Barack Obama to deliver ‘forceful affirmation’ for Kamala Harris in Democratic convention speech – live
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Sources close to former president say he will ‘affirm why Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are precisely the leaders the country needs right now’
Joe Biden described selecting Kamala Harris as his vice-president as “the best decision I made my whole career”, and he drew a sharp contrast between her and Donald Trump. Mocking Trump over his recent conviction on 34 felony counts, Biden said:
Violent crime has dropped to the lowest level of more than 50 years, and crime will keep coming down when we put a prosecutor in the Oval Office instead of a convicted felon.
When he talks about America being a failing nation, he says, we’re losing. He’s the loser. He’s dead wrong.
Guess who cast the tie-breaking vote? Vice-president, soon-to-be-president, Kamala Harris.
With a grateful heart, I stand before you now on this August night to report that democracy has prevailed. Democracy has delivered, and now democracy must be preserved.
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