With the development of the conventions of the Democratic and Republican parties during the last two weeks of August, the presidential election of next November 3 enters the right wing.
Follow here the most important information of August 11:
- Biden has already chosen his vice president: California senator Kamala Harris
- Trump Says "Some Men" Will Be Offended That Biden's Vice President Is A Woman
- Barack and Michelle Obama will headline speeches before Biden accepts Democratic nomination
- Voter registration increased after racial protests
Biden has already chosen his vice president: California senator Kamala Harris
Joe Biden announced on Tuesday who will accompany him on the ballot as vice presidential candidate: it will be Democratic Senator from California Kamala Harris.
Less than a week before the Democratic National Convention begins that will confirm him as a candidate for the White House, the former vice president decided who was one of his contenders in the race for the nomination of that party.
Harris was one of the names on which there was speculation. The other options were California Democratic Rep. Karen Bass; former National Security Advisor Susan Rice; Florida Rep. Val Demings; and Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
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Trump Says "Some Men" Will Be Offended That Biden's Vice President Is A Woman
President Trump on Tuesday criticized Biden's commitment to choose a woman as a running mate.
"I would be inclined to take a different path than he has," Trump told a national radio sportscaster in Nashville, Tennessee. "First, a certain group of people was tied up."
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Trump added that "some people would say that men feel insulted by that. And some people would say that it is okay. I don't know."
This week a group of a hundred leaders of the African-American community urged him in a public letter that this woman "must" be black or she risks losing the vote of that community, and therefore, they warn her, the election.
With information from USA Today.
Barack and Michelle Obama to lead speeches at the Democratic National Convention
Speeches will be made by former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, and Senator Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention, which will be held virtually next week.
Former President Barack Obama during the last Democratic convention in Philadelphia, in 2016.
Instead of taking place in Milwaukee, as originally planned, the convention will take place virtually, through video calls that users can connect to remotely, in a format that has been modified by the coronavirus pandemic.
Between August 17-20, the convention will air for just two hours a day, 9-11 p.m. ET, when keynote speakers speak.
Former first lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to give her speech on Monday the 17th. There will also be speeches by Sanders and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has repeatedly criticized President Donald Trump for his handling of the pandemic.
Bill Clinton's speech is scheduled for Tuesday 18; the representative for New York Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; and the leader of the Democratic minority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer.
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On Wednesday 19, former President Barack Obama will speak in addition to the vice presidential candidate. Speeches by former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren are also expected that day.
Biden will give his speech accepting the Democratic nomination on Thursday, the 20th, when California Governor Gavin Newsom and California Senator Kamala Harris will also give speeches.
With information from The New York Times.
Voter registration increased after anti-racism protests
Despite registering a drop during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people who registered to vote in November grew dramatically last June, coinciding with protests over George Floyd's death nationwide.
A study by a Democratic data analytics company, TargetSmart, found that 1.1 million people registered to vote during the first 15 days of June, compared to 1.5 million for the entire month of June in 2016.
"Despite full or partial quarantines in large parts of the country, voter registration began to rebound as people took to the streets to protest," says the study, as published by NBC News, Telemundo's sister network.
Not all states have reported their registration during June, so the analysis was performed only with partial data.
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In Minnesota, where Floyd was suffocated to death by police and the epicenter of the protests, records almost doubled in June, "from 17,000 to 32,000. Among Republicans, the record remained at 17,000," according to TargetSmart.