'Let’s get out there and let’s fight for it,' Harris said.
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, Aug. 22, 2024.The four-day gathering of Democrats in Chicago came to a historic end when Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the party's nomination for president.
"My mother was a brilliant five-foot-tall brown woman with an accent. And as the eldest child, I saw how the world would sometimes treat her," Harris said. "But my mother never lost her cool. She was tough, courageous, a trailblazer in the fight for women's health and she taught Maya and me a lesson ... she taught us to never complain about injustice but do something about it. Do something about it.
Rep. Ruben Gallego, an Iraq War veteran, brought on stage Democratic veterans who are serving their county and in elected offices at every level. One woman, Anya Cook, recounted how she suffered a miscarriage in a bathroom that nearly killed her due to her state's strict laws on reproductive health care.US Representative Lucy McBath , Democrat from Georgia, speaks about gun violence alongside others who have been affected by gun violence, L-R, Abbey Clements, Kim Rubio, Melody McFadden and Edgar Vilchez in Chicago, Aug. 22, 2024.
Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger speaks to the media during the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago.He revisited the insurrection during his speech Thursday and the "profound sorrow" of that day while urging conservatives to vote blue.
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