In the conventionwhich begins this Monday and will run until next Thursday, will also see the US president, Joe Bidenand the first lady, Jill BidenThey will do so on Inauguration Day and will address the “successes of the Biden-Harris Administration” during their term.
Former presidential candidate and former Secretary of State, Hillary Clintonwill also be among the speakers showing their support for Harris at the Democratic National Convention.
Biden and Hillary Clinton will speak on Monday, while Obama will speak on Tuesday and Bill Clinton will speak on Wednesday, although the schedules are not yet known.
Under the motto ‘For the people, for our future’
Following the precedent of the Convention, the Democratic governor of Minnesota and candidate for the Vice Presidency of the United States, Tim Walzwill give his acceptance speech next Wednesday, while Harris will do his on Thursday.
Also participating will be the Senate Majority Leader, Democrat Chuck Schumerand House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, convention officials confirmed in a statement Sunday.
Under the theme ‘For the people, for our future’, speakers will focus on highlighting how the Biden-Harris administration “successfully overcame a pandemic, transformed a flagging economy and defended democracy in the country.”
“Our convention is an opportunity to bring the history of our party to the American people“the achievements of the Biden-Harris Administration and its plans to “blaze a new path for the future,” Convention President Minyon Moore said in a statement.
“Kamala Harris and Tim Walz They are fighting for the American people and the future of America; Donald Trump “He’s just fighting for himself,” Moore added.
Harris obtained the necessary votes on August 2 to mathematically become the nominee of the Democratic Party for the elections on November 5, a threshold that must be reached of 1,976 delegates.
The vote closed on the evening of the 5th and she ended up winning 99% of the votes of the 4,567 delegates of her party, which made her the first African-American woman to compete in the polls for the Presidency of the United States.
He will do it against the former Republican president Donald Trump (2017-2021), who in turn was nominated at the convention that his party held in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) from July 15 to 18, in which the candidacy of Senator was also made official JD Vance as his running mate.