Kamala Harris officially nominated for vice-president at Democratic convention –

Barack Obama was originally meant to speak after Kamala Harris tonight, according to reporters from ABC and the Washington Post. But he asked to switch, so he could “pass the torch to her,” per reports.

– Maanvi Singh

The third night of the Democratic convention has concluded, with Kamala Harris formally accepting the vice presidential nomination.

The convention will continue tomorrow with Joe Biden delivering his acceptance speech, but the blog has more reactions and analysis coming, so stay tuned.

Closing out her nomination acceptance speech, Kamala Harris cast the presidential election as “a chance to change the course of history.”

“Years from now, this moment will have passed. And our children and our grandchildren will look in our eyes and ask us: Where were you when the stakes were so high?” Harris said.

“They will ask us, what was it like? And we will tell them. We will tell them, not just how we felt.”

With that, the first Black woman and first Asian American to join a major party’s presidential ticket ended her speech.

Kamala Harris noted that Americans of color are disproportionately affected by coronavirus, blaming that discrepancy on systemic racism.

“While this virus touches us all, let’s be honest, it is not an equal opportunity offender. Black, Latino and Indigenous people are suffering and dying disproportionately,” Harris said. “This is not a coincidence. It is the effect of structural racism.”

The vice presidential nominee said Americans would have to “do the work” to change the systemic racism plaguing the country.

“This virus has no eyes, and yet it knows exactly how we see each other—and how we treat each other,” Harris said. “And let’s be clear—there is no vaccine for racism. We’ve gotta do the work.”

Kamala Harris said her mother could never have imagined that her daughter would be joining a presidential ticket tonight.

With that, Harris said, “I accept your nomination for vice president of the United States of America.”

In a normal year, that line would have been met with booming applause. Instead, Harris’ historic announcement was greeted only with silence in the mostly empty Delaware event site where she is delivering her speech.

Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris is now delivering her acceptance speech from Joe Biden’s hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.

Continuing the theme of celebrating women’s suffrage, Harris paid homage to the women who helped bring her to this moment, including her mother.

Harris said her mother helped guide her to a path of public service by teaching her to be “conscious and compassionate about the struggles of all people.”

Recounting her fights to take on big banks and for-profit colleges, Harris threw a clear jab at Trump, saying “I know a predator when I see one.”

California Senator Kamala Harris has formally received the Democratic vice presidential nomination, becoming the first Black woman and first Asian-American to join a major party’s presidential ticket.

Bypassing a roll call vote, convention chairman Bennie Thompson said, “I hereby declare that Kamala Harris is elected as the Democratic candidate for Vice…