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“Pitch Perfect” Kamala Harris’ DNC Speech Praised By Michelle Obama, Rob Reiner, Magic Johnson & More


Kamala Harris‘s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight is being widely praised — even Fox News is saying a few nice things about the Vice President’s remarks. Coming in at 40 minutes and within primetime on the all important East Coast, Harris’ stint in front of 5000 delegates at Chicago’s United Center was […]

Coming in at 40 minutes and within primetime on the all important East Coast, Harris’ stint in front of 5000 delegates at Chicago’s United Center was full of language and pledges that would have fit in at a DNC or GOP convention in the 1990s, as Ted Johnson and I said in our story earlier tonight. As an example, the Veep’s deft handling of Hama’s murderous attack on Israel last fall, the scorched earth Gaza War and calls for a cease-fire and return of hostages took much of the sting out of one of the sharpest divisions in the Democratic Party. As for the reaction to what the first Black woman to be nominated for president by a major American political party said on Thursday, it was a landslide of approval from Hollywood, top Dems and a trailblazing former First Lady:

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