Democrats Kick Off Convention With Harris Ahead of Trump in Polls and Betting Odds

The Democratic Party kicks off its convention this week in Chicago with its candidate for President as the favorite to win in November.

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00:00This is not an exhaustive list, but to name a few voices for tonight, we'll have UAW President Sean Fain,

00:06we'll have Congresswoman Alexandra Cortez-Masso, or

00:11Oscar Cortez,

00:13Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton,

00:15Congressman Jamie Raskin,

00:18Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, who is also a campaign co-chair,

00:22Congresswoman Grace Ming,

00:24the men and women that have been subjected to cruel and dangerous abortion bans under Donald Trump.

00:29We'll also be honoring, of course, President Joe Biden.

00:32We would not be here without him. His historic record of accomplishment with Vice President Harris by his side is

00:39unmatched by any presidential administration in modern history, and it's going to be our honor to

00:46spotlight and showcase the commitment, excuse me, the accomplishments of the Biden-Harris administration, as well as the

00:53bold vision for the future that Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and Democrats up and down the ticket will be

00:58fighting for this November. And I think it's important for him to answer those

01:04age-old questions of

01:06What have you done for me lately?

01:09Why bother to actually go out and vote? And so he has to remind people of

01:16the successes that

01:18the Biden-Harris agenda had.