The 2020 Democratic National Convention kicked it off Monday with Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders showing their support for Joe Biden. On Tuesday, the convention continued and Biden was officially nominated as the Democratic’s party nominee. Hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross, Republican Colin Powell and Bill Clinton both expressed their support as well.
Once the delegates were given, Biden accepted his nomination.
With a wide smile, he stated–“Well, thank you very, very much from the bottom of my heart,” he expressed. “Thank you all! It means the world to me and my family, and I’ll see you on Thursday. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”
Republican Colin Powell also attended the convention and expressed his support for the presidential nominee.
He stated, “I support Joe Biden for the presidency of the United States because those values still define him, and we need to restore those values to the White House.”
“Our country needs a commander in chief who takes care of our troops in the same way he would his own family. For Joe Biden, that doesn’t need teaching. It comes from the experience he shares with millions of military families sending his beloved son off to war and praying to God he would come home safe,” Powell expressed.
Former President Bill Clinton also expressed his support for Biden. He stated, “Now you have to decide whether to renew his contract or hire someone else. If you want a president who defines the job as spending hours a day watching TV and zapping people on social media, he’s your man,” Clinton expressed. “Denying, distracting, and demeaning works great if you’re trying to entertain and inflame. But in a real crisis, it collapses like a house of cards. COVID doesn’t respond to any of that. To beat it, you’ve got to go to work and deal with the facts.”
He continued, “Our party is united in offering you a very different choice: a go-to-work president. A down-to-earth, get-the-job-done guy. A man with a mission: to take responsibility, not shift the blame; concentrate, not distract; unite, not divide. Our choice is Joe Biden.”
Joe Biden is to make an official speech on Thursday accepting the nomination.
