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Biden DNC speech live updates: Joe Biden passes the torch to Kamala Harris on Day 1 of Democratic convention

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Kamala Harris makes surprise appearance on stage at DNC

Joe Biden has taken the stage at the DNC to pass the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris to rapturous applause.

He was introduced by First Lady Jill Biden and his daughter Ashley Biden.

“Let me ask you, are you ready to elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz?” Biden asked the crowd.

This comes after Hillary Clinton returned to the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, eight years after she was the nominee in 2016.

In a fiery speech, Clinton said, “My friends, when a barrier falls for one of us, it falls and clears the way for all of us. So for the next 78 days, we need to work harder than we ever have.”

Harris made a surprise appearance at the convention ahead of Biden’s speech.

“Joe, thank you for your historic leadership, for your lifetime of service to our nation, and for all you will continue to do. We are forever grateful to you,” Harris said.

Harris has enjoyed an astonishing boom in popularity since Biden made his historic decision not to pursue another term in the White House a month ago in the wake of his disastrous debate performance against Trump in Atlanta on June 27.

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Ella Emhoff appears at DNC in Harris-Walz camo hat in support of stepmom

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Team USA men’s basketball coach Steve Kerr channels Steph Curry at DNC: ‘Tell Donald Trump night night’

Fresh from his return from the 2024 Paris Olympics – where Team USA won gold in both the men’s and women’s basketball – Kerr heaped praise on Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz “coach to coach,” and joked about the governor’s history as a high school football coach.

Mike Bedigan20 August 2024 05:12

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Convention officials comment on reason for delays

Because of the raucous applause interrupting speaker after speaker, we ultimately skipped elements of our program to ensure we could get to President Biden as quickly as possible so that he could speak directly to the American people.

We are proud of the electric atmosphere in our convention hall and proud that our convention is showcasing the broad and diverse coalition behind the Harris-Walz ticket throughout the week on and off the stage

DNC officials

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VIDEO: ‘Democracy has prevailed’, Joe Biden says in DNC speech

‘Democracy has prevailed’, Joe Biden says in DNC speech

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AOC and Hillary Clinton lead the new and old guard of Democratic women on first night of DNC for Harris

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton represented the old and new guard of Democratic women to push for Kamala Harris on the first night of the party’s convention as the vice president seeks to become the first female president.

Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat and self-proclaimed democratic socialist, received ovation after ovation and chants of her initials “AOC” as she praised President Joe Biden, Harris, and her running mate Tim Walz of Minnesota as she lambasted former president Donald Trump.

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‘I’m proud to have been the first president to walk a picket line’

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Biden runs through accomplishments during fiery DNC speech

Biden ran through a number of his accomplishments during his speech at the DNC.

“Covid no longer controls our lives. We got from economic crisis to the strongest economy in the entire world,” the president said. “Record 16 million new jobs, record small business growth, record high stock market, record high 401Ks, wages up, and inflation down.”

“The smallest racial wealth gap in 20 years. And yes, we both know we have more to do, but we’re moving in the right direction … More Americans have health insurance today than ever before in American history,” he added.

“After, as a young senator, beginning to fight for 50 years to give Medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, we finally beat Big Pharma,” he shouted.

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‘Democracy has prevailed. And now democracy must be preserved.’

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‘You can’t say you love your country only when you win,’ Biden says

President Joe Biden referenced the January 6 insurrection in his speech at the Democratic Convention on Monday night.

“My fellow Americans, nearly four years ago, in winter, on the steps of the Capitol on a cold January day, I raised my right hand and I swore an oath to you and to God, to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and to faithfully execute the office of the president United States,” Biden said. “In front of me was the city surrounded by the National Guard. Behind me, a capital that two weeks before [was overrun] by a violent mob. But I knew then, from the bottom of my heart … there is no place in America for political violence.”

“You cannot say you love your country only when you win,” he added.

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