The party’s platform is centered on a selective application of law enforcement that looks a lot like ‘openish’ borders.
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Jim Fossel: Court packing would damage democratic institutions
Democrats are threatening to tear up the Supreme Court in response to Republicans’ constitutional actions.
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Jim Fossel: Pandemic highlights conventions’ shrinking relevance
We carry on with these archaic traditions every four years, but they rarely make much of a difference in either that specific election cycle or national politics.
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Biden makes impassioned plea for Democratic, national unity in convention finale
The former vice president accepts the Democratic presidential nomination, vowing to take on national crises and declaring that ‘we will overcome this season of darkness.’
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Kamala Harris accepts Democratic nomination for vice president
The first Black woman on a major party ticket issues an urgent plea for Americans of all colors to rally behind Joe Biden and find a way to vote despite concerns about the pandemic and postal slowdowns.
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Armed with Americana and calamari, Democrats across America nominate Biden
Democratic delegates nominated Joe Biden as their presidential nominee from a Montana cattle range, a California beach and other picturesque scenes across America.
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Gideon gets brief moment on national stage at Democratic convention
The candidate for U.S. Senate introduces herself and also shares time with musician Maggie Rogers, who performs with Maine’s coastline in the background.
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Democrats make it official, nominate Biden to take on Trump
Former vice president Joe Biden used the 2nd night of the 4-day convention to feature a mix of party elders from both parties to make the case that he has the experience and energy to repair chaos that Trump has created at home and abroad.
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Democrats put divisions aside to rally behind Biden at convention
As the Democrats’ 2020 National Convention opened, Michelle Obama, making her fourth convention appearance, once again delivered an electrifying moment.
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Biden prepares for Democratic convention, Trump hits the road
President Donald Trump isn’t about to cede the political stage as Democrats begin their national convention this week.