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The theme of the final night of the Democratic national convention is “For Our Future”, according to organizers.
Day four of the DNC will focus on what organizers describe as a “brighter, more hopeful era”. Here’s the full description:
America can’t afford to put Donald Trump back in the White House – because a second Trump term would be even more dangerous and more extreme than the first one. But the choice we face in November isn’t just about us versus Donald Trump. This election is a fight for the future. Vice President [Kamala] Harris and Governor [Tim] Walz will lead America into a brighter, more hopeful era.
Harris to face biggest test of her political life with DNC speech
Lauren Gambino
Kamala Harris will tonight face the biggest test of her political life so far when she addresses the Democratic national convention in Chicago in a bid to persuade American voters to defeat Donald Trump in November’s presidential election and put her in the White House.
In addressing the Democratic convention on Thursday night – and by proxy the wider US electorate watching in their millions on television – Harris will be making a direct pitch to voters to back her vision for the United States.
Harris’s campaign has sought to portray a more optimistic, future-focused view of the country than her rival, and perhaps also than that of Joe Biden, who based much of his pitch on dark warnings of Donald Trump’s autocratic sympathies.
It is expected that Harris’s speech will seek to lay out her personal story as she bids to become a historic president: the first woman president and the first woman of color due to her south Asian and Black background. Her speech is likely to focus on her work as a prosecutor, defending victims of crime.
But her speech will also lay out a sharp contrast between her positive view of the country’s future prospects and Trump’s almost wholly grim warnings about the state of the nation and his focus on immigration and crime.
Harris to deliver keynote address at Democratic national convention
Good morning US politics readers and welcome to our coverage of the Democratic national convention, where Kamala Harris will deliver the keynote address tonight as she formally accepts her party’s historic presidential nomination.
Harris’ remarks will close out the fourth and final night of the convention, which has seen delegates treated to speeches from the Democratic party’s most powerful players as they have thrown their support unequivocally behind Harris. Last night saw speeches by Bill Clinton, the former president, Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, and Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio senator JD Vance, will hold separate battleground state events today focused on immigration as their campaign tries to paint the Democrats as weak on border security.
