With a soulful closeout from musician John Legend, the second night of the Democratic National Convention ended on a relatively emotional note, with a final address from former second lady Jill Biden.
As an educator, Jill Biden touched on the importance of reopening schools safely and made remarks on her husband’s history of support for universal health care, as well as his emotional intelligence as a leader. Even some cynical watchers were moved, earlier in the evening, by the focus on Joe Biden’s experience of enduring tragedy as well as his friendship with the late-Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
While less politically pointed than Michelle Obama’s speech last night, Jill Biden focused more of her address on her husband’s resilience in the face of loss and tied that into the ongoing threat of COVID-19 in the U.S. as well as the loss of life the U.S. has endured at the hands of the Trump administration.
The most unique aspect of the convention this evening was, of course, the virtual tour of the U.S. where delegates from sea to shining sea appeared in front of acutely specific backgrounds to demonstrate the unique tableau of each state and repeated in a unifying chorus their state’s support for the Biden ticket.
Read our live coverage of the second night of the DNC below:
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What to Watch
- The theme of the second night is "Leadership Matters"
- Notable speakers include former acting attorney general Sally Yates, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), former Secretary of State John Kerry, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
- Former second lady Jill Biden will close out the evening as the keynote speaker
With a soulful closeout from musician John Legend, the second night of the Democratic National Convention ended on a relatively emotional note, with a final address from former second lady Jill Biden.
As an educator, Jill Biden touched on the importance of reopening schools safely and made remarks on her husband’s history of support for universal health care, as well as his emotional intelligence as a leader. Even some cynical watchers were moved, earlier in the evening, by the focus on Joe Biden’s experience of enduring tragedy as well as his friendship with the late-Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
While less politically pointed than Michelle Obama’s speech last night, Jill Biden focused more of her address on her husband’s resilience in the face of loss and tied that into the ongoing threat of COVID-19 in the U.S. as well as the loss of life the U.S. has endured at the hands of the Trump administration.
The most unique aspect of the convention this evening was, of course, the virtual tour of the U.S. where delegates from sea to shining sea appeared in front of acutely specific backgrounds to demonstrate the unique tableau of each state and repeated in a unifying chorus their state’s support for the Biden ticket.
Read our live coverage of the second night of the DNC below:
Good luck Dr. Jill Biden!
Sen. Klobuchar was a speaker last night and belated kudos to her for suggesting to Biden that his running mate should be a woman of color!
And it seems Cindy McCain will be endorsing Biden…
Addendum:
Paraphrasing Jill…
Love and understanding can make a nation whole…
She seems to really care about America!
Just showing the difference…
There is such a genuine friendship between these two phenomenal women!
Too bad Jill isn’t the presidential nominee, she’s very, very sharp.
Speaking of the late John McCain, has Trump been banned from his own brother’s funeral yet?
(“I like brothers who DON’T die, OK?”)
Last night really went over well, let’s see if they can do as well tonight. Whoever put the format together really nailed it, and the parts where they had average Americans involved were actually really effective for the most part…hearing the voices of Americans makes a huge difference, and having them all criticize Trump will have an impact. The breadth of the voices matters too…we heard from people who were religious, conservatives, progressives, young, old, all colors and types of people. The whole thing looked and sounded like a vision of America that was very appealing, and contrasts greatly with the Republican vision of a nation of riots and dystopian nightmares. It was also very patriotic as well, which should undercut a lot of people’s comments about Democrats not loving this nation.
We’ll see how it goes tonight, if they can keep the quality up on what is likely they weakest night then that’s a good sign. Tomorrow’s speech by Obama will probably be epic as usual, and Thursday will be the big night. With Jill and Bill Clinton talking tonight they should have a strong message for the nation again, though I don’t know if they can top Michelle from last night.