World News / 23 August 2024
Pumping up a potential Prez
The Democratic National Convention (DNC) will wrap in Chicago today with a final speech from current Vice President/would-be President Kamala Harris when she’ll accept the party’s nomination and reveal her policy agenda. The 4-day event has been a roll-call of famous Democrats like iconic Veep Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Oprah Winfrey. And yesterday, Tim Walz accepted his Veep nomination with a pep-talk using his experience as a football coach – he’s told supporters to campaign hard, saying “there’ll be time to sleep when you’re dead”. But not everyone’s impressed… Reports say his step onto the national stage has opened him up to more scrutiny, including some of the gaffes he’s made in the past… As for today, look out for pop star Pink – she’s set to perform before Harris takes the stage at about 1pm AEST.
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