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Presidential Nominee Joe Biden’s full remarks as prepared for delivery from night four of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, August 20. Good evening. Ella Baker, a giant of the civil rights movement, left us with this wisdom: Give people light and they will find a way. Give people light. Those are words for our time. The current president has cloaked America in darkness for much too long. Too much anger. Too much fear. Too much division. Here and now, I give you my word: If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us...

Full remarks by Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris as prepared for delivery from night three of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, August 19. Greetings America. It is truly an honor to be speaking with you. That I am here tonight is a testament to the dedication of generations before me. Women and men who believed so fiercely in the promise of equality, liberty, and justice for all. This week marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment. And we celebrate the women who fought for that right. Yet so many of the Black women who helped...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Democratic National Convention held in Milwaukee from August 17 to 20 will mainly take place as a virtual event. The Milwaukee Independent will livestream daily programming from the DNC, which will air from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. CST. Further features can be found on demconvention.com. DNC Livestreams We the People: DNC Livestream Day 1 - August 17 Leadership Matters: DNC Livestream Day 2 - August 18 A More Perfect Union: DNC Livestream Day 3 - August 19 America’s Promise: DNC Livestream Day 4 - August...

Former President of the United States Barack Obama’s full remarks as prepared for delivery from night three of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, August 19. Good evening, everybody. As you’ve seen by now, this isn’t a normal convention. It’s not a normal time. So tonight, I want to talk as plainly as I can about the stakes in this election. Because what we do these next 76 days will echo through generations to come. I’m in Philadelphia, where our Constitution was drafted and signed. It wasn’t a perfect document. It allowed for the inhumanity of slavery and failed to...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s full remarks as prepared for delivery from night three of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, August 19. Good evening. After the last election, I said, “We owe Donald Trump an open mind and the chance to lead.” I really meant it. Every president deserves that. And Trump walked into the Oval Office with so much set up for him: A strong economy. Plans for managing crises—like a pandemic. Yes, we Democrats would have disagreed with him on many, many things. But if he had put his own interests and ego aside—if he...