Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are launching a bus tour in the southern swing state of Georgia next week.
It will be the ticket’s first time campaigning together in the state and comes after their four-day convention in Chicago where the vice president accepted her party’s nomination on Thursday night.
Harris and Walz are also expected to record their first joint interview next week and attend fundraisers, likely in California, Florida, New York as well as the Peach State, according to NBC News.
After the bus tour, Harris is set to host a rally on her own in Savannah on the Georgia coast. It will be Harris’s second trip to the state following the start of her presidential campaign in July.
“Campaigning in this part of the Peach State is critical as it represents a diverse coalition of voters, including rural, suburban, and urban Georgians — with a large population of Black voters and working class families,” the Harris campaign said in a press release.
It comes as former President Donald Trump argued on Truth Social on Friday that Harris being allowed to take on the Democratic mantle is a “threat” to democracy because she didn’t win a primary.
Key Points
- Kamala Harris lays out case against ‘unserious’ Donald Trump in historic speech as she accepts Democratic nomination
- Trump blasts ‘all talk’ Harris in furious Truth Social ‘fact check’ of DNC speech
- Democrats react to Harris’s historic keynote convention speech
- Harris’s stepdaughter Ella Emhoff address DNC as grandnieces explain how to pronounce her name
- ‘Central Park Five’ warn against Trump after his death penalty crusade
Pink performs!
Friday 23 August 2024 02:40
Mike Bedigan
Award winning artist Pink has taken to the stage with a group of singers, including her daughter Willow, to perform her hit song What About Us.
Senator Mark Kelly blasts Trump for his attitude towards military veterans
Friday 23 August 2024 02:49
Mike Bedigan
Senator Mark Kelly took to the stage to cheers and chants of “A-ri-zo-na!”
“President Obama had to follow Michelle I had to follow Gabby and Pink,” he quipped. “Gabby impresses me every day, she was able to walk out an address you today because she’s a fighter.”
“We all need a team, I’ve flown into space four times, I’ve flown into combat nearly 40 times, not once did I do that by myself it took a team to accomplish the mission.”
Senator Kelly blasted Donad Trump and the accusations that he had once referred to veterans as “suckers and losers.”
“If we fall for that again and make him Commander-In-Chief, the only suckers would be us,” he said.
Senator Kelly was, at one point, tipped to be a favorite to join Kamala Harris on the Democratic ticket.
Gretchen Whitmer blasts Trump as ‘that man from Mar-A-Lago'
Friday 23 August 2024 03:08
Mike Bedigan
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer laid into Donald Trump, calling him “that man from Mar-A-Lago” – in reference to previous insults he had thrown at her.
“In Michigan they call me governor, in Detroit the call me Big Gretch. Donald Trump called me that woman from Michigan... as an insult. Being a woman from Michigan is a badge of honor!” she said, to cheers.
“Like women across America we just GSD - ‘get stuff done.’”
She continued: “Donald Trump doesn’t know you, at all... But Kamala Harris, she gets us, she sees us, she is us. We’ve all lived through a lot of history over the last few years... floods and fires... a plot and a pandemic.
“One day s*** whill hit the fan and you’ll ask... who is in charge. What if it’s him? What if it’s that man from Mar-A-Lago?”
“What I know is that we need someone to come up with a plan, to tell the truth. Right now we get to choose, what if we get to choose the leader who is tough, tested and a total badass.”
“I know who I want as my Commander-In-Chief. America let’s choose Kamala Harris!”
Friday 23 August 2024 03:15
Mike Bedigan
Man I remember when @AdamKinzinger was a Tea Party hellraiser who was apprehensive about raising the debt ceiling without spending cuts.
— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) August 23, 2024
May Harris urges convention to elect ‘my big sister'
Friday 23 August 2024 03:26
Mike Bedigan
Kamala Harris’ sister, Maya Harris, urged the convention to “roll up your sleeves” get out and vote, and elect “my big sister.”
Taking to the stage in a pink pant suit, she discussed growing up with her sister and mother, who she described as “a trailblazer.”
“She had great expectations for us but more than that she had greater expectations of us... she raised us to believe we could be anything we wanted to be,” she said.
She continued: “Kamala knows what it’s like to be underestimated... to be the underdog and yet still beat the odds.”
“She has created so much electrcity... so much joy around the nation. We are living in a time in which some are trying to divide us... my sister rejects that view.
“When others want to drag us back to the past, my sister says ‘hold up now... we are not going back.”
Kamala Harris takes to the stage in Chicago
Friday 23 August 2024 03:32
Mike Bedigan
Kamala Harris has taken to the stage in Chicago, where she will formally accept the Democratic nomination for president.
The vice president arrived to roars, wearing a black pant suit, to Beyonce’s “Freedom” the song that has been a staple of her campaign so far.
Roy Cooper: One of Harris’s oldest friends who might be key to helping her win North Carolina
Friday 23 August 2024 03:35
Mike Bedigan
Roy Cooper has just finished addressing the convention.
Here’s a profile on the North Carolina governor from The Independent’s Eric Garcia:
Friday 23 August 2024 03:39
Mike Bedigan
Thanking and shushing the cheering delegates, Harris declared: “Let’s get to business!”
“Let me start by thanking my most incredible husband Doug, for being an incredible husband to me, and an incredible father to Cole and Ella... and happy anniversary dougie, I love you so very much.”
Adressing Joe Biden she said: “Joe, I am filled with grattitude, your record is extraordinary as history will show,” before adding: “To coach Tim Walz, you are going to be an incredible vice president!”
“America, the path that led me here was no doubt unexpected but I’m no stranger to unlikely journey.”
Harris went on to detail her mother’s life and her childhood.
Kamala Harris officially accepts the Democratic nomination for president
Friday 23 August 2024 03:48
Mike Bedigan
Kamala Harris has officially accepted the Democratic party’s nomination for president.
“My only client has on behalf of the people, she said.
“On behalf of every American...on behalf of my mother and everyone who has ever set out on their own, unlikely journey... on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth, I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America.”
She added: “And with this election our nation has a precious, fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cyncism and divisive battles of the past, a chance to chart a new way forward.
“Not as members of any one party or faction, but as Americans. I promise to be a president for all Americans.”
Kamala Harris has spoken often about her mother – but who is her father, Donald Harris?
Friday 23 August 2024 03:54
Mike Bedigan
In her acceptance speech, Kamala Harris spoke about her mother’s journey to America and how she raised her and her sister.
But what about her father. Sheila Flynn investigates:
Harris raises the proverbial roof by accepting Democratic nomination
Friday 23 August 2024 04:01
Mike Bedigan
The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg, live from the DNC in Chicago, reports that the cheers in the convention hall hit 120db - the same level as a plane taking off - when Harris told the crowd she accepted the nomination for president.
In pictures: Harris accepts the Democratic presidential nomination
Friday 23 August 2024 04:07
Mike Bedigan
Black women from all generations celebrate Harris acceptance of Democratic nomination
Friday 23 August 2024 04:21
Mike Bedigan
All while Harris delivered her speech, Black female staff at the United Center watched Harris’s speech on the monitors. Black women of various generations celebrated and took photos in front of campaign posters.
Salome Peters from Maryland said it was about time, citing Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 candidacy for presidency. “I’m so glad to be alive to help her fight, because put a woman in charge and everybody will be taken care of,” she told The Independent.
Tim Walz spotted playing with balloons with Harris’ niece
Friday 23 August 2024 04:30
Mike Bedigan
As the balloons fell from the rafters at United Center, delegates on the convention floor playfully batted them around using the large flagpoles with which they'd been waving oversize American flags during the vice president's speech.
Harris’ running mate Tim Walz, who accepted his own nomination on Wednesday night, was spotted playing with the balloons with Harris’ niece.
The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg notes:
The scene is a marked contrast with the January 6 riot, during which flag-bearing Trump supporters used American flags and their attendant flagpoles to assault police officers, including then-Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell, who spoke at the convention earlier this week.
Generations celebrate Harris’ candidacy
Friday 23 August 2024 04:40
Mike Bedigan
Carolyn Harper, who is from Chicago, sat on the floor on the third story of the United Center with her daughters, as Harris delivered her historic acceptance speech.
"I didn't think this day would come anytime soon, and here we are. There’s nothing better than watching it with your daughters," she told The Independent.
Trump rages against Harris on Truth Social in ‘play-by-play’ of her acceptance speech
Friday 23 August 2024 04:50
Mike Bedigan
Watch: Kamala Harris accepts Democratic nomination
Friday 23 August 2024 05:01
Mike Bedigan
Internet disappointed by Beyonce’s no-show at DNC
Friday 23 August 2024 05:20
Mike Bedigan
so no beyoncé .. but i watched for her pic.twitter.com/4FYY86iLtV
— Johrdan (@j_ohrdan) August 23, 2024
Beyonce was at home all night tryna figure out why they kept saying her name
— Eazy. (@_dayge_) August 23, 2024
Who lied and told us Beyonce was performing? I just want to talk.
— Kim Wexler's Ponytail (@MadisonKittay) August 23, 2024
Beyoncé sitting at home watching people lose their minds over yet another rumor of her whereabouts pic.twitter.com/5JT5ve74k5
— T Syl (@SylJayKay) August 23, 2024
I'm voting Trump no Beyonce or Taylor Swift
— Mr Bitcoin (@NotJokingMaybe) August 23, 2024
In pictures: 100,000 balloons drop as DNC closes
Friday 23 August 2024 05:40
Mike Bedigan
Tim Walz is a ‘girl dad'
Friday 23 August 2024 06:01
Mike Bedigan
@Tim_Walz is a girl dad pic.twitter.com/Gz5odVIloa
— Julia Saqui (@JuliaSaq) August 23, 2024
‘He’s never changed, he never will:’ Exonerated Central Park 5 warn against Trump after his death penalty crusade
Friday 23 August 2024 06:20
Mike Bedigan
When five Black and Latino teenagers were wrongly convicted of the rape of a jogger in New York City’s Central Park in 1989, he bought a full-page statement in The New York Daily News on 1 May, 1989, titled “BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY. BRING BACK OUR POLICE!”
On Thursday, four of the men – dubbed the “Central Park Five” – addressed the Democratic National Convention.
Alex Woodward has more:
Watch: The key moments from Kamala Harris’ keynote DNC speech
Friday 23 August 2024 06:40
Mike Bedigan
Two decades after 9/11, Harris and Democrats have reclaimed patriotism
Friday 23 August 2024 07:00
Mike Bedigan
News Analysis: Kamala Harris and the Democrats aren’t being shy about reclaiming symbols of patriotism after years of Republican jingoism, writes Andrew Feinberg.
Watch: How to pronounce 'Kamala Harris' - according to her nieces
Friday 23 August 2024 07:40
Mike Bedigan
Ann Coulter deletes post mocking Tim Walz’s son after onslaught of criticism
Friday 23 August 2024 08:01
Mike Bedigan
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter has deleted a social media post mocking Tim Walz’s son after an onslaught of criticism.
Gus Walz briefly stole the show on Wednesday night, during his father’s speech to accept the party’s vice presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention. The 17-year-old was filmed in the family box, crying with pride and calling out, “That’s my dad.”
Find out what happened here:
Kamala Harris has spoken often about her mother – but who is her father, Donald Harris?
Friday 23 August 2024 08:20
Mike Bedigan
In her acceptance speech, Kamala Harris spoke about her mother’s journey to America and how she raised her and her sister.
But what about her father. Sheila Flynn investigates:
ICYMI: The key moments from Kamala Harris' keynote DNC speech
Friday 23 August 2024 09:00
Mike Bedigan
Kamala Harris lays out case against ‘unserious’ Donald Trump in historic speech
Friday 23 August 2024 09:20
Joe Sommerlad
Good morning!
If you’re just joining us, Kamala Harris has made history as the first Black woman and first Asian-American to accept the nomination for president as she closed out the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago with both a personal and policy-driven speech on Thursday.
“On behalf of every American... on behalf of my mother and everyone who has ever set out on their own, unlikely journey... on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth, I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America,” she said.
Kamala Harris: On behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on Earth, I accept your nomination to be president of the United States of America. pic.twitter.com/Ck5dht7wgS
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 23, 2024
The cheers in the convention hall hit 120 decibels – the same level as a plane taking off – when Harris told the crowd she accepted the nomination.
She went on to discuss her plans for the economy, immigration and abortion rights.
Her address also touched on her middle-class upbringing as the child of immigrants and lasted around 45 minutes, concluding, once more, with Beyonce’s hit song “Freedom”.
“Let’s get out there, and together let’s write the next great chapter in the greatest story ever told,” she said.
Kamala Harris: Let’s get out there, let's fight for it, let's get out there, let's vote for it. And together, let us write the next great chapter in the most extraordinary story ever told. pic.twitter.com/sKxcpMUvz1
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 23, 2024
Kamala Harris making a strong case against Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/PSnHybXT03
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 23, 2024
Harris was joined onstage by her husband Doug Emhoff, as well as her vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and his wife Gwen, as 100,000 balloons were released.
Here’s Alex Woodward and Andrew Feinberg’s report on a momentous evening.
Trump blasts ‘all talk’ Harris in furious Truth Social ‘fact check’ of DNC speech
Friday 23 August 2024 09:40
Joe Sommerlad
Donald Trump couldn’t let the convention end last night without one last attempt to grab the spotlight from Kamala Harris.
Here’s a fairly typical example of the 45 or so posts he made during the 45 minutes she was speaking, which surely constitutes a meltdown.
There will be no future under Comrade Kamala Harris, because she will take us into a Nuclear World War III! She will never be respected by the Tyrants of the World!
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) August 23, 2024
Donald Trump Truth Social 11:13 PM EST 08/22/24 @realDonaldTrump
John Bowden watched the Madness of King Donald unfold.
Watch: Harris and Trump’s keynote convention speeches compared
Friday 23 August 2024 10:00
Joe Sommerlad
Democrats react to Kamala Harris’s historic keynote convention speech
Friday 23 August 2024 10:20
Joe Sommerlad
Harris’s stepdaughter Ella Emhoff address DNC as grandnieces explain how to pronounce her name
Friday 23 August 2024 10:40
Joe Sommerlad
Kamala’s family rallied around again last night to offer some more personal perspective on the Democratic presidential nominee.
"Kamala came into my life when I was 14, famously a very *easy* time for a teenager ... no matter what, Kamala was there for me."
— ABC News (@ABC) August 23, 2024
Ella Emhoff, stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris, addressed the DNC on the convention's fourth and final night. https://t.co/rUESl0VDZG pic.twitter.com/BWyC0qsvBA
WATCH: Amara and Leila, two of Vice President Kamala Harris' nieces, took the stage at the DNC for a lesson on how to pronounce their aunt's name.
— PBS News (@NewsHour) August 23, 2024
"First you say comma, like comma in a sentence," Amara said.
"Then you say, 'La,' like lalalala," Leila finished. pic.twitter.com/YuGZdaJWpZ
Here’s more from Myriam Page.
Internet devastated after rumor Beyonce at DNC turns out to be false
Friday 23 August 2024 11:00
Joe Sommerlad
Well, it was a beautiful dream.
Watch: Highlights from the final day of the 2024 Democratic convention
Friday 23 August 2024 11:20
Joe Sommerlad
Gretchen Whitmer, Adam Kinzinger, Mark Kelly, Leon Panetta and gold-medal-winning basketball superstar Steph Curry were among those addressing the United Center on Day Four.
Whitmer: Donald Trump called me that woman from Michigan as an insult. Being a woman from Michigan is a badge of honor pic.twitter.com/bUFVizWZjL
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 23, 2024
Kinzinger: Listen, to my fellow Republicans, if you still pledge allegiance to those principles, I suspect you belong here too. Because democracy knows no party. pic.twitter.com/Z284MB5cp3
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 23, 2024
Kelly: President Obama had to follow Michelle. I have to follow Gabby and Pink pic.twitter.com/IrCn93u91N
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 23, 2024
"Because nobody attacks our country and gets away with it. Nobody."
— ABC News (@ABC) August 23, 2024
Leon Panetta, CIA director and Defense Secretary in the Obama administration, recounted the operation to kill Osama bin Laden and praised Kamala Harris, saying, "We need Kamala Harris behind the Resolute desk." pic.twitter.com/ABKoE5C1sL
Curry: That's why I believe that Kamala as president could bring that unity back and continue to move our country forward… It’s a honor to support Kamala so let’s all do our part pic.twitter.com/9aLOGAv27l
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 23, 2024
Jason Crow and Elizabeth Warren, meanwhile, could not resist getting in on the couch jokes about JD Vance.
Crow: I know a couch commando when I see one pic.twitter.com/NOVVJB0CTa
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 22, 2024
Warren: Trust Donald Trump and JDVance to look out for your family? Shoot, I would not trust them to move my couch pic.twitter.com/Kqqaq1OHqk
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 22, 2024
‘Central Park Five’ warn against Trump after his death penalty crusade
Friday 23 August 2024 11:40
Joe Sommerlad
When five Black and Latino teenagers were wrongly convicted of the rape of a jogger in New York City’s Central Park in 1989, Donald Trump bought out full-page ads in all four major New York newspapers with a headline screaming to “BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY.”
“I want to hate these murderers and I always will,” Trump wrote. “I am not looking to psychoanalyze or understand them, I am looking to punish them.”
Their convictions were vacated in 2002 and the city paid $41m in 2014 to settle a civil rights lawsuit. Trump has refused to recant or apologize for those statements.
One of those teens, Yusef Salaam, now 50, spent nearly seven years in prison for his wrongful conviction. Last year, he was elected to New York’s City Council, representing Harlem.
On Thursday, Salaam stood on stage at the Democratic National Convention to endorse the woman running against the man who wanted him jailed.
Here’s Alex Woodward’s report.
Gabrielle Giffords joins survivors of gun violence and families of those killed in shootings
Friday 23 August 2024 12:00
Joe Sommerlad
Survivors and family members of victims of gun violence attested at the DNC on Thursday to the ways shootings impacted their lives and spurred them to advocacy.
One of the most potent speeches came from Gabrielle Giffords, the former Democratic congresswoman who was wounded in a 2011 shooting in her Arizona district.
Giffords, who was shot in the head while out greeting constituents, spoke yesterday about her long road to recovery.
“I learned to walk again, one step at a time. I learned to talk again, one word at a time,” said Giffords, who appeared with her husband, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly.
“I almost died, but I fought for life and I survived,” Giffords said, thrusting her arm into the air and drawing cheers from the crowd.
She then praised Vice President Harris and endorsed her.
“Kamala can beat the gun lobby and can beat gun trafficking,” decalred Giffords, who opened the Giffords Law Center to track and analyze firearm legislation in all 50 states.
At DNC, Gabrielle Giffords joins survivors of gun violence and families of those killed in shootings
Analysis: Two decades after 9/11, Harris and Democrats have reclaimed patriotism
Friday 23 August 2024 12:20
Joe Sommerlad
Here’s Andrew Feinberg on how the story of The Chicks, formerly The Dixie Chicks, charts Democrats’ reclaiming of their relationship with the Stars and Stripes after its brief brush with War on Terror infamy.
DNC ratings smash RNC figures for third night in a row
Friday 23 August 2024 12:40
Joe Sommerlad
The Democratic National Convention drew in more than 20 million viewers for the third night in a row on Wednesday, far surpassing the number of Americans who tuned in for the third night of the Republican National Convention earlier this month.
Here’s Rhian Lubin with the latest Nielsen ratings to make Trump’s blood boil.
Harris avoids getting specific on climate change – for now
Friday 23 August 2024 13:00
Joe Sommerlad
It’s fair to say that environmental themes did not make headlines at the DNC this year.
Here’s John Bowden on where the Harris-Walz ticket stands on climate change.
Michelle Obama praises Gus Walz’s reaction to dad’s speech after Ann Coulter mocked teen
Friday 23 August 2024 13:20
Joe Sommerlad
The former first lady has jumped to praise Tim Walz’s teenage son for his emotional reaction to his dad’s Democratic National Convention speech and taken a swipe at critics after firebrand conservative commentator Ann Coulter cruelly called him “weird.”
During Walz’s rousing acceptance speech for the vice presidential nomination on Wednesday night, Gus Walz proudly leaped to his feet, tears streaming down his face and shouted: “That’s my Dad!”
While most viewers and political pundits found the moment heartwarming, right-wing media pundit Coulter shared a news article about the teen’s reaction on X and captioned the post: “Talk about weird…”
James Liddell reports.
Meghan McCain praises DNC: ‘Maybe Republicans just shouldn’t have conventions’
Friday 23 August 2024 13:40
Joe Sommerlad
Plenty of disaffected conservatives appeared at the United Center this week, from Stephanie Grisham and Olivia Troye to Adam Kinzinger, but none appear to have enjoyed the show more than Meghan McCain.
Maybe republicans just shouldn’t have conventions… just forfeit because I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU CAN COMPETE WITH THIS! #DNC2024
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) August 23, 2024
The Content Convention: A day in the life of a Kamala creator
Friday 23 August 2024 14:00
Joe Sommerlad
