Kamala Harris accepts historic Democratic nomination for US president
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris closed out the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, accepting her party’s historic presidential nomination.
After a week of Democrats’ most prominent figures rallying the party faithful, Harris has accepted her party’s nomination for president during a speech where she offered her vision and policy agenda to the American people.
After a week of Democrats’ most prominent figures rallying the party faithful, Harris has accepted her party’s nomination for president during a speech where she offered her vision and policy agenda to the American people.
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00:00And let me say, I know there are people of various political views watching tonight.
00:06And I want you to know, I promise to be a president for all Americans.
00:12You can always trust me to put country above party and self, to hold sacred America's fundamental
00:24principles from the rule of law, to free and fair elections, to the peaceful transfer
00:32of power.
00:33I will be a president who unites us around our highest aspirations, a president who leads
00:52and listens, who is realistic, practical, and has common sense, and always fights for
01:03the American people.
01:07We are the heirs to the greatest democracy in the history of the world.
01:22And on behalf of our children and our grandchildren and all those who sacrificed so dearly for
01:31our freedom and liberty, we must be worthy of this moment to fight for this country
01:42we love, to fight for the ideals we cherish, and to uphold the awesome responsibility that
01:54comes with the greatest privilege on earth, the privilege and pride of being an American.
02:04So let's get out there, let's fight for it, let's get out there, let's vote for it, and
02:21together, let us write the next great chapter in the most extraordinary story ever told.
02:29God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.
02:30Thank you all.
02:51God bless you.
02:52God bless the United States of America.
03:21God bless the United States of America.