DNC 2024 Day 1 live updates: Biden lays out choice to 'save democracy' with Harris - WEIS | Local & Area News, Sports, & Weather

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

79% : "Warnock said he saw photos of Trump holding up the Bible and said, "He should try reading it.""It says, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
59% : Goldwyn said the choice between Harris and Trump is between "two very different futures" for our middle class, reproductive rights, climate, security, schools and "the future of our very democracy.
48% : ""Trump says people are absolutely thrilled that women had their basic rights eliminated.
47% : "I miss them every single day," Garcia said, adding that when Trump and his MAGA extremists "downplayed the horror of the pandemic, it should make us all furious.
45% : Clyburn calls Project 2025 'Jim Crow 2.0'South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn called Project 2025 "Jim Crow 2.0" during his remarks while drawing a comparison between Trump and Harris.
41% : "All of this after Trump was defeated by more than 7 million votes by the great Joe Biden," he said.
41% : Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez riles up crowd while going after TrumpNew York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez riled up the crowd when she went after Trump while urging voters to make history in electing Harris as president.
41% : Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez riles up crowd while going after TrumpNew York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez riled up the crowd when she went after Trump while urging voters to make history in electing Harris as president.
40% : Biden pointed to the recent agreement reached by the government and Medicare to lower the prices of 10 commonly used prescription drugs -- a result of the Inflation Reduction Act.
37% : "Trump is pushing divide and conquer tactics of the rich.
36% : "So this is my message to all the Republicans and Independents who are watching -- people like me who voted for and believed in Trump: I made a brave mistake, but it's never too late to change your mind.
35% : "While Trump falsely pleads ignorance of Project 2025, which in my opinion is Jim Crow 2.0, Kamala has been offering the American people enlightened proposals and visionary leadership," he said.
33% : Sen. Warnock calls Trump a 'plague on the American conscience'Sen. Raphael Warnock, who made history as Georgia's first Black senator, made clear the importance of his state in the 2020 election and what's at stake this November.
33% : (Trump, while speaking at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention in July, again tried to claim that migrants are taking "Black jobs" -- comments he has faced backlash over.)
30% : "Just as no commander in chief should ever bow down to a dictator, the way Trump bows down to Putin, I never have," Biden said.
30% : Trump has tried to distance himself from the blueprint, even though several of the former president's current and former advisers and appointees have authored or supported it.
28% : "Here's what he won't tell you: Trump killed the strongest bipartisan border deal in the history of the United States," Biden said.
28% : Beshear: 'Trump and Vance simply don't believe in your freedom'Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a one-time potential running mate for Harris, largely focused on reproductive rights during his remarks.
26% : Following a video that featured clips of Trump touting his stance on removing Roe, three groups of people spoke about their personal stories dealing with the fallout from laws passed in states that banned abortions.
26% : He called on voters to elect Harris and Walz to "protect reproductive freedom" and said that "Trump and Vance simply don't believe in your freedom.
22% : "In her remarks, Illinois Rep. Lauren Underwood said Trump "took the COVID crisis and turned it into a catastrophe.
15% : "Biden slams Trump over treatment of veteransThe president slammed his predecessor over his rhetoric on veterans and armed service members.
13% : And Donald Trump is a scab," Fain said to the crowd who chanted "Trump is a scab.
11% : Biden went on to slam Trump for his rhetoric toward immigrants, saying Democrats "will not demonize immigrants, saying they're poisoning the blood of America.
10% : Trump famously encouraged "lock her up" chants during his 2016 run against Clinton, accusing her of criminal wrongdoing though she never faced a single charge.
8% : Raskin also took note that the rioters chanted to hang former Vice President Mike Pence, who he noted is not supporting Trump this election.
7% : Biden, whose son Beau served in the military, chastised Trump over reports that he called fallen soldiers "suckers and losers.
2% : Biden goes after Trump on the border, immigration issuesPresident Biden is continuing his criticism of his predecessor, accusing him of "lying" about the border.

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