CHICAGO – New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed former President Donald Trump in her DNC speech as a person who would “sell” the U.S. “for a dollar” if he is re-elected come Election Day.
“We have to help [Vice President Kamala Harris] win because we know that Donald Trump would sell this country for a dollar if it meant lining his own pockets and greasing the palms of his Wall Street friends,” Ocasio-Cortez mentioned Monday night from the conference’s stage on the United Middle.
“And I, for one, am tired … of hearing about how a two-bit union buster thinks of himself as more of a patriot than the woman who fights every single day to let working people out from under the boots of greed trampling on our way of life. The truth is done. You cannot love this country if you only fight for the wealthy and big business. To love this country is to fight for its people. All people. Working people. Everyday Americans like bartenders and factory workers and fast food cashiers who punch a clock and are on their feet all day in some of the toughest jobs out there,” Ocasio-Cortez continued.
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U.S. Consultant Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks on the Democratic Nationwide Conference (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 19, 2024. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
The DNC kicked off on Monday in Chicago, with a handful of high-profile Democrats addressing the conference, together with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Ocasio-Cortez and temporary remarks from Harris earlier than her full tackle on Thursday night.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks on the Nationwide Affiliation of Black Journalists, NABJ, conference, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photograph/Charles Rex Arbogast) (AP Photograph/Charles Rex Arbogast)
“I want to kick us off by celebrating our incredible President Joe Biden who will be speaking later tonight,” Harris mentioned of President Biden, including “we are forever grateful to you.”
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“This November, we will come together and declare with one voice as one people, ‘we are moving forward with optimism, hope and faith,'” she mentioned.
“When we fight, we win.”
Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris gestures onstage earlier than talking throughout the Democratic Nationwide Conference (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 19, 2024. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Ocasio-Cortez made comparable remarks amid her speech, arguing the nation has been offered with a “rare and precious opportunity” with Harris’ run, and that Democrats should “pour every ounce” into “making history” by electing Harris.
“Over the next 78 days, we will have to pour every ounce, every minute, every moment into making history on November 5th. But we cannot send Kamala and Tim to the White House alone. Together, we must also elect strong Democratic majorities in the House and in the Senate so that we can deliver on an ambitious agenda for the people,” she mentioned.
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Folks participate within the March on the DNC in Chicago, Illinois, Monday, August 19 2024. Professional-Hamas demonstrators have descended on the Windy Metropolis to protest the US Authorities’s dealing with of the battle within the Center East. (Fox Information Digital)
The DNC has included large protests from anti-Israel activists who held a march simply blocks away from the conference heart earlier Monday, demanding Democrats stop funding Israel because the nation continues battling Hamas.
“We expect just empty phrases, lip service, lies and deception,” a communist protester informed Fox Digital Monday of what he anticpates from President Biden’s anticipated speech Monday night.
“We don’t, you know, necessarily believe the Democrats are capable of doing anything for the Palestinian people,” the group’s co-founder added.
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Communist protesters exterior the DNC in Chicago (Fox Digital)
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The protests escalated Monday night because the conference heart started to fill with high-profile elected officers, delegates and supporters of the Harris-Walz ticket. Protesters managed to dismantle at the least three panels of fencing surrounding the conference early Monday night earlier than police detained a handful of protesters.
