Live Coverage: Final Night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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The 2024 Democratic National Convention comes to a close and Vice President Kamala Harris makes history as the Democratic presidential nominee.

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0:00.0	We're about to hear from Michigan Governor Democratic Superstar Gretchen Whitmer.
0:13.4	You know, I think one of the most important things that we just heard from Leon Panetta,
0:22.0	right? We've had four days of celebration, inspiration, a look towards the future
0:26.3	and this message of joy. But Leon Panetta reminded us what we have been talking
0:31.0	about for months that democracy is at risk right and the next
0:34.5	president is going to be presiding over in America where we have allies who
0:39.8	up here we are I guess we're just waiting for Gretchen Whitmer, but you know it was just a really important time for us to hear from Leon Panetta and remind everyone yes for having shows tonight and singers and dancers, but this is a hugely important
0:55.7	election and so much is at risk.
0:57.7	Yeah.
0:58.7	In Lansing, they call me governor, but in Detroit, they call me governor but in Detroit they call me big wretch.
1:05.0	Donald Trump called me that woman from Michigan as an insult.
1:19.0	Being a woman from Michigan is a badge of honor.
1:27.0	Like women across America, we just GSD.
1:37.0	Get stuff done.
1:40.0	At 29 I joined the Sandwich Generation,
1:48.0	sandwiched between working and raising my newborn and caring for my mom who was dying from brain cancer.
1:57.5	It was hard but not extraordinary.
2:01.3	It's life. Those nights reminded me who I was fighting for. People just trying to
2:10.0	make it. Kamala Harris knows who she's fighting for too.
2:19.1	She took care of her mom who also battled cancer.
2:24.0	As president, she'll fight to lower the cost of health care and elder care for every family.
2:32.3	She's lived a life like ours. She knows us. Donald Trump doesn't know you at't get to
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