Kamala Harris has accepted the nomination for president in front of an ecstatic crowd at the Democratic National Convention.
told her personal story to a television audience still largely unfamiliar with the vice president after her sudden elevation to the top of the ticket last month.Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic nomination at the DNC. "My mother was a brilliant five-foot-tall brown woman with an accent," Harris said.
"This is one of the reasons I became a prosecutor - to protect people like Wanda, because I believe everyone has a right to safety, to dignity, and to justice." Recognising the issues as perceived weak points for the Democrats, she took aim at Donald Trump's policies on the issues. She said Trump and his allies would limit access to birth control, ban medication abortion and enact a nationwide abortion ban."One must ask - why, exactly, is it that they don't trust women?"The raucous crowd chanted "Not going back" as Harris spoke."But the consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious."When she took to the podium in front of a cheering crowd, Trump wrote that she said "thank you" too many times.
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