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Aug 19, 2020
News | Politics | US: Biden crowned as Democratic challenger to Trump
Joe Biden has been officially anointed the Democratic
presidential candidate at the party's convention, helped over the line
with some glowing testimonials from elder statesmen.
Two
Democratic former presidents, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, and former
Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican, endorsed Mr Biden.
Mr Clinton said President Donald Trump had brought "chaos" to the Oval Office.
Mr Trump trails Mr Biden in opinion polls ahead of November's election.
The
convention is largely virtual, amid the coronavirus pandemic, and it is
unclear whether a format of pre-recorded speeches and no live audience
will generate the same levels of enthusiasm as the traditional party
gatherings. Next week's Republican convention will also be mostly
online.
Mr Biden, the former vice-president under President Barack
Obama, became his party's nominee on Tuesday night in a pre-recorded
roll call vote from delegates in all 50 states.
This is Mr Biden's
third White House bid, having formerly run in 1988 and 2008. The
77-year-old's campaign appeared to be in danger of collapse back in
February this year.
On the second night of the party convention on
Tuesday, with the theme "leadership matters," Mr Clinton delivered the
key address.
Media captionJoe Biden: Will it be third time lucky in 2020?
"Donald Trump says we're leading the world," Mr Clinton said
in his five-minute message pre-recorded from his home in Chappaqua, New
York. "Well, we are the only major industrial economy to have its
unemployment rate triple.
"At a time like this, the Oval Office should be a command centre. Instead, it's a storm centre. There's only chaos."
Following
addresses from former First Lady Michelle Obama and Senator Bernie
Sanders on Monday, Tuesday's speeches aimed to persuade voters the
Democratic party is the best suited to repair problems at home and
abroad.
Mr Powell said Mr Biden shared "the values I learned growing up in the south Bronx and serving in uniform".
Media captionWhat happens at the US conventions?
The decorated four-star general said he supported him for
president because "we need to restore those values to the White House".
In
June, Mr Powell - who served under President George W Bush and has
appeared at multiple Republican conventions in previous years - called
President Trump a liar and endorsed Mr Biden.
He joins several
Republicans who have endorsed Mr Biden, including former Ohio Governor
John Kasich during the first night of the convention.
Cindy
McCain, the widow of Republican Senator John McCain, also spoke about
the friendship between her late husband and Mr Biden, though she stopped
short of a formal endorsement.
Former Secretary of State John Kerry addressed the convention virtually to assail Mr Trump's leadership.
"When this president goes overseas, it isn't a goodwill mission, it's a blooper reel," he said.
"He
breaks up with our allies and writes love letters to dictators. America
deserves a president who is looked up to, not laughed at."
Media captionWhat do young Democrats think of Joe Biden?The freshly minted Democratic nominee's wife, Jill Biden,
potentially the next US first lady, delivered the night's headline
address, standing in an empty classroom at the Delaware high school
where she taught English in the 1990s.
Urging everyone to vote for
her husband, who joined her, she said: "The burdens we carry are heavy,
and we need someone with strong shoulders.
"I know that if we
entrust this nation to Joe, he will do for your family what he did for
ours: bring us together and make us whole."
Democrats' big tent
Jill Biden's speech wasn't as polished as Michelle
Obama's, but it had a raw emotion of its own. She stood in an empty
classroom and spoke of students in the autumn whose learning would be
confined to boxes on a computer screen, not bustling schools.
She talked about the fears - economic and health-related - created by the coronavirus pandemic.
The evening began with a keynote address delivered by a rotating collection of up-and-coming Democratic politicians.
It
was a format that only works in a virtual convention, but as a joint
affair, it's unlikely to be the kind of launching pad enjoyed by past
keynotes Mario Cuomo, Julian Castro and, most notably, Barack Obama.
As
on Monday night, there was once again a concerted effort to reach out
to disaffected Republicans by using members of their party - this time,
former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Cindy McCain, wife of former
Senator John McCain. Meanwhile, younger Democrats often billed as rising
stars within the party, such as former Georgia lawmaker Stacey Abrams,
were given just a few moments in the spotlight on Tuesday.
New
York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used her 90 seconds to
highlight the policies of the so-called progressive wing of the party,
without mentioning Mr Biden.
She also used the procedural roll
call to second the nomination of fellow left-winger Vermont Senator
Sanders for president, although she later tweeted her "deepest
congratulations" to Mr Biden, adding "let's go win in November". Mr Trump is continuing to paint Mr Biden as a puppet
of left-wing radicals. Earlier on Tuesday, the president was in
Arizona, his latest stop on a week-long campaign tour of key
battleground states.
Most polls show Mr Biden in the lead thus
far, though Mr Trump has tightened the margin in recent weeks and the
election is still months away.
Media captionDemocratic National Convention: What you missed on day one
The Democratic convention, originally planned for Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, will continue on Wednesday and Thursday, with speeches from
vice-presidential pick Senator Kamala Harris, the party's 2016 nominee
Hillary Clinton and former President Obama.
The four nights will end with an acceptance speech from Mr Biden.
At
next week's Republican convention, Mr Trump will give his acceptance
speech from the White House, brushing aside accusations that in doing so
he is politicising the presidential seat of power.
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