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Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) said on Wednesday that his vulnerable Democratic colleagues are “doing the right thing” by skipping the party convention this week, if they think that will help them ...
For those who missed it — because, after all, it didn’t get much media coverage — here’s a brief diary of Donald Trump’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Convention Week:
CHICAGO — One of the most unusual Democratic conventions in generations is set to kick off Monday and make history by nominating Kamala Harris for president just one month after Joe Biden ended ...
The two candidates spent most of the debate attacking Biden and the DNC, rather than each other. [24] At one point, the moderator had to interject to get the candidates to draw contrasts with each other on stage. [25] Both candidates criticized several state Democratic parties for actions taken to make it more difficult for them to get on the ...
Obama's speech began by quoting the preamble to the United States Constitution: "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union ...". [2] Noting his proximity to Independence Hall, Obama highlighted the tension between the ideals of equal citizenship and freedom expressed in the Constitution and America's history of slavery, and connected the American Civil War and civil rights movement ...
2 [1840] A resolution stating "that the convention deem it expedient at the present time not to choose between the individuals in nomination, but to leave the decision to their Republican fellow-citizens in the several states" was passed by the convention. Most Van Buren electors voted for Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky for the vice ...
The Democratic Party has held a national convention every four years since 1832 to nominate its chosen candidates, and Chicago has a storied history of hosting conventions on both sides of the ...
The big moment of that convention was the unveiling of that famous photo of a young Clinton shaking JFK’s hand — it created the sense Clinton was a rightful heir to lead the Democratic Party.