President ial nomination. He lost in the general election to the incumbent president , with Richard Nixon taking 49 states. Our coverage is from the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum. Chairwoman burke, senator kennedy, senator eagleton and my fellow citizens, im happy to join you for this benediction of our friday sunrise service. I assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. But i think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago, as they selected their Vice President ial nominee, that it pays to take a little more time. And i can tell you that eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with martha mitchell. So i congratulate you on your patience and i pay my respects to those two superb presiding officers of this convention, larry obrien and even brave weight burke. Yvonne braithwaite burke so tonight, i accept yo
Ms. Cortez masto madam president. The presiding officer the senator from nevada. Ms. Cortez masto i rise today to join my colleagues in opposing the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett as justice of the Supreme Court. This is the wrong time to be choosing a Supreme Court justice. And judge barrett is the wrong candidate for a seat on that court. The timing for todays confirmation vote is shocking. The majority of americans want to be able to weigh in on who should sit in Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs seat on the highest court in the land. They want to vote to choose a president to fill that vacancy. We are eight days away from americans casting the final votes in the 20 election. Over 58 million americans have already voted, including more than 649,000 nevadans. The American People are making their voices heard in response to this administrations disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic which has led to the loss of 225,000 american lives including 1,48 nevadans and sickened o
Happy to join you for this benediction of our sunrise service. I assume everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. I think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago, as they selected their Vice President ial nominee, that it pays to take a little more time. I can tell you that eleanor is grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race. I congratulate you on your patience and pay my respects to those two super presiding officers of this convention. Tonight i accept your nomination with a full and grateful heart. This afternoon i crossed the missouri to recommend a running mate one of the most eloquent and courageous voices in this land. Senator ted kennedy. Its the sweet harvest of the work on tens of thousands of tireless volunteers young and old alike literally funded by hundreds of thousands of small contributors in every part of this nation. Those who fin
Impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. [ applause ] i think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago, as they selected their Vice President ial nominee, that it pays to take a little more time. [ cheers and applause ] i can tell you that eleanor is grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race. I congratulate you on your patience and pay my respects to those two super presiding officers of this convention, larry and evonne. [ applause ] tonight i accept your nomination with a full and grateful heart. This afternoon i crossed the missouri to recommend a running mate one of the most eloquent and courageous voices in this land. Senator tom eagleton. Im proud of him at my side, and im proud to be introduced by one of the most eloquent and courageous voices in this land, senator ted kennedy. My mom nation is all the more precious, in that is the gift of the most open polit
Nominee. applause for the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i can ask this evening, and the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to gov. Dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable Death Penalty for he killer . No, i dont, bernard. And i think you know that ive opposed the Death Penalty during all of my life. I dont see any evidence that its a deterrent, and i think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime. Weve done so in my own state. And its one of the reasons why we have had the biggest drop in crime of any industrial state in america; why we have the lowest murder rate of any industrial state in america. But we have work to