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Democratic Convention: Barack And Michelle Obama, Doug Emhoff Among Second Night Speakers; Organizers Making Adjustments To Stay On Schedule


Former President Barack Obama, former First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff are among the speakers scheduled for the second night of the Democratic National Convention, while organizers are pledging changes to try to prevent delays. The first night’s lineup ran into delays, to the point that President Joe Biden’s speech got pushed […]

President Joe Biden speaks to the DNC in Chicago on August 19Getty Former President Barack Obama, former First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff are among the speakers scheduled for the second night of the Democratic National Convention, while organizers are pledging changes to try to prevent delays. The delays occurred even as some parts of the lineup, including a performance by James Taylor, were scrapped. “We had a lot of people who were very excited to talk about Joe Biden’s record and Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s visions, and so we made some real-time adjustments to the program,” Hornbrook said.

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