand of"third-way" centrism, triangulation on race and an affair with an intern look very different in a 2020 light. Clinton has receded from the political spotlight since his wife's loss in 2016, and this will be a chance for him to try to reframe his legacy for a more modern audience.The keynote address at political conventions is a traditional way for the party to highlight one of its up-and-coming stars.
This year, with the coronavirus crisis forcing organizers to rethink everything, Democrats chose to instead highlight 17 rising stars who will together deliver some kind of multifaceted keynote. The best known of the group is Stacey Abrams, the former minority leader of the Georgia state House who ran for governor and was a possible Biden running mate.
Other keynote speakers include Rep. Colin Allred of Texas, a former NFL player who flipped a Republican district in Dallas in 2018; Yvanna Cancela, the first Latina in the Nevada state Senate; Randall Woodfin, the youngest mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, in over a century; and Rep. Conor Lamb, who won a 2017 special election in western Pennsylvania that gave Democrats hope after Trump's victory.
Biden is expected to speak about her husband's tragic personal story and their relationship. Joe Biden's first wife, Neilia, and their baby daughter, Naomi, were killed in a car accident just weeks after Biden won his first Senate campaign. Biden later married Jill, whom he credits with bringing him back from the brink, and their relationship has been a major part of his personal story.
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