Obamas, Bernie Sanders and J.B. Pritzker headline night two of the DNC
The second night of the Democratic National Convention featured thunderous speeches from Democratic leaders like Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), former First Lady Michelle Obama and former President Barack Obama.
The second night of the Democratic National Convention featured thunderous speeches from Democratic leaders like Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), former First Lady Michelle Obama and former President Barack Obama.
The higher profile speeches took place after all 50 state Democratic parties honorarily pledged their respective delegates to Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (the actual roll call happened virtually earlier this month.) Prominent leaders like Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), as well as celebrities like Sean Astin, Spike Lee and Lil Jon took part in the roll call where Harris was officially nominated as the presidential nominee.
After the roll call, the screens at the United Center displayed Harris officially accepting the nomination during a rally in Milwaukee.
Sanders took the stage to promote campaign finance reform and universal health care, two prominent policy ideas form his 2016 and 2020 presidential runs.
“For the sake of our democracy, we must overturn the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision and move toward public funding of elections,” Sanders said. “We need to join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee health care to all as a human right, not a privilege.”
Join me as I address the need to confront corporate greed at the DNC in Chicago. https://t.co/DrWqszx5eD
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 21, 2024
Pritzker also emphasized economic reform, advocating for the policies announced by the Harris campaign last week.
“More than anything, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz want a country where we can all live with a little serenity,” Pritzker said. “The serenity that comes with a balanced checkbook, an affordable grocery bill, and a housing market that has room for everyone.”
Pritzker also took a jab at former President Donald Trump for his six bankruptcies.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker: “Take it from an actual billionaire, Trump is rich in only one thing: stupidity.” pic.twitter.com/7O60iSxgxk
— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) August 21, 2024
Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama rounded out the evening to deafening applause during their respective speeches. Barack took jabs a Trump for his “cult of personality” and obsession with crowd sizes, while praising Walz for his genuine wardrobe choices.
Barack Obama questions Donald Trump’s “weird obsession with crowd sizes”:
“It just goes on and on and on.” pic.twitter.com/tezFwHYgzK
— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) August 21, 2024
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