Former President Jimmy Carter delivers message in support of Joe Biden at the DemConvention: “Joe has the experience, character and decency to bring us together, to restore America’s greatness. We deserve a person with integrity.”
12:35 a.m. Biden sells teamwork as Democrats make most of virtual setting: ANALYSIS
The message was made more visual with the unusual but striking roll-call vote that took viewers to 57 states and territories to make Biden's nomination official. From farms to beaches to small businesses to an already-Internet-famous plate of calamari, mundane convention business became an uplifting virtual road tour for a cooped-up nation.
"How do you make a broken family whole? The same way you make a nation whole -- with love and understanding, and with small acts of kindness," Jill Biden said.MORE: Biden sells teamwork as Democrats make most of virtual setting on DNC Day 2: ANALYSISNight two of the Democratic National Convention ended with a promise from the nominee himself:"I'll see you soon."
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, celebrate with supporters after the roll call on the second day of the virtual Democratic National Convention, Aug. 18, 2020. "Today, we are a country divided, and we have a president doing everything in his power to make it that way and keep us that way. What a difference it will make to have a president who unites us, who restores our strength and our soul. I still believe that in our hearts, we are the same America that brought my parents to our shores, an America that inspires freedom around the world. That’s the America Joe Biden will lead as our next president," he said.
Former Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during the second night of the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 18, 2020.Former Vice President Joe Biden briefly appeared on camera Tuesday evening after he officially won enough delegates to be declared the Democratic presidential nominee. Biden ended the roll call with a total of 3,558 delegates, compared to Sanders' 1,151. They were the only two candidates nominated on the ballot.During the roll call vote, Sen. Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff tweeted a photo of Harris, who was wearing a Howard University sweatshirt.10:07 p.m. Joe Biden gets required delegates to become Democratic candidate for president
All pledged and superdelegates were able to vote on the first ballot since Biden secured a majority of pledged delegates in the primary.Biden is being formally nominated as the party's presidential nominee during a 30-minute roll call featuring representatives for all 57 states and territories. The process typically takes hours.
"When I ran for president in 1976, Joe Biden was my first and most effective supporter in the Senate. For decades, he has been my loyal and dedicated friend," Carter said."Joe has the experience, character, and decency to bring us together and restore America's greatness. We deserve a person with integrity and judgment, someone who is honest and fair, someone who is committed to what is best for the American people.""Donald Trump says we're leading the world.
Former Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates speaks during the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention, Aug. 18, 2020. 2020. The second night of the DNC opens with a keynote address from a group of diverse and young leaders. Using clips from their self-shot videos, the whole speech is pieced together with the 17 people taking turns speaking -- sometimes with each other.coronavirus
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez, a group of party officials and a production team putting on the event, a handful of local and national journalists and the Secret Service are all that's left of what was supposed to be Milwaukee's coming out party: a celebration of the midsize city that punched above its weight to land the convention over Miami and Houston.
Sen. Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff greet Jill Biden, wife of Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, after a campaign event at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del., Aug. 12, 2020."There are times when I couldn't imagine how he did it — how he put one foot in front of the other and kept going. But I've always understood why he did it. ... He does it for you," she will add.
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