Chicago, 23 August 2024 (TDI): Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination before a rapturous crowd in Chicago on Thursday, promising a “new way forward” if she beats Donald Trump in November’s presidential election.
The 59-year-old sought to strike a presidential tone as she delivered a message of opportunity and unity for Americans following one of the most extraordinary turnarounds in the political history of the United States.
She criticized Trump, accusing him of trying to “take our nation” backwards and of cosying up to foreign “tyrants” like Vladimir Putin of Russia.
“On behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest country on earth, the USA, I accept your nomination to be president,” the vice president said to huge cheers.
“I will be a president who unites the nation around its highest aspirations,” she pledged.
The convention became a giant party to celebrate Harris’s astonishing ascent from something of a political afterthought to Democratic standard bearer upon President Biden’s surprise decision to end his reelection bid.
A sea of waving Stripes flags and Stars and chants of “USA” filled the arena as jubilant Democrats anointed Harris on Thursday.
Harris promised to be a “president for all Americans” in a bid to reach out to undecided voters.
With the November election, the US citizens have a “fleeting opportunity to move past the cynicism, bitterness, and divisive battles of the past — a chance to chart a new way forward,” she vowed.
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Harris then took aim Trump, whose campaign has been upended by having to face a female two decades younger, rather than the increasingly frail Biden, 81.
“We know what a second Trump tenure would look like,” she said, referring to a right-wing think tank’s blueprint for a future Republican political administration”, she said.
She laid out her personal story as a child of a single working mom, and her career as a prosecutor, stating she has the background and experience to serve the nation in contrast to Donald Trump who she said only works for himself and “his billionaire friends.”
