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Thursday August 22, 2024

Thursday August 22, 2024

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Kamala Harris speaks at 2024 Democratic National Convention
PBS NewsHourAugust 22, 2024 (55:30)
Highlights from night 4 of the 2024 DNC
PBS NewsHourAugust 22, 2024 (04:33)

Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination on the last night of the Democratic National Convention. Calling on her friends, family and former colleagues along with celebrities and fellow lawmakers, Harris on Thursday evening said that if she were to win the White House, she would “promise to be a president for all Americans.”

Harris also touched on the war in Gaza, saying “President Biden and I are working to end this war such that Israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security.”

Other speakers included Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Maxwell Frost, Harris’ nieces Amara and Leela and actor Kerry Washington to cap off the last day of the DNC.

2024 Democratic National Convention Night 4
PBS NewsHour, August 22, 2024 – 6:00 pm (ET)
Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger speaks at 2024 DNC
PBS NewsHourAugust 22, 2024 (07:17)

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican from Illinois, spoke Thursday on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, an evening focused on the future as Kamala Harris formally accepts her party’s nomination for president.

Kinzinger spoke against his party and their support of former president Donald Trump. “The Republican Party is no longer conservative,” Kinzinger said. “It has switched its allegiance from the principles that gave it purpose to a man whose only purpose is himself. Donald Trump is a weak man pretending to be strong. He is a small man pretending to be big. He’s a faithless man pretending to be righteous. He’s a perpetrator who can’t stop playing the victim.”

Sen. Mark Kelly speaks at 2024 DNC
PBS NewsHourAugust 22, 2024 (05:42)

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly spoke Thursday on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, an evening focused on the future as Kamala Harris formally accepts her party’s nomination for president.

Kelly, who appeared alongside his wife, former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords earlier in the night, spoke about how former president Donald Trump damaged the reputation of the United States worldwide. “[Trump] was too busy sucking up to dictators and dreaming of becoming one himself,” Kelly said.

“Trump thinks that Americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice are suckers and losers and if we fall for that again and make him the commander-in-chief, the only suckers would be us.” Harris’ speech is her first official chance to offer her vision for the country to voters. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz formally accepted the vice presidential nomination the day before.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at 2024 DNC
PBS NewsHourAugust 22, 2024 (05:00)

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, spoke Thursday on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, an evening focused on the future as Kamala Harris formally accepts her party’s nomination for president.

“I know in a crisis, we need someone strong enough to come up with a plan, to tell the truth and to bring people together. Right now, before the crisis, is when we get to choose. Why wouldn’t we choose the leader who’s tough, tested, and a total badass?” Whitmer asked. “I know who I want as our commander-in-chief. America, let’s choose Kamala Harris.”

Harris’ speech is her first official chance to offer her vision for the country to voters. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz formally accepted the vice presidential nomination the day before.

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