Biden pledges support of Harris at Democratic convention speech
CHICAGO — In a political swan song rendered less than a month after he abandoned his campaign for a second term, President Joe Biden on Monday praised his own presidency and urged fellow Democrats to help elect Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him in November.
CHICAGO — In a political swan song rendered less than a month after he abandoned his campaign for a second term, President Joe Biden on Monday praised his own presidency and urged fellow Democrats to help elect Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him in November.
"Join me in promising your whole heart to this effort — that's where my heart will be," Biden said on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention.
In remarks that ended well past midnight on the East Coast, he also highlighted a long list of accomplishments — from major infrastructure and climate change laws to lowering the cost of prescription drugs for seniors and combating the Covid pandemic.
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Biden was greeted with a thunderous standing ovation, with chants of "Thank you, Joe" drowning out his attempts to start his speech and thousands of signs reading "We ❤️ Joe" waving when he was introduced. It was a bittersweet moment for a party that sought Monday to exalt Biden after it turned on him just a few weeks ago — and to flip the page from its past to its future.
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