Former President’s Clinton and Obama and their wives will speak as will President Biden….
Harris is expected to speak Thursday night to formally accept the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, the day after Walz delivers his vice-presidential acceptance speech Wednesday…
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Harris’s schedule indicates that she plans to be in Chicago for all four days of the convention. She will travel to nearby Milwaukee (the city that hosted last month’s Republican National Convention) on Tuesday for a campaign event before returning to Chicago later in the day.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will welcome Democrats on Monday, while Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will speak on Tuesday.
Biden is scheduled to deliver Monday night’s keynote address. First lady Jill Biden is also scheduled to speak that night, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff is slated to speak at the convention Tuesday.
Also Tuesday, Democrats will hold what they’re calling a “roll call celebration” for Harris and Walz to mark their nominations. The move will be ceremonial because the official roll call was held virtually earlier this month to ensure that they would appear on all state ballots. On Tuesday, members of all 57 delegations will deliver remarks and cast ceremonial votes for Harris and Walz as the party’s presidential and vice-presidential nominees.
Other confirmed convention speakers include former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton; former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton; Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries; and former first lady Michelle Obama….
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The main question for me is– will Michael Jordan make a surprise appearance?
It is the House that MJ Built
As long as he don’t gamble…
Gambling is legal
Sure is….
But Michael getting in the n ews doing so might be a distraction and throwback he wouldn’t want….
The BEST DAMN Basket Ball player EVER…..
Tough guy to be ona team with though….
The ESPN Special on him was GREAT!
I think this would have to be by far the longest time between times for a specific building hosting a political convention.
From 1996, when the United Center was a couple years old to 28 years later.
We just don’t want the protests to get out of hand….
THAT would grab the media attention….
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Upon research, that is not correct. It appears the Philadelphia Civic Center hosted Republicans in 1900 and then did not host a convention until the Democrats in 1936. After that, the building hosted a few more conventions.
I take it back, there was a different convention center with that name in Philadelphia by the 1930s.
So, the United Center holds the record.
I’m not sure what reference works CG is consulting, but Wikipedia’s lists of Democratic and Republican (though not Whig) Conventions do show east convention site:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republican_National_Conventions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic_National_Conventions
“east“ = each
Conservative Legal Scholar Endorses Kamala Harris
“Retired federal appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative legal scholar put on the bench by President George H.W. Bush, is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump, whose candidacy he describes as an existential threat to American democracy,” CNN reports.
“It will be the first time Luttig, a veteran of two Republican administrations, has voted for a Democrat.”