Candidate for president of the United States, joe biden. We also reaffirmed our values as a party, a party of resilience and hope, empathy and inclusion. Ups is a party that fires me as a young man in the city, registered voters with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in a mississippi delta, and campaigning for the United States house of representatives. Its the party that taught me that Public Service should serve the public, even when your opponents call you names like nasty or slow. I know call this Third Session of the 40th quadrennial National Convention of the Democratic Party to order. Now lets get this show started. And now, live from wisconsin, please welcome governor tony evers. Folks. Evening, i am tony evers, and i am incredibly proud to be the 46th governor of the great state of wisconsin. We were really looking forward to having you here in americas dairyland. Unfortunately, the pandemic means we cannot do that this year. But what unites us is far greater than
Stopit is truly an honor to be speaking with you tonight. That i am here tonight is a testament to generations before me, women and men who believed so fiercely in the promise of equality, liberty, and justice for all. The 100thmarks anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment as we celebrate the women who fought for that right. Yet, so many black women who helped secure that victory were still prohibited from voting long after its ratification. But they were undeterred. Recognition,re or they organized and testified and rallied and marched and fought, not just for their these women and the generations that followed worked to make realracy and opportunity in the lives of all of us who followed. The paved the way for trailblazing leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton , and these Women Inspired us to pick up the torch and fight on. Women like mary church terrel, sandy lou hamer, and diane nash, and the great shirley chisholm. We are not often taught their stories. We all st
To stand up and say enough is enough. [cheering] box to the ballot factory floor, from her living room to the er, she makes trouble, the good time the good kind. She is a mother who cries out for sensible gun laws. The daughter who believes that equal justice means justice for all. We are america. The child who knows that black lives matter. No justice, no peace. Thehe is our warrior on front line, Challenging Authority to make the world safe. Nobody is above the law. Who makesg to be told decisions about her body or anyone elses. Allhese women and men of ages, races, or backgrounds do not come to planned parenthood to get a political statement, they come to get health care. We are disadvantaging her because of her sex. And, she knows that to change the world you need to change the idea of power. My time, and i control it. We are fighting for you each and every single day. And she knows her voice is heard and amplified by the women that she elects to public office. Want families to suc
Harris on the democratic ticket. Then, Purdue University associate professor nadia brown joins us for more on the Vice President of canada and the role of black women in american politics. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, august 13. Joe biden and Kamala Harris made their debut as democratic running mates. With of the ticket now set, harris biggest moments in the spotlight are set to come next week at the Democratic Convention and debate with mike pence. We are asking you how much you Pay Attention to the bottom half of a party ticket. Do you think running mates matter . Phone lines for you to call in, republicans, democrats, independents. You can also send us a text. Do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter and facebook. A very good thursday morning to you. You can go ahead and start calling in as we begin with this headline from yesterday from political. Mates dont usually matter, they write
President trump. The former prosecutor making the case to the American People for the bidenharris ticket. For the very latest, we go to abcs mary bruce in wilmington, delaware. Reporter history was just made here tonight. Kamala harris is the first black woman, the first asianamerican to be nominated for Vice President. This is a huge moment for women, for women of color and young girls across the country. Harris sharing her personal story of her american dream, sharing how the daughter of two immigrants went on to become a woman who broke so many barriers throughout her career. She shared this vision of a country that she says now feels distant under President Trump and made the case for why joe biden, she says, is the leader who can bring back the country that made her own story possible. This was a night for trailblazing women. Hillary clinton also sharing words of wisdom with Kamala Harris. But the fiercest attacks came from former president barack obama, claiming that President Tr