as one of our legendary speakers in california once said, money is the mother s milk of politics. you ve got to buy television, you ve got to buy mailers, you ve got to hire staff. those who don t develop that you don t see them because they don t survive. when the dust cleared, pelosi was the last candidate standing. she ended up getting votes from moderates, even some conservatives. and the irony here is that were it not for republicans and moderates, nancy pelosi never would have been in congress in the first place. your father, he was there when you were sworn in. yes. i can t imagine how, i don t know, beautiful that moment must have been. it was lovely. because during the campaign, he kept saying, don t worry about having a ticket for me for your swearing-in because as a former member i can go right onto the floor. i said, dad, i have to win first, i m in a fight, you know. i have to win first. but it was lovely that he was there. and 2 1/2 months later, he passed a
trying to reach out to african-american voters, who by the way make up 60% of the democratic electorate in south carolina. let s bring in cnn political reporter arlette saenz who s at the fish try in columbia. you re there. what s going on on the scene? you ve got more than 20 democratic rival who s have descended on this world famous fish fry. fill us in. what s the headline? reporter: that s right, laura. this is really such a unique moment in presidential politics. you have nearly every single democratic candidate standing on that stage, taking a photo together, and they re here in south carolina, which is such a critical state in the entire primary process. as you mentioned, those candidates are here in part to court black voters here that make up the majority of the vote of the democratic primary electorate. and tonight you had each of the candidates in their own ways make their small, short pitch to voters on why they should be the nominee. take a listen to a few of the remarks
fish fry. fill us in. what s the headline? reporter: that s right, laura. this is really such a unique moment in presidential politics. you have nearly every single democratic candidate standing on that stage, taking a photo together, and they re here in south carolina, which is such a critical state in the entire primary process. as you mentioned, those candidates are here in part to court black voters here that make up the majority of the vote of the democratic primary electorate. and tonight you had each of the candidates in their own ways make their small, short pitch to voters on why they should be the nominee. take a listen to a few of the remarks that the candidates had to make tonight. we know that when everyone s story is included in our national story, it is only then that we can right the wrongs and set this country on the right path. but eight years of damage will be almost impossible to get back.
the tape, we replay the tape as we do. and when we get it, we re going to share it with you. in the meantime, the south carolina democratic convention is going on right now, nearly all the 2020 democratic candidates plan to address voters today. peter doocy is there. reporter: and, neil, it is a convention, so every single presidential campaign is represented here, and we ve seen supporters so far waving signs and chanting names. kamala harris even brought a drumline. she is going to be the first headliner of the day here in south carolina in just a couple of minutes, and she was s colterred off the escalator escorted off the escalator and towards the stage with a handful of noisy drummers, it was quite the entrance. jim clyburn s world famous fish fry last night where the last candidate standing at the end of the night was the front-runner, joe biden. and the host, jim clyburn, told me he believes primary voters did pay attention to biden s comments about stability with
as one of our legendary speakers in california once said, money is the mother s milk of politics. you got to buy television. you have to buy mailers. you have to get staff. when the dust cleared, pelosi was the last candidate standing. she ended up getting votes from moderates, even some conservatives. the irony here is, were it not for republicans and moderates, nancy pelosi never would have been in congress in the first place. your father, he was there when you were sworn in. yes. i can t imagine how, i don t know, beautiful that moment must have been. it was lovely because during the campaign he kept saying, don t worry about having a ticket for me for your swearing in because as a former member, i can go right on to the floor. i said, dad, i have to win first. i m in a fight. i have to win first. but it was lovely that he was there. and two and a half months later, he passed away.