The Democratic National Convention 2024 entered its second day on Tuesday in Chicago with form♓er President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama taking the stage to bat f🐟or Kamala Harris.
Over 4,000 delegates from the Democratic Party have come together for the con𝔉vention to bring focus on to Kamala Harris and to formally nominate her as their presidentia🃏l candidate. Notably, DNC 2024 will conclude on August 22.
DNC 2024 Day 2 | Key Points
Let's Get To Work, Says Barack Obama
He said that America is yearning for a countr⭕y where people work together and look out for each other.
And this is why, he said, "if we each do our part over the next 77 days, if we knock on doors, if we make phone calls, if we talk to our friends, if we listen to our neighbors, if we work like we’ve never worked befꦛore, if we hold firm to our convictions, we will elect Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States and Tim Walz as the next vice president of the United States."
"So let’s get to work. God bless yo🐠u, and God Bless the United States of America," Obama said while concluding his speech at DNC 2024.
Ready For Kamala Harris, Says Obama
Obama slammed Trump for trying to pit Americans against one another said that he "wants us to think that this country is hopelessly di𓃲vided between us and them, between the real Americans who of course support him and th꧂e outsiders who don't".
"It is one of the oldest tricks in politics from a guy whose act has, let's face it, gotten pretty stale," Obama said, adding that America🎉 does not need four more years a bluster and bumbling and chaos.
Batting for the Vice President in the White House race, Obama said, "America is ready 🧸for a new chapter. America is ready for a better story. We are ready forꦬ a President Kamala Harris."
Obama hailed Kamala Harris' vice presidential pick, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and▨ said, "Let me tell you someth🍌ing, I love this guy."
"Tim is the kind of person who should be in politics. Bo🍸rn in a small town, served his country, taught kids, coached football, took care of his neighbors. He knows who hജe is and he knows what's important," he said.
He said that Harris and Walz's partnersඣhip is the𒊎 embodiment of America's story.
Proud To Call Him My President: Barack Obama Praises Biden
Former US President B💟arack Obama took the stage at DNC 2024 and revived his iconic slogan, "Yes we can!"
"I am feeling fired up! I am feeling ready to go -- even if I am the only person🐻 stupid enough to speak after Michelle Obama," he said.
Obama reflected on Joe Biden's 💮presidency and said that picking𒈔 Biden to serve as vice president during his administration was one of his best decisions.
"What I came to admire 🐈most about Joe wasn’t just his smarts; his experience. It was his empathy, and his decency. And it’s hard earned resilience. His unshakable belief that everyone in this country deserves a fair shot. And over the last four years, those are the values America has needed most," Obama said at the convention in Chicago.
He praised Biden's leadership and said, "History will remember Joe Biden as an outstanding president who defended democracy at a moment of great daꦺnger."
"I am proud to call him my president, but I am even꧅ prouder to call him my friend🀅," Obama said.
Ugly, Misogynistic, Racist Lies: Michelle Takes On Trump
Former first lady Michelle Obama received a resounding welcome at DNC 2024 as she took the stage as the penultimate speaker. She said that she had recently grieved over the "dimming" o🃏f hope in America following the latest developments in the country and her mother's loss.
But said, "America, hope is making a comeback."
Reflecting on her mother's value, she said, "Kamala Harris and I built our lives on those same foundational values. Even though our mo🔥th✤ers grew up an ocean apart, they shared the same belief in the promise of this country."
Michelle hailed Harris' abilities and said, "Kamala Harris is more than ready for this m𝓀oment. She is on🌊e of the most qualified people ever to seek the office of the presidency."
The former first lady also took several subtle jibes at Donald Trump and said that he did everything in his power 𒁃to try to "make ﷽people fear us".
"His limited and narrow view of the world 𒊎made him feel threatened by th▨e existence of two hardworking, highly educated, successful people who also happened to be Black," she said.
She te🌌rmed this to be Trump's "same old con". "Doubling down on ugly, misogynistic, racist lies as a substitute for real ideas and solutions that will actually make people's lives better," Michelle said.
Kamala Is As Tough As It Comes, Says Her Husband
Kamala Harris' husbaꦍnd Douglas Emhoff took the stage at DNC 2024 and highlighted her ꧃strong character and empathy as well as their personal to make a strong pitch for in the race to the White House.
Introducing himself as the "first-second gentleman", Emhoff said that Harris rises to the occasion "wherever she is needed" and h𝓰as done that for theꦡir family.
“And now that the country needs he༺r, she’s showing you what w𝔉e already know. She is ready to lead,” Emhoff said.
He said that the Vice President's empathy 🌠is her strength.
Emhoff said that his wife “finds joy in pursuing justiceꦚ” and wants to see people succeed and do well.
“Kamala is a joyful warrior. It's doing for her country what she has always done for the people she loves. Her passion will benefit all of us when she's our president. Here's the thing about joyful warriors: they're still warriors. And Kamala is as tough as it comes. Just ask the criminals, the global gangsters, and the witnesses before the Senate Jud⛎iciary Committee. She never runs from a fight,” Emhoff said.
He said that Harris can smell weakness and does not tolerate any BS..."You have all seen the look. You kn𒁏ow what I'm talking about."
"She’s the one who encouraged me, as second gentleman, to take up that fight, which is so perso♔nal to me,” he𒁃 said.
'Trump Has No Empathy, No Morals': Ex-Press Secy Of White House
Former White House press secretary under the Donald Trump administration, Stephanie Grisham, addressed DNC 2024 on its second day, in support of Vice President Kamala Harris and slammed Republican presidential candid꧑ate Donald Trump.
She said that 💞her former boss, Trump, mocked his supporters and termed them to be "baꦍsement dwellers".
"The Trump family became my family. I spend Easter, Th🅺anksgiving, ൩Christmas and New Years, all at Mar-a-Lago. I saw him when the cameras were off, behind closed doors, Trump mocks his supporters, he calls them basement dwellers," Grisham said.
"He has no e�🙈�mpathy, no morals and no fidelity to the truth," she added.
Endorsing Kamala Harris for the White House top post, Grܫisham said that she is backing a Democrat because of her love for the country more than the party.
"Kamala Harris t♓ell⛦s the truth, she respects the American people and she has my vote," she added.
An Economy That Works For All: Bernie Sanders
Senator Bernie Sanders, speaking at the DNC 2024, urged US citizens to elect Vice President Kama🌺la Harris as the next president of the country.
Sanders spoke of the critical importance of having a progressive econo♌mic agenda for the working-class Americans and winning the strugg🌊le against rampant corruption.
"We need an economy that works for all of us, not just the greed of the billionaire class. My fellow Americans, while 60 per cent of our people live paycheck to paycheck, the top 1 p💖er cent have never had it so good. These oligarchs tell us we shouldn’t tax the rich; we shouldn’t take on price gouging; we shouldn’t expand medicare to cover dental, hearing, and vision; and we shouldn’t increase social security benefits for struggling seniors,” he said.
He💟 is said that this is exactly what the Democrats are going to do, "We're going to win this struggle because this is precisely what the American people want from their government. And at the top of that to-do list is the need to get bid money out of political process."
"For the sake of our democracy we must overturn the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision and move toward public funding of electi�𝐆�ons. And let me tell you what else we must do. We need to join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee health care to all as a human right, not a privilege,” Sanders said.
He noted that public education needed to be strengthened, teacher salaries should be raised and added that every American receives higher ed🧔ucation regardless of income.
