On night two of the Democratic National Convention, Jill Biden offered a loving and compelling portrait of her husband
, clarifying that “convention rules require roll call & nominations for every candidate that passes the delegate threshold” and that she was asked to second the nomination for the Vermont senator. “I extend my deepest congratulations to @JoeBiden - let’s go win in November,” she added.New York Times
security guard who blurted out “I love you” to the former vice president in the elevator as he went to visit the paper’s editorial board—a touching moment thatand led the Biden campaign to select her to kick off the virtual roll call vote. “In the short time I spent with Joe Biden, I could tell he really saw me, that he actually cared, that my life meant something to him,” she said. “And I knew even when he went into his important meeting, he’d take my story in there with him.
The national security portion of the broadcast warned of the broader threat of Trump’s erratic behavior on the world stage and his shredding of alliances. “When this president goes overseas, it isn’t a goodwill mission. It’s a blooper reel,” said Kerry. “He breaks up with our allies and writes love letters to dictators. America deserves a president who is looked up to, not laughed at.
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