Democratic National Convention Opens

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🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The 2024 Democratic National Convention kicks off on Monday, capping a warp speed nomination process for Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota governor Tim Walz. We’ll preview the four-day event in Chicago, where democrats are expected to try to build on momentum that’s brought record contributions and favorable poll numbers. What do you want to hear from the democratic party? Guests: Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED; co-host of KQED's Political Breakdown Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent, Slate; host, Amicus podcast; author, "Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:34.3	The first day of the Democratic National Convention is underway.
1:38.5	Tonight's main event, President Joe Biden, who just four weeks ago ended his re-election bid
1:43.6	and endorsed his vice president
1:45.0	Kamala Harris. Harris's warp speed nomination process means many are eager to learn who she is
1:51.0	and how she and running mate Tim Walls plan to govern. While outside the Chicago Convention
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2:12.0	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. A very different Democratic National Convention is kicking off today in Chicago, different from the one we were expecting just over a month ago with Vice President and Californian Kamala Harris, accepting her party's nomination for president and Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate.
2:35.9	Still, tonight, we're told, we'll belong to President Joe Biden, who ended his reelection bid under party pressure.
2:42.0	So we're previewing the four-day event, where Democrats hope to build on their momentum of record contributions and rising poll numbers with Harris at the top of the ticket.
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