(UPDATE) CHICAGO, Illinois — Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in Chicago on Thursday before a rapturous crowd, pledging a 'new way forward' and warning that Donald Trump will take America backward if he wins November's blockbuster election.
The 59-year-old sought to strike a presidential tone as she delivered a message of unity and patriotism for Americans after one of the most extraordinary turnarounds in US political history.
DEMOCRATS’ CANDIDATE US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves to supporters as she arrives on stage to speak on the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on Aug. 22, 2024 (local time). Harris formally accepted the party’s nomination for president at the DNC, which ran from August 19–22 in Chicago. PHOTO BY ROBYN BECK/AFP