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Three months left in the 2024 US election, thousands of people gathered this week to participate in the National Congress of the Democratic Party in Chicago.
This tradition dates back to the 1830s, when a group of Democratic Party, a group of Democratic Party, who supported President Andrew Jackson, gathered in Baltimore and nominated him for re -election.
This year's situation will be slightly different from previous years, because after Joe Biden's withdrawal, the Democratic Party has officially nominated Vice President Kamala Harris in virtual electronics voting.However, many other traditions of the National Congress of the Democratic Party, including celebrities and unforgettable speeches, will remain unchanged.Here are what you need to pay attention to.
This year's National Congress of the Democratic Party was held at the Chicago United Center Arena from August 19th to August 22nd local time.
What is the agenda of this conference?
As Kamara Harris and Tim Walz have been nominated, this year's conference will focus on the speech of well -known Democratic people and the passage of the party's political platform.
Representatives will be committed to finalizing the party's political platform, and its draft has been released.
The Democratic Political Plane is widely concerned, involving reducing inflation, alleviating climate change, and solving the problem of violence of guns.
In the draft political platform, the Democrats compared the positions of various factions with the "2025 Plan".EssenceTrump tried to keep a distance from the project, although several of his party friends participated in the writing of the project.
Biden and Hillary delivered a speech
Kamala Harris's brief appearance on the stage surprised the participants, but she was welcomed by rock stars.
On the night of the opening of the National Congress of the Democratic Party, the former first lady Hillary Clinton talked about how she broke the hardest glass ceiling of the United States that year and became the first woman nominated by the presidential presidential candidate.
She told the participating representative: "This is our time, the United States. This is the time we have stood up. This is our breakthrough (glass ceiling)."
U.S. President Biden delivered a speech at the conference on Monday night and ushered in the most important moment since he withdrew from the election.His governance records were manifested all night.In his speech, Biden emphasized his legacy, reminding the audience Kamara Harris played in the Biden government, and criticized Donald Trump (Trump).
Bynden said: "We must maintain democracy. We are fighting for the soul of the United States."
Participating representatives also showed the rare enthusiasm at the National Congress of the Democratic Party, shouting the slogan "We fight, we wins" and "Thank you, Joe".
The famous Democrats of other speeches include Andy Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, and RaPhael Warnock, a Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock.
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This is not a speech that Joe Biden wants to make.At least, not in this case, not this year.But if anyone knows that fate is more fate, it is the president -his personal and career are scarred due to tragedy and adversity.
In the lecture on the arena full of participants, Biden conducted a full defense for his governance and talked about many campaign themes in the 2020 and this year's campaign.Biden announced a few weeks after a catastrophic debate in June this year.
Bayeng praised the woman who hoped to take over the White House -Kamara Harris.
Different speeches from the oval office four weeks ago, Biden did not directly talk about passing the torch to the new generation.Instead, this information is conveyed in the hug after the president and vice president.
U.S. President Biden is now on vacation in California.From now on, it will be Harris' conference.
Who will speak this week?
Dozens of famous Democrats and celebrities will be on the stage in Chicago.
On Tuesday, local time, former US President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will give a speech.JB Pritzker, Governor of Illinois, and Doug Emhoff, the husband of Kamala Harris, will also speak at the conference.
It is reported that the lineup on Wednesday includes former US President Bill Clinton and former House Speaker of Nanxi Pelosi.Camara Harris's campaign partner and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will give a speech at the golden period of the night after being nominated.
The most important night of the conference is Thursday, when Vice President Kamara Harris will be on the stage.She will officially accept the nomination of the presidential candidate and give a speech entitled "For the Future" at the last night of the conference.
Chuck Schume, the majority of party leaders of the United States Senate, and Hakem Jeffries, a minority of the House of Representatives, will also give a speech at some time this week.
Well -known politicians are not the only person who will appear at the National Congress of the Democratic Party.The conference will also hear the opinions of some ordinary American voters including voters supporting Trump.
Who else will attend?
About 50,000 people attended the conference held in Chicago this year.Thousands of representatives and super representatives selected by the Democratic Party of each state. They are the main candidates, famous members of the Democratic Party, and some members of the National Committee of the Democratic Party.
Thousands of media people will also attend the conference.This will be a gathering event, and many celebrities will attend.
In 2020, actors Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Eva Longoria attended the conference, and Elizabeth Banks and AsiameAmerica Ferrera attended the 2016 conference.
About the rumors of the superstar Beyoncé and Taylor Swift this year, neither of them confirmed.
