Kamala Harris became the first black woman and the first Asian American woman vice presidential nomination to agree Wednesday evening, in a third night of the Democratic convention programming that has been largely focused on results and priorities of Democratic Women. “I always think of the 25 year old Indian-five feet high, which I was born Kaiser Hospital in Oakland, California, has been,” said Senator Harris. likely “On this day, they could never imagine that I would be standing before you now to speak those words. I accept your nomination for vice president of the United States of America” with appearances by Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Senator Elizabeth Warren, was suddenly the night galvanizing and bittersweet. E ‘was made a triumphant moment in honor of Senator Harris, made history as the first black woman on a big ticket for president. But it was also a reminder of how many talented women have been seeking political power in the century, as women have the right to vote, and how often it seemed to slip out of his grasp force. For those who have seen the Democratic convention in 2016, there were painful moments of déjà vu when another woman entered the general election, applauded by others who had tried in front of her and failed. Fresh MEMORIES Hillary Clinton white pants suit, the ladies in March, Elizabeth Warren Aunt Bee women were rapidly absorbed in the long history of struggle, as well as pictures of Shirley Chisholm and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And between the rah-rah rhetoric of progress and history, even during the night an ominous and urgent speech by former President Obama, who barely mentioned women at all, instead warning that the essence of American democracy game in the month of November. The night began with a special attention to the prevention of armed violence, a problem that women mainly galvanized. Former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was seriously injured when they were published in a rousing video above the sand and elasticity shot in the head at close range in 2011, contained the fragments of them to practice their words before they could to offer. It ‘was a towering video on how, as Biden has supported women’s issues in the Senate with the Violence Against Women Act (which can not comfortably talk about 1994 crime bill ratio, or Bidens widely criticized concerning Anita hearings Hill handling.) There was another segment has been named on the history of women in politics, from the suffragettes to the march of women who feel the same way that inspire and eerily similar videos at once that had appeared during the 2016 convention when Clinton for President. Hillary Clinton himself appeared, wearing suffragette know to keep a bold and crisp speech, which at one time their supporters encouraged and reminded them how easy victory snapped could be removed. “Remember, Joe and Kamala won 3,000,000 votes more and still lose,” Clinton said. “Take. It. Di. Me.” Senator Elizabeth Warren, the woman who did the primary company, delivered a video speech from a preschool lesson about the importance of child care policy, which included a brief mention of his now famous Aunt Bee, the stepped to help with the children so Warren could continue working. “And ‘now that child care is part of recognizing the basic infrastructure of this nation,” he said. “And ‘the infrastructure for families.’ The evening also included a stern warning by former President Barack Obama. Sounding as if he had darker and more emotional in recent appearances, President Obama spoke wheel Trump unable to work. “For nearly four years, he showed no interest in the execution of the work; find no interest in the common ground; no interest to attend the extraordinary power of his office someone who uses it himself and his friends; treat any interest in Presidency as anything but another reality show that can be used to get the attention it craves, “he said. “Donald Trump has not grown in the work, because it can not.” He warned against despair and cynicism that understandably discourage some voters. “They know they can not win with their policies. I hope it is for you to tune so difficult to do as much as possible, and to convince you that your vote does not matter. That’s how you win,” he said. “That is how a democracy withers until democracy”. The evening ended with Senator Harris accept the nomination speaks at a conference room almost empty, talking to a sea of signs markers was with no one there to hold them. “In a few years, has passed now. And our children and grandchildren will look into my eyes and asks: Where were you when the application was so high,” he said. “We will ask what it was? And we say. We’ll tell them not only how we felt. We tell them what we do.” Photo copyright Stefani Reynolds Bloomberg / Getty Images
Kamala Harris is the first woman of color to a vice presidential nomination Accept
