Democracy Now! 2024-08-22 Thursday
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🗓️ 22 August 2024
⏱️ 119 minutes
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Summary
Headlines for August 22, 2024; Uncommitted Delegates Launch Sit-In After DNC Rejects Request for a Palestinian Speaker at Convention; Tim Walz Accepts VP Nomination; A Look at His Record on George Floyd Murder, IVF, Guns and Gaza; “Stop Sending Bombs”: Rep. Ilhan Omar Visits Uncommitted Sit-In & Demands Israeli Arms Embargo; Uncommitted Delegates Speak Out After Sleeping Outside DNC to Protest Silencing of Palestinian Voices; “So Horrific”: Doctor Recounts Treating Patients in Gaza Injured in Massacres Enabled by U.S. Bombs; Climate Crisis & Election Roundtable: From Tim Walz’s Record to Project 2025 to Israel
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| 0:00.0 | You're going to. From the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, this is Democracy Now, War, Peace and |
| 0:22.3 | the presidency breaking with convention. |
| 0:25.0 | Today I watched my party say our tent can fit anti-choice Republicans, but it can't fit an elected official like me? |
| 0:35.2 | I do not understand. |
| 0:37.2 | I do not understand why being a Palestinian has become disqualifying in this country. A Palestinian |
| 0:45.0 | American has become disqualifying in this country. Uncommitted delegates are denied their request for a Palestinian American to speak on stage at the convention. |
| 0:52.0 | They're staging a sit-in just outside. speak on stage at the convention. |
| 0:52.9 | They're staging a sit-in just outside the convention hall and protest. |
| 0:58.1 | We'll hear some of their voices. |
| 1:00.5 | Then Minnesota Governor Tim Walls accepts the Democratic nomination for Vice President |
| 1:06.0 | criticizing the Trump Vance Republican ticket. |
| 1:10.0 | And we know if these guys get back in the White House they'll start jacking up the |
| 1:15.8 | costs on the middle class they'll repeal the Affordable Care Act |
| 1:20.0 | they'll got Social Security and Medicare and they will ban abortion across this |
| 1:27.7 | country with or without Congress. |
| 1:30.3 | All that and more coming up. Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now. War Peace in the presidency. |
| 1:52.6 | We're breaking with Convention. |
| 1:54.6 | I'm Amy Goodman. |
| 1:56.0 | Minnesota Governor Tim Walls accepted the Democratic nomination |
| 2:00.0 | for Vice President Wednesday night |
| 2:01.9 | and the third evening of the Democratic National Convention |
| 2:05.4 | here in Chicago. |
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