August 22, 2024

Thursday, August 22, 2024. Annette’s News Roundup.

Don’t be surprised if Joe and Kamala get this done.

A few Doug Emhoff gems.

Touch to watch. 👇

Will Montana deliver Jon Tester back to the Senate and give abortion rights to its women?

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Day Three of the Democratic National Convention.

Wednesday August 21.

When you watched, you experienced the politics of joy.

5:30 PM
Call to Order
Alex Hornbrook
Executive Director of the 2024 Democratic National Convention Committee

Gavel In
The Honorable Cory Booker
United States Senator, New Jersey

Invocation
Sri Rakesh Bhatt
Sri Siva Vishnu Temple
Bishop Leah D. Daughtry
The House of the Lord Churches

Pledge of Allegiance
Students from Moreland Arts & Health Sciences Magnet School from St. Paul, MN

National Anthem
Jess Davis

Presentation of Honorary Resolutions
The Honorable Jaime Harrison
Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Joined by Vice Chairs The Honorable Keisha Lance Bottoms, Ken Martin, Henry R. Muñoz III, Treasurer Virginia McGregor, and Finance Chair Chris Korge.

Remarks
Mini Timmaraju
President and CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All

Remarks
Alexis McGill Johnson
President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Action Fund

Remarks
Cecile Richards
Reproductive Rights Champion

Remarks
Kelley Robinson
President of the Human Rights Campaign

Remarks
Jessica Mackler
President of EMILYs List

Remarks
María Teresa Kumar
Founding President and CEO of Voto Latino

Remarks
The Honorable Tom Suozzi
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New York

6:00 PM

Welcome Remarks
The Honorable Cory Booker
United States Senator, New Jersey

Joint Remarks
The Honorable Aftab Pureval
Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
The Honorable Cavalier Johnson
Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Joint Remarks
Rashawn Spivey and Deanna Branch
Lead pipe removal advocates

Remarks
The Honorable Lisa Blunt Rochester
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Delaware

Remarks
The Honorable Grace Meng
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New York

Remarks: “Project 2025—Chapter Three: Freedoms”
The Honorable Jared Polis
Governor of Colorado

Remarks
The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Florida

Remarks
The Honorable Suzan DelBene
Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Remarks
The Honorable Keith Ellison
Attorney General of Minnesota

Remarks
The Honorable Dana Nessel
Attorney General of Michigan

Joint Remarks
Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg
Parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American held by Hamas.

Performance
Maren Morris
American singer-songwriter

7:00 PM

Remarks
The Honorable Veronica Escobar
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Texas

Remarks
The Honorable Chris Murphy
United States Senator, Connecticut

Remarks
The Honorable Javier Salazar
Sheriff of Bexar County, Texas

Remarks
The Honorable Pete Aguilar
Chair of the House Democratic Caucus

Influencer Remarks
Carlos Eduardo Espina
Content creator

Remarks
Olivia Troye
Former Trump administration national security official

Remarks
The Honorable Geoff Duncan
Former Republican Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

“Let me be clear to my Republican friends at home watching: If you vote for Kamala Harris In 2024, you’re not a Democrat. You’re a patriot.”

Remarks
The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mississippi

Remarks
Sergeant Aquilino Gonell
Retired United States Capitol Police Officer

Remarks
The Honorable Andy Kim
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New Jersey

Influencer Remarks
Olivia Julianna
Content creator

Performance
Stevie Wonder
American singer-songwriter and musician

Remarks
Kenan Thompson and Guests on Project 2025
American comedian and actor

8:00 PM

Host Introduction
Mindy Kaling

Remarks
The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries
U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Leader

Remarks
The Honorable Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States

“I have no idea how many more of these I’ll be able to come to,” Clinton said.

Still, he implored delegates about the Harris-Walz ticket, “If you can get them elected and let them bring in this breath of fresh air, you will be proud of it for the rest of your life.”

“Your children will be proud of it,” he said. “Your grandchildren will be proud of it.”

Remarks
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Speaker Emerita of the U.S. House of Representatives

Remarks
The Honorable Josh Shapiro
Governor of Pennsylvania

Remarks
Alexander Hudlin
Jasper Emhoff
Arden Emhoff

Remarks
The Honorable Catherine Cortez Masto
United States Senator, Nevada

9:00 PM

Performance
Amanda Gorman
National Youth Poet Laureate

Remarks
The Honorable Wes Moore
Governor of Maryland

Remarks
The Honorable Pete Buttigieg

The fact that he and his husband have a family is "just one example of something that was literally impossible as recently as 25 years ago when an anxious teenager growing up in Indiana wondered if he would ever find belonging in the world," he said.

Performance
John Legend
American singer-songwriter
Sheila E.
American singer and drummer

Remarks
The Honorable Amy Klobuchar, United States Senator, Minnesota, introducing Governor Tim Walz.

Remarks
Benjamin C. Ingman
Former student of Governor Walz
Joined by Coach Walz’s Mankato West, MN football team in their uniforms. Under Coach Walz, they went from a record of 0-27 to the state championship.

Gwen Walz, wife of the candidate, in a film about the Vice President to be. As his father spoke, Tim Walz’s son Gus was in tears, as was his daughter Hope.

Remarks
The Honorable Tim Walz
Governor of Minnesota, accepting the Democratic nomination to be the Vice President of the United States.

“Never underestimate a public school teacher.”

“We’ve got a golden rule. Mind your own damn business.”

There will be time to sleep when we are dead.” 76 days.

“When we fight, we win.”

Benediction
William Emmanuel Hall
Lead Pastor of St. James Church in Chicago

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Tomorrow night, Kamala Harris will accept her Party’s nomination to be the President of the United States.

See you then.

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