Michelle Obama steals the show at day one of the Democratic National Convention...By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin -Michelle Obama, a Princeton Law School graduate and the nation's first Black first lady, stole the show Monday for day one of the four-day mainly virtual Democratic National Convention based out of Milwaukee, an unconventional convention fabulously done last night at the helm of the Democratic National Committee, and one that, no doubt, spells more trouble for President Donald Trump's reelection bid.
Republicans will showcase their talents at a virtual convention that begins next week, the Nov. 3 presidential election just months away, a showdown that pits incumbent Trump against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, a former vice president who served under Barack Obama, the nation's first Black president and Michelle Obama's husband.
Rated the most admired woman in the world, Michelle Obama told people to “vote for Joe Biden like our lives depend on it.”
She said, in response to her now famous slogan that “when they go low, we go high,' that 'going high means taking the harder path.”
The former first lady called Trump immature, and petty, and she said he is a bully who lacks empathy.
“His life is a testament to getting back,” she said.
And she highlighted systemic racism and excessive force, mentioning the May 25 killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and the murder of Breonna Taylor in March by Louisville Metro police, both of them Black and unarmed, and both the impetus for the the Civil Right Movement that has brought Black and White protesters alike to the streets.
She took issue with the president deploying military forces to major American cities to harass and intimidate innocent and peaceful protesters.
“But there for the grace of God go, I,” said Michelle Obama, a brilliant orator in her own right.
Political pundits praised her performance that they called warm and diplomatic, and a plea for Americans to vote their hearts out, though they said too that she took a sledge hammer to Trump, from criticizing his racial and misogynist rhetoric and ludicrous policies to what she says has been gross incompetence by the Republican president in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Billed with Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders as headliners and Latina actress Eva Longoria as a moderator, an array of speakers, including former 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, activists, common people, Democratic elected officials and crossover Republicans such as former Ohio governor John Kasich, came aboard for the opening day of the convention, which was streamlined and televised worldwide.
First responders, farmers, union advocates and doctors and nurses were also in Monday's line-up of speakers, an indication of the cleverness of the Democrats in gathering a cross section of participants as Biden leads in the polls, and in some instances by 12 points.
Day one was a testament to what is coming ahead for the next three days of the convention, the cornavirus, and Trump, front and center.
Family members of police murder victims, Blacks in particular, were part of the forum too, including the mother of Eric Garner, whom Staten Island police choked to death as he cried 'I can't breath,' words also uttered by Floyd before he was unmercifully murdered by police in Minneapolis nearly three months ago.
Others prominent Democrats who spoke Monday were U.S. Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Kirsten Gillibran of New York, and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, all three of them former presidential candidates, New York Gov. Andrew Coumo, who blasted Trump as a racist who promotes White supremacy and the Ku Klux Klan, and South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, was also among the speakers, and she said that Trump describes her as nothing more than “that woman from Michigan.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, former secretary of state John Kerry, N.Y. Rep. Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, former president Bill Clinton,and former second lady Dr. Jill Biden are among the speakers for day two of the Democratic National Convention.
Nancy Pelosi, Sen Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, Sen Kamala Harris, and former president Obama will speak Wednesday, among others.
Biden's running mate for vice president Harris, the first Black woman to compete on a major party presidential ticket in America, and Biden will accept their nominations in Biden's hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.
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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