After 4 action-packed days, the Democratic National Convention concluded on Thursday, August 22, with Democratic politicians, delegates, and enthusiastic observers gathering in Chicago to shore up their occasion’s platform and formally nominate Kamala Harris for president.
Under, compensate for every thing you will have missed from this yr’s conference.
The place was the Democratic Nationwide Conference held?
The occasions at this yr’s Democratic Nationwide Conference, which ran from August 19 by August 22, have been cut up between the United Middle and McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. There have been additionally numerous third-party events and different goings-on held across the metropolis.
Who spoke on the Democratic Nationwide Conference?
One thing of an all-star political lineup was assembled for the 2024 Democratic Nationwide Conference. On Monday, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden helped launch the week’s occasions; former President Barack Obama and former first girl Michelle Obama then spoke on Tuesday, as did former President Jimmy Carters’s grandson Jason Carter—representing his almost 100-year-old grandfather—and our very personal Jack Schlossberg.
Wednesday introduced speeches from Bill Clinton, Hakeem Jeffries, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Pete Buttigieg, Oprah Winfrey, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota governor Tim Walz. Lastly, Vice President Harris closed out the present along with her nomination acceptance speech on Thursday.
Have been there protests on the Democratic Nationwide Conference?
A protracted historical past of political protest and activism surrounds the Democratic Nationwide Conference, and this yr’s occasion adopted that custom: A March on the DNC passed off on August 19 to protest Democratic help for Israel, mass incarceration and deportation, and a bunch of different hot-button points. (Protest teams had beforehand accused town of Chicago of blocking their ability to place up phases or platforms or use sound tools through the conference.)
What did I miss?
Learn on for some highlights from the week:
