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Good morning Chicago.
Obama returned home on Tuesday.
Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama received a warm welcome from their old hometown at the United Center in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention. Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker used his prime-time speaking slot to tie Illinois’ progressive policies to the economic progress message promoted by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
There was one thing the three had in common on the second day of the Democratic National Convention: criticism of former President Donald Trump.
The theme of Wednesday's proceedings will be “Fighting for Our Freedoms,” and will include a speech from one of the most contentious members of the Democratic Party: former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Former President Barack Obama touts Kamala Harris as alternative to Donald Trump's 'chatter, rambling and chaos'
Former President Barack Obama returned to his adopted hometown to deliver the keynote address on the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, setting an ambitious goal for the county to elect Kamala Harris and rejecting “four more years of bluster and chaos” if Donald Trump returns to the White House.
Speaking for about 35 minutes, the former Illinois senator who quickly rose to serve two terms in the Oval Office praised Harris's qualifications and character while criticizing the former Republican president and the Republican Party, which he said had devolved into a “cult of personality.”
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Praises Harris, Criticizes Trump in Democratic National Convention Speech
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker used his prime-time speech on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to tie the progressive policies he advanced during his two terms in Springfield to the message of economic progress promoted by the party’s presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Pritzker, the billionaire Hyatt Hotels heir who was the driving force behind bringing the conference to his hometown, also used his time on stage to attack Republican nominee Donald Trump, with whom he has competed throughout his time in office.
Infertility survivor Sen. Tammy Duckworth says IVF is at risk if Donald Trump is elected
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois called for protection of IVF during a short speech at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night.
“Trump’s anti-women campaign has put other Americans’ right to have families at risk,” she added. “If Republicans win, they won’t stop at banning abortion. They’ll go after IVF. They’ll go after doctors. They’ll shame and spy on women.”
Illinois backs Harris in Democratic National Convention ceremonial roll call
On the second night of the Democratic National Convention, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker decisively declared nearly all of the state’s delegate votes won Tuesday, signaling the nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee in a ceremonial roll-call vote.
“The Prairie State, home of four presidents, including President Barack Obama!” Pritzker shouted as he gathered with other Democrats on the floor of the United Center, as the Chicago Bulls’ hit song “Sirius” by the Alan Parsons Project blared in the background. “The cornerstone of the Midwest’s blue wall. The first state to ratify the 13th Amendment ending slavery and the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote!”
On the second night of the Democratic National Convention, a march outside the Israeli consulate saw clashes with police and the arrest of protesters.
An unauthorized demonstration outside the Israeli consulate last night led to multiple arrests, with nearly 100 protesters capturing the attention of more police and journalists.
At the 1996 Democratic National Convention, Democrats promoted legislation that would have emphasized the role of police and prisons. The party's approach changed dramatically.
The last time Chicago hosted the Democratic National Convention, U.S. Senator Joe Biden gave a nine-minute speech praising President Bill Clinton's leadership in securing tough new crime legislation.
The 1996 election was the last in which the nation's leading fraternal order of police, the National Fraternal Order of Police, endorsed a Democratic candidate for president.
Trump campaigns on 'Make America Safe Again' as Democratic convention focuses on his criminal record
In a campaign rally aimed at countering the Democratic National Convention, former President Donald Trump stood with sheriff's deputies in Howell, Michigan, and called Kamala Harris, the former San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general, the “leader” of a “Marxist assault on law enforcement” across the country.
Donald Trump's former press secretary endorses Kamala Harris
Former President Donald Trump “taunts” his supporters behind closed doors and has “no empathy, no morals, no loyalty to the truth,” Stephanie Grisham told Democratic delegates at the Democratic National Convention yesterday.
Grisham said this fall that she supports Kamala Harris because the Democrat “tells the truth, she respects the American people and she has my vote.”
Kamala Harris fills Wisconsin arena hosting Republican National Convention
Kamala Harris rallied thousands of voters in a packed Milwaukee arena last night, aiming to showcase the energy and breadth of the Democratic nominee's evolving coalition.
Harris, speaking in the battleground state of Wisconsin at a rally at the Fiserv Forum where Republicans held their convention last month, declared she was running a “people-powered campaign.”
The Democratic National Convention takes place at the United Center, but the random events and behind-the-scenes happenings take place at McCormick Place.
McCormick Plaza, the Democratic Party’s other less glamorous official center of gravity, is where delegates spend their day: a woman waiting in line for breakfast wearing a T-shirt asking voters to consider running someone named Billy for Municipal Water District No. 1; a booth promoting atheism for Democrats sits across from a young woman begging for student loan forgiveness; a delegation from the Service Employees International Union hosts a luncheon; and Joel Carter makes political pins.
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