Kamala Harris accepts the Democrat nomination; Beyonce is a convention no-show; and Trump outlines plans for mass deportation.
Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday with a promise to fight tyranny around the world, and accusing Donald Trump of bowing down to dictators.
“In the enduring struggle between democracy and tyranny, I know where I stand and I know where the United States belongs,” Harris said.
On the final, and most anticipated, night of the four-day Chicago convention, Harris, 59, promised to chart a “New Way Forward” as she and Trump, 78, enter the final 11 weeks of the razor-close campaign.
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Kamala Harris has set out her plan to defeat Donald Trump and keep the Democrats in the White House for another four years.
The US vice president has accepted her party’s nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago… Ms Harris began by referring to her journey to become the party’s candidate telling delegates: “I’m no stranger to unlikely journeys”.
Her speech was littered with policy announcements: “a middle-class tax cut” for more than 100 million Americans, a bill to restore reproductive freedoms and reforms to the immigration system.
Beyoncé ‘was never scheduled’ to attend convention
Despite weeks of rumours and unconfirmed reports that she would be performing or at least introducing Kamala Harris, Beyoncé “was never scheduled” to attend the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
“Beyonce was never scheduled to be there,” a rep for the singer told the Hollywood Reporter. “The report of a performance is untrue.”
Her non-appearance came as a surprise to many people. The 32-time Grammy-winning artist approved the Harris campaign’s use of her “Lemonade” song “Freedom” in a campaign video and has since allowed the ticket to use the song throughout their campaign.
Man who threatened to kill Trump arrested
A 66-year-old Arizona man, who allegedly threatened to kill former President Trump during his stop in the Grand Canyon State, was arrested Thursday, according to local authorities.
Ronald Syvrud was arrested and taken into custody in Cochise County without incident, the county sheriff’s office shared on Facebook.
A spokesperson for the Cochise County sheriff’s office, Carol Capas, told NewsNation that Syvrud made threats on social media.
Donald Trump outlines plans for mass deportation
Donald Trump, if he’s elected to a second term, would work with local law enforcement to apprehend migrants who entered the country illegally as part of his plan to implement the largest mass deportation in US history, he said at a press conference in Arizona on Thursday.
Standing at the country’s southern border in Cochise County, Arizona, Trump said migrants living illegally in the US will be deported by the millions and returned to their countries of origin. If foreign nations do not cooperate with this relocation, the United States will employ economic penalties, he said.
Vance makes small-talk with unimpressed workers in doughnut shop
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance turned the joyous task of ordering doughnuts into a deliciously awkward encounter, a new video reveals.
The Ohio Senator walked into a doughnut shop in Georgia ahead of his remarks in Valdosta, Georgia on Thursday, where he introduced himself to a server who immediately said she did not want to be filmed, in a stilted exchange that is not helping the Republican candidate divorce himself from the “weird” label.
“I’m JD Vance. I’m running for vice president,” Vance tells the doughnut shop worker, who simply replies: “Okay.”
