Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on stage throughout the second day of the Democratic Nationwide Conference on the United Middle on August 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.
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After a gap night time that was devoted to thanking President Joe Biden, Tuesday’s Democratic Nationwide Conference audio system barely talked about the president in any respect.
As a substitute, audio system on the second day of the conference sought to show the web page and give attention to the occasion’s nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, moderately than on Biden’s achievements.
Former president Barack Obama spoke about Biden for longer than some other headliner, about two minutes.
“Historical past will bear in mind Joe Biden as a president who defended democracy at a second of nice hazard. I’m proud to name him my president, however even prouder to name him my good friend,” Obama mentioned in his keynote handle.
“Now the torch has been handed,” he mentioned.
Former First Woman Michelle Obama, who spoke earlier than her husband, didn’t point out Biden as soon as in her handle.
Earlier within the night, when conference audio system did point out Biden, it was nearly all the time along side Harris, to laud the accomplishments of their administration.
After delivering his personal almost 50-minute keynote speech on Monday night time, Biden boarded Air Power One and flew to Southern California. The president will spend the remainder of the week there on trip.
