If you missed any of Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention, New Civil Rights Movement has it right here. Scroll down to see the moving videos that streamed throughout the evening – and read below for speeches that literally sent chills through the spines of Americans watching at home.
“If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can and they will if we don’t make a change in this election,” Michelle Obama stated in her video endorsing Joe Biden.
“Our great nation is now living in an unprecedented moment,” Bernie Sanders said. “We are facing the worst public health crisis in 100 years and the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression. We are confronting systemic racism and the enormous threat to our planet of climate change.”
Sanders added, “And, in the midst of all of this, we have a president who is not only incapable of addressing these crises but is leading us down the path of authoritarianism.”
“My dad was a healthy 65-year-old,” Kristin Urquiza said. “His only pre-existing condition was trusting Donald Trump, and for that, he paid with his life.”
“Many of us have been deeply concerned about the current path we’ve been following for the past four years,” John Kasich said. “It’s a path that’s led to division, dysfunction, irresponsibility and growing vitriol between our citizens.”
Kasich added, “I’m a lifelong Republican, but that attachment holds second place to my responsibility to my country. That’s why I’ve chosen to appear at this convention. In normal times, something like this would probably never happen, but these are not normal times.”
“Unity isn’t about settling. It’s about striving for something more,” Amy Klobuchar. “It isn’t the ends, it’s the means. It’s how we get stuff done. Unity is about reaching up…toward a higher purpose, a better future for all of us.”