Kamala Harris’ speech at the Democratic National Convention brought the crowd to a fever pitch, and social media users matched the energy.
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On Thursday (August 22), Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination to be their presidential candidate with a speech that inspired the audience at the party’s national convention in Chicago, Illinois as well as those on social media who tuned in. She took the stage bedecked in a smart midnight blue pantsuit to a standing ovation that lasted a little over two minutes.
Smiling widely, Harris plunged into her speech, detailing her background and honoring her late mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris (as her sister Maya Harris did in her remarks beforehand) and her journey from her Oakland, California roots through to her career. “On behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on Earth, I accept your nomination …