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11.08pm EDT23:08
First night of the Democratic convention concludes
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10.59pm EDT22:59
Michelle Obama: ‘Trump is the wrong president for our country’
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10.54pm EDT22:54
Michelle Obama: ‘You simply cannot fake your way through this job’
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10.50pm EDT22:50
Michelle Obama speaks at Democratic convention
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10.47pm EDT22:47
Sanders: ‘Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfs’
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10.16pm EDT22:16
Anti-Trump Republicans speak at Democratic convention
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9.59pm EDT21:59
Woman blames Trump for her father’s death from coronavirus
For someone who says she “hates politics”, Michelle Obama has managed to pull off something remarkable in her pre-recorded convention speech.
The response to it has been overwhelmingly positive across social media:
Bernie Sanders and Michelle Obama’s remarks revealed how the coronavirus pandemic, the economic downturn, vast inequality and threats to a fair election from the US’s most controversial president in history could drown out the climate crisis at the Democratic convention.
Climate is always a top tier issue for Sanders, who pledged the most ambitious goals of any Democratic contender. Yet it was only a brief mention in his speech tonight.
“We are facing the worst public health crisis in 100 years and the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression. We are confronting systemic racism and the enormous threat to our planet of climate change,” Sanders said. “And in the midst of all of this we have a president who is not only incapable of addressing these crises but is leading us down the path of authoritarianism.”
Rattling out a list of Biden campaign promises, from paid family leave to universal pre-K, Sanders said Biden would also invest in crumbling infrastructure and fight climate change by transitioning the US to 100% clean electricity in the next 15 years, creating millions of jobs.
Obama mentioned climate in a list of ways the US used to work with other countries.
Biden’s climate plan – widely endorsed by advocacy groups – is likely to fall to the background of the event.
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Michelle Obama: ‘Trump is the wrong president for our country’
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Michelle Obama: ‘You simply cannot fake your way through this job’
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