Politico's Shia Kapos, DNC uncommitted Minnesota delegate Asma Mohammed, New York delegate Alexandre Burgos, and NEA president Becky Pringle discuss the Democratic National Convention and campaign news of the day.
President Biden was the keynote speaker on the first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He was introduced on stage by his daughter, Ashley Biden.
U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) emerged on the national stage while giving a keynote speech endorsing Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) for president at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. He went on to win the U.S. Senate race in 2004 before launching his own presidential campaign four years later.
The Human Rights Campaign held a discussion on the sidelines of the DNC convention about the LGBTQ+ movement and the Democratic party. Moderators talked about how the election would impact the LGBTQ+ community and issues concerning them.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) participated in a sit-down conversation with Politico while attending the DNC convention in Chicago. The two discussed the state of the Democratic party and the strategy to beat former President Trump and Republicans in the upcoming November elections.
Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance campaigned in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He discussed community policing and touted the Trump-Vance campaign's belief that every child is entitled to public safety. In addition, Sen. Vance answered reporter questions on a variety of topics including debate preparation against Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz and the DNC Convention in Chicago. "Tim Walz has been going around saying that he served in war, and maybe they did it in Chicago so that he could actually, accurately say he visited a combat zone," said Sen. Vance.
"As the generations of Americans before us who led the fight for freedom, the baton is now in our hands," Vice President Kamala Harris told supporters in Milwaukee immediately after delegates at the the Democratic National Convention nominated the Harris-Walz ticket for president and vice president of the United States in a ceremonial roll call of states. With 77 days left until the November 2024 election, she and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), spoke about their vision for America, which included capping the cost of prescription drugs and lowering the housing costs. The campaign event in Milwaukee took place in the Fiserv Forum arena, the location of the 2024 Republican National Convention a month prior.
