By EFE
20 Aug 2024, 00:43 AM EDT
President Joe Biden took the stage to deliver his speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, and the first thing he said was his rejection of political violence. He also asked an excited audience if they were ready to vote for “freedom” in November and elect Vice President Kamala Harris to the White House.
“There is no place in America for political violence, you cannot love your country only when you win,” Biden said, referring to former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump, but not actually mentioning him, adopting a more sober tone at the beginning of his speech.
“We love you Joe”
Biden’s speech began on a positive note, as attendees at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago greeted him with applause and shouts of “We love you Joe” while waving blue signs with the same message and red hearts.
The president was emotional as he walked onto the stage at the United Center, preceded by his daughter Ashley, and said the country is at an “inflection point. One of those rare moments in history when the decisions we make now determine the fate of a country and the world.”
Extremists became emboldened
The president, who succumbed to internal pressure from this same party a month ago and renounced re-election in favor of Kamala Harris, said that under Republican Donald Trump, Nazis, white supremacists and even the KKK “became emboldened” because they saw him as an “ally.”
Under Trump, “they didn’t even bother to put their hoods on anymore,” Biden said during his appearance at the DNC.
In this review of recent years, following Trump’s emergence in politics and his victory over the Republican in the 2020 elections, Biden said: “democracy prevailed (after the assault by Trump supporters on the Capitol in January 2021, before his inauguration), we have delivered results and now democracy must prevail.”
“Are you ready to vote for Harris and Walz?”
“Let me ask you: Are you ready to vote for freedom? Are you ready to vote for democracy in the United States? Are you ready to vote for Harris and Tim Walz?” the president asked, to a loud ovation from the legislators of the Democratic Party, who call him the most relevant president in recent years.
On the first night of the Democratic Convention, Joe Biden was preceded by an address by First Lady Jill Biden and attended on stage by Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
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