Black Prominence: VP Harris Accepts Dem Presidential Nomination, Special Guests at Day 4 of the DNC
Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz officially accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president and vice president, moving forward into the November election.
Harris began her speech by thanking President Joe Biden; her husband, Doug; her sister, Maya, and her mother.
“I promise to be a president for all Americans,” said Harris.
Harris and Walz’s opponents will be Republican presidential nominees former President Donald Trump and J. D. Vance in this November’s general election. Democrats have said throughout the convention that this will be a “fight” to the finish.
Harris said that Trump is an “unserious man” with serious consequences for the White House.
“Kamala’s entire life has been about fighting for each of us to have that freedom. And like so many Americans, Kamala knows what it’s like to be underestimated and be counted out. She knows what it’s like to be the underdog and yet still beat the odds. And now she has created so much electricity, so much optimism, so much joy throughout the nation and it is why we need her leadership in this historic moment,” said Maya Harris, a lawyer and policy advocate and the vice president’s sister.
Day four of the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) capped with spectacular speeches from guests like Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Massachusetts US Senator Elizabeth Warren, former US Rep Gabby Giffords, US Rep Lucia McBath, Rev. Al Sharpton and members of the Exonerated Five, Actresses Eva Longoria and Kerry Washington, and comedian D. L. Hughley; and electrifying performances from The Chicks and P!nk.
There were numerous advocates that spoke about legislating against gun violence and trafficking, protecting abortion access, building affordable housing and the middle classes, supporting veterans, and promoting criminal justice. Gun violence survivors and families of victims like Abbey Clements of Connecticut, a second grade teacher who survived the Sandy Hook School shooting; Kim Rubio of Texas, whose daughter was killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas; Melody McFadden of South Carolina, who lost her mother and sister in fatal shootings; and Edgar Vilchez of Illinois, a Chicago student and gun safety activist also gave their testimonies.
Harris oversees the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and in June 2022, helped pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act –a federal gun safety bill.
Walz has also signed major gun safety legislation into law, including universal background checks and a red flag law that allows law enforcement to intervene when someone is at high risk of injuring themselves or others with a firearm.
“America, we are not going back,” said Harris.
Harris also stated that she supports a ceasefire in Gaza but will defend “Israel’s right to defend itself.”
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