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Aug 2024

22m 37s

Hope, Unity (and Some Nerves) at the DNC

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET

About this episode

Last night, Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination. It capped off a boisterous, speaker-packed week in Chicago as the Harris campaign tries to reach a broad swath of American voters. Molly Ball reports from Chicago.

Further Listening:

- Is the Trump Campaign Going Off Track?

- Takeaways from the RNC: Trump Is in Control

Further Reading:

- Kamala Harris Defines the Democrats’ New Normal

- Democrats’ Upbeat Convention Has Nancy Pelosi to Thank

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