Kamala Harris speaks at the end of the Democratic convention. A congressman warns of a mistake made by the Democrats. All information in the news blog.
11.38 am: The Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris wants to be a president for all people in the USA and overcome the division in the country. “I promise that I will be a president for all Americans,” said Harris at the end of the Democratic Party Convention in Chicago. There, the 59-year-old ceremoniously accepted her nomination as her party’s presidential candidate. Here you can find the most important parts of Harris’ speech.
5.40 am: Former President Donald Trump reacted in real time and vehemently to opponent Kamala Harris’ speech on his Truth Social platform. “Is she talking about me?” Trump posted, among other things. In quick succession, the former president criticized Harris’ speech: “A lot of talk about childhood” and “Too many ‘thank yous’, said too quickly.” Read more about it here.
4.50 am: Kamala Harris had to say thank you more than ten times before she could give what was probably the most important speech of her life. Thank you to the delegates, but also to the “love of her life”, Doug Emhoff, and US President Joe Biden.
Then it was “down to business”: The Vice President reviewed her family history, her parents’ divorce, her life as a young woman in a middle-class area. She learned from her mother not to complain about injustice, “but to do something.” In her career as a lawyer, she has only had one client: the people, said the former prosecutor. And then she said the sentence that no one expected a few weeks ago: “I accept your nomination as President of the United States.”
She warned about Donald Trump and the consequences of the ruling that grants him immunity. “Imagine Donald Trump without restrictions,” she said, “he will abuse the presidency.” She belligerently shouted one of her slogans to the delegates: “We are not going back.”
She wants to fight for women who want an abortion or artificial insemination. As president, Trump wants to have reports drawn up on how abortions are performed in the United States. “They’ve lost their minds,” she said to great cheers. She also wants to sign the bill that is supposed to regulate migration – and which Trump had prevented. Read more about Kamala Harris’ speech here.
4.20 am: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew from the Arizona ballot on Thursday, a Secretary of State spokesman told CNN. The move comes ahead of an event planned for Friday in the state at which Kennedy is expected to announce that he is withdrawing from the campaign.
3.35 am: The American singer Pink performed the song “What About Us” on the stage of the party convention accompanied by guitar sounds and three other singers. She is one of several stars who are supporting Kamala Harris. The country band The Chicks had previously sung the American national anthem.
