Democrats formally nominate Joe Biden for president at day 2 of the convention as Colin Powell speaks and Bill Clinton rips into Trump, Dr. Jill Biden, John Kerry, and Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also among the speakers....Critics want more Black participation at the 4-day convention....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest
Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.
Featured convention speakers were Biden's wife, Dr. Jill Biden, former president Bill Clinton, former secretary of state Colin Powell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and John Kerry, a former long time U.S. senator out of Massachusetts and 2004 unsuccessful Democratic nominee for president.
Critics want more Black and minority participation at the convention, Muslims and the Black Lies Matter Movement subordinated to a more mainstream convention, they say, and even though the Black vote is crucial to the Democrats winning the White House.
An entourage of pro-Biden advocates spoke, including activists, teachers, mayors, congress persons and everyday people across the spectrum, the forum also including videos of former Democratic president Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter, and the late U.S. senator John McCain, and his wife, Cindy McCain, McCain a Republican and a swing vote in Congress that kept Obamacare alive.
Democratic National Convention Chairman Tom Perez, a former U.S. asst. attorney general and labor secretary under Barack Obama, the Black president whom Biden served under, said Democrats have a quality candidate in Biden during a crisis period in American history.
A Rhodes Scholar, Clinton gave a keynote address and a blistering depiction of President Donald Trump, and he ripped into the president over the mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic that continues to sweep the nation, and the world, the U.S. with more than 170,000 deaths from the uncontrollable virus.
“At first, he said the virus was under control and would soon disappear,” Clinton said. “When it didn’t, he was on TV every day bragging on what a great job he was doing while our scientists waited to give us vital information. "
Night two followed a spectacular night on Monday, the four-day convention, based in Milwaukee and airing live from 9 pm-11 pm EST each night, set to end Thursday.
A retired four star general and joint chiefs of staff who served as secretary of state under former president George W. Bush, and who crossed partisan lines and endorsed Obama over John McCain for president in 2008, Colin Powell warned Americans that military foreign relations are at risk under Trump.
"I support Joe Biden because on Day One he will restore America’s leadership and our moral authority," Powell said, Powell a popular Black Republican that the Dems hope can influence fellow Republicans to vote for Biden. "He [Joe Biden] will restore America’s leadership in the world and restore the alliances we need to address the dangers that threaten our nation, from climate change to nuclear proliferation."
A former classroom teacher, Jill Biden won the love of the media and others like Michelle Obama did during Monday night's convention, an indication of the influence spouses of presidential nominees have on voters, and the mainstream media.
She spoke of family, love, and loss, and she fought for public school teachers and school children, outlining the devastating impact the cornoavirus has had on the educational community.
“As a mother, and as a grandmother, and as an American, I am heartbroken by the magnitude of this loss, by the failure to protect our communities, by every precious and irreplaceable life gone,” Jill Biden said.
At the core of the speeches was leadership, and COVID-19, speaker after speaker condemning President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
A new CNN poll found that Trump's approval rating regarding the handling of the coronavirus crisis is at an all time low at 38 percent, one in 10 Americans embarrassed on how the U.S. has handled the crippling pandemic
Rep Ocasio-Cortez, a 30 something New York congresswoman, nominated progressive U.S. Sen Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sanders the last of nearly 20 Democratic presidential hopefuls to leave the 2020 race for president, his second bid for the nomination.
Progressives like Ocasio-Cortez, and former Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner out out Cleveland, Ohio, continue to demand more inclusiveness by the moderate wing of the Democratic Party.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen Elizabeth Warren, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, Democratic ice presidential candidate Sen Kamala Harris and former president Obama highlight the list of Wednesday's convention speakers.
Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.
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