Obama to deliver ‘forceful affirmation’ for Kamala Harris – as it happened
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Joe Biden described selecting Kamala Harris as his vice-president as the best decision I made my whole career", and he drew a sharp contrast between her and Donald Trump. Mocking Trump over his recent conviction on 34 felony counts, Biden said:
Violent crime has dropped to the lowest level of more than 50 years, and crime will keep coming down when we put a prosecutor in the Oval Office instead of a convicted felon.
When he talks about America being a failing nation, he says, we're losing. He's the loser. He's dead wrong.
Guess who cast the tie-breaking vote? Vice-president, soon-to-be-president, Kamala Harris.
With a grateful heart, I stand before you now on this August night to report that democracy has prevailed. Democracy has delivered, and now democracy must be preserved.
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