State announces which candidate will be receiving their delegates, its just a bunch of people shouting in an arena while wearing the worlds dumbest hats, but this year they mixed things up and did roll call from a picturesque or meaningful location in each state. And ive got to say, i thought this was a much more interesting way to do it. I mean, you got to see people in front of cows or on the beach or locked outside their house. And while many of the people in the videos were party activists, some recognizable faces popped up, too, like amy klobuchar, representing minnesota from the banks of the mississippi river; or mayor pete buttigieg, beaming in live from the men in black headquarters. And my favorite by far was watching everyone hype up their state. Ohio casts 20 votes for Bernie Sanders and 120 vote for the next president , joe biden. Tennessee became the 36th and deciding state to ratify the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote. Tennessee casts 23 votes for Bernie
Delaware putting joe biden over the top. He represented delaware and the u. S. Senate for 30 plus years. Tonight, he officially became the democratic nominee. Heres how it happened. Thank you to all of our delegations. I am pleased to announce that Vice President joe biden has officially been nominated by the Democratic Party as our candidate for president of the United States. Vice President Biden is hereby invited to deliver an acceptance speech. Thank you very, very much, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you all. It means the world to me and my family and i will see you on thursday. Thank you, thank you, thank you that is how it unfolded. Alexi is joining us from wilmington, delaware. A very different convention tonight, a very different acceptance by joe biden. Tell us what your reaction has been so far. There are not many balloons or confetti falling from my hotel room or sitting on the floor behind me. I am stuck in this hotel until they give their live remarks wednesday and th
All know,t, as we this is not a conventional convention. And as much as we would have loved to host you in person, i am proud the Democratic Party in the city of milwaukee have made the health of our residents our number one priority. Unlike the president , we have covid19 ar hoax. Unlike the president , we have never made fun of face masks. And unlike the president , we have never belittled her Public Health experts. We understand that our Public Health experts. We understand why we cant be together, and we hope you do too, and as our party comes together virtually to nominate joe biden as our next president , we are showing the country we are nominating a leader who isnt afraid to make tough choices or to work with Health Experts come and not against them, to address this pandemic experts, and not against them, to address his pandemic. Milwaukee is special. I look forward to the day when you are all able to come expense are beautiful lakefront, our historic neighborhoods, and above a
Actually cared, that my life meant something to him. I knew that he would take my story there with him. Thats because joe biden has room in his heart for more than just himself. We have been through a lot and we have tough days ahead. Nominating someone like that to be in the white house is a good place to start. Thats why i nominate my friend, joe biden, as the next president of the United States. The new yorkt times as a Security Guard and thats where she met joe biden. There is a story in New York Times if you want to read about it. The democrats have officially nominated joe biden to be president. This is an incredible day. I am really excited to talk about health care, if we could. Please go ahead. Sure. That obamacare is currently an opt in model. I would like to see an opt out public option where people who are not using the Governments Health care will be able to receive tax credits based on the size of what did you hear tonight about health care that attracted you or did not a
This is not a conventional convention. And as much as we would have loved to host you in person, i am proud the Democratic Party in the city of milwaukee have made the health of our residents our number one priority. Unlike the president , we have covid19 ar hoax. Unlike the president , we have never made fun of face masks. And unlike the president , we have never belittled her Public Health experts. We understand that our Public Health experts. We understand why we cant be together, and we hope you do too, and as our party comes together virtually to nominate joe biden as our next president , we are showing the country we are nominating a leader who isnt afraid to make tough choices or to work with Health Experts come and not against them, to address this pandemic experts, and not against them, to address his pandemic. Milwaukee is special. I look forward to the day when you are all able to come expense are beautiful lakefront, our historic neighborhoods, and above all, our diverse, h