Democrats to kick off convention with show of unity for Biden; some Republicans to speak
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s former top rival and a Republican critic of President Donald Trump will share a virtual stage in a show of unity on Monday, the first night of a four-day Democratic National Convention.
“My friends, I say to you, and to everyone who supported other candidates in this primary and to those who may have voted for Donald Trump in the last election, we must come together ... and elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as our next president and vice president,” Sanders was set to say according to an excerpt of his remarks released before the speech.
The speaker list includes several other Republicans, including former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman and former Hewlett Packard Enterprise Chief Executive Meg Whitman. Their inclusion has angered some Democrats who are concerned it will take time away from key progressive speakers like Sanders of Vermont and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Biden, who was vice president under Barack Obama, will be formally nominated on Tuesday to be the Democratic challenger to Trump, 74, in the Nov. 3 election. Biden’s acceptance speech on Thursday will cap the convention.Democrats hope the opening night lineup will highlight the coalition arrayed against Trump and offer a contrast to 2016, when lingering bitterness between rivals Sanders and nominee Hillary Clinton contributed to her eventual loss to Trump.
Trying to steal the spotlight, Trump will make campaign visits to battleground states Wisconsin and Minnesota on Monday and Arizona on Tuesday. Trump will visit the area around Biden’s birthplace of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Thursday.
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