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The opening day of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago featured impactful speeches from some of the party’s leading women, with Vice President Kamala Harris taking centre stage as the presidential nominee.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a robust endorsement of Harris while delivering a pointed critique of former President Donald Trump.
Former Democratic presidential nominee, Clinton delivered a sharp critique of Trump at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday, asserting that Democrats now have “him on the run” while praising Kamala Harris’s leadership.
Clinton took center stage, lauding Harris’s commitment: “Kamala cares, cares about kids and families, cares about America. Donald only cares about himself.”
She continued, “On her first day in court, Kamala said five words that still guide her: ‘Kamala Harris, for the people.’ That is something that Donald Trump will never understand. So it is no surprise, is it, that he is lying about Kamala’s record. He’s mocking her name and her laugh — it sounds familiar. But we have him on the run now.”
As Clinton discussed Trump’s legal troubles, the convention crowd chanted “Lock him up!” Clinton remarked, “Donald Trump fell asleep at his own trial, and when he woke up, he made his own kind of history — the first person to run for president with 34 felony convictions!”
The chant echoed the “Lock her up!” slogans from Trump’s 2016 campaign.
“We can’t let up. We can’t get driven down in crazy conspiracy rabbit holes. We have to fight for the truth. We have to fight for Kamala as she will fight for us,” Clinton urged.
Reflecting on her own historic campaign, Clinton said, “Together, we put a lot of cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling. And tonight, [we are] so close to breaking through once and for all.”
She also encouraged her party to keep striving towards one of America’s remaining milestones: electing a woman president. “The future is here!” Clinton exclaimed, adding, “I wish my mother and Kamala’s mother could see it. They would say: ‘Keep going’.”
The Democratic National Convention (DNC) kicked off in Chicago on Monday. Former US President Barack Obama is set to speak on Tuesday under the theme “A Bold Vision for the Future.”
Mike Waltz, Kamala Harris’s running mate, is anticipated to accept the vice-presidential nomination on Wednesday, while Harris will formally accept the presidential nomination during her speech on Thursday, themed “For the Future.”
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