As DemConvention focuses on ravages of gun violence, Gabrielle Giffords says, 'We are at a crossroads. We can let the shooting continue or we can act. We can protect our families, our future. We can vote.'
-- making official her place in history as the first Black woman and first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major political party.
Preparations are made on the stage on the third day before the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., Aug. 19, 2020.ABC News Live will kick off primetime coverage each day at 7 p.m. ET on the network's steaming news channel and primetime coverage will air from 10-11 p.m. ET each night of the convention on the ABC Television Network.
"I’ve known the darkest of days, days of pain and uncertain recovery," said Giffords."But confronted by despair, I’ve summoned hope. Confronted by paralysis and aphasia, I’ve responded with grit and determination. I put one foot in front of the other. I found one word and then I found another. My recovery is a daily fight, but fighting makes me stronger. Words once came easily; today I struggle with speech. But I have not lost my voice.
Sen. Kamala Harris opens the third day of the 2020 Democratic National Convention with a message about voting, Aug. 19, 2020. Later in the program she accepts the party's nomination for vice president."I know many of you plan to vote this year, but amidst the excitement and enthusiasm for this election, you’ve also heard about obstacles and misinformation and folks making it harder for you to cast your ballot.
Last month, Trump announced a project to restore the Rose Garden, which her office said -- in part -- included plans to improve “support for audiovisual and broadcasting needs.”-- ABC News' Ben GittlesonHarris has arrived at the Chase Center ahead of her remarks, an aide tells ABC News. Preparations are made on the stage ahead of the third day of the Democratic National Convention, being held virtually amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., Aug. 19, 2020.
"You know, when I listen to that and then I see the horror that he's left us, the stupidity of the transactions that he made. Look what we're doing. We have our great border wall, we have security, we have the UAE deal which has been universally praised by people that aren't exactly fans of Donald Trump for various reasons.When I look at what we have -- look at how bad he was. How ineffective a president he was. He was so ineffective, so terrible, Trump said.
The campaign confirmed that Biden will be watching the proceedings from Delaware Wednesday night but said that they would not plan on seeing a cameo from the former vice president, saying the focus would remain on vice presidential nominee.Tracee Ellis Ross, serving as moderator, speaks during the second night of the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 18, 2020.
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