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Democratic Party conference opens ahead of elections: "The most important in history"
At the conference, which was held online due to the Corona epidemic, former rival Bernie Sanders, former First Lady Michelle Obama, George Floyd's brother and several Republicans, tried to persuade voters to switch sides. "If Trump is re-elected, all the progress we have made will be in jeopardy."
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Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 06:39The Democratic Party conference in the United States began tonight (Tuesday) with the traditional convention ahead of the US presidential election this November. The conference was first held online, due to the Corona epidemic. Pre-recorded speeches were broadcast live through cameras, with several Republicans joining the rival party convention, and even calling on conservatives to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden instead of US President Donald Trump.
During the first evening of the party, at which Biden will be officially named the US presidential candidate, former rival Bernie Sanders, former First Lady Michelle Obama, George Floyd's brother, who sparked a wave of protests and riots across the United States, and the governor of Ohio spoke. Former Republican John Casic.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who was Biden's leading rival for the party's presidential candidacy, said: "This election is the most important in the modern history of this country. And fairness - and against greed, oligarchy and betrayal. "
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Sanders added that "if Donald Trump is re-elected, all the progress we have made will be in jeopardy. These elections are about preserving our democracy, in the most basic sense. During Trump's tenure, the inconceivable has become normal."
Former First Lady Michelle Obama, the wife of Barack Obama, who served as his deputy, said, "I know Joe. He's a decent, deep, faith-driven man. He was a great vice president, and he knows what it takes to save the economy, to finish. The plague and to lead our country. " He added that "he knows how to listen, he will tell the truth and believe in science. He will make smart plans, manage his team well, and rule as someone who lives a life we can all know."
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose state was the focus of the corona outbreak in the United States, said that "now we need a good leader for the sake of our people. A leader who addresses the good within us, not the worst. A leader who can unite, not divide." He added that "I know who this man is, I worked with him, I saw his talent. I saw his strength, pain and heart - this man is Joe Biden."
