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Joe Biden officially Democrats' choice to take on Trump after online roll call
Former Vice President Joe Biden officially became the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nominee Tuesday night -- with a November showdown looming against President Trump.
Joe Biden officially Democrats' choice to take on Trump after online roll call
Former Vice President Joe Biden officially became the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nominee Tuesday night -- with a November showdown looming against President Trump.
Biden's nomination -- which he is expected to formally accept Thursday night -- followed an unconventional roll-call vote of party delegates that was conducted virtually from landmarks across the country.
Once Biden amassed the required 1,991 delegate votes, a camera showed him smiling in Delaware as he celebrated the moment with his wife Jill -- plus bundles of red, white and blue balloons and family members popping streamers. Democrats appearing on camera from their living rooms broke out in applause, as Kool & The Gang's "Celebration" played in the background.
"Thank you very, very much from the bottom of my heart," Biden said. "Thank you. Thank you."
Past conventions, with their loud, celebratory floor votes, were replaced this year as delegates had to stay home because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Past conventions, with their loud, celebratory floor votes, were replaced this year as delegates had to stay home because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Instead, the delegates shared their support for Biden over video feeds from a range of backdrops -- farms, beaches, an Amtrak station, an art studio and a fire station -- and told personal stories of how a Biden presidency would rebuild America "better."
Next week, Trump and the Republicans plan to counter that argument during their own convention. CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON OUR TOP STORY.
In other developments:
- David Bossie: At Democratic convention honesty about true Biden-Harris platform is sorely lacking
- Cindy McCain praises Biden in DNC video -- without endorsing him for president
- Colin Powell says Biden will 'restore America’s leadership' in convention speech
- Doug Schoen: Democratic Convention -- What worked and what didn't on second night
- Trump campaign on Biden's formal nomination: ‘His supervisors from the radical left are now formally in charge'
- Jill Biden, in DNC speech from former high school classroom, says husband will 'make the nation whole'
- David Bossie: At Democratic convention honesty about true Biden-Harris platform is sorely lacking
- Cindy McCain praises Biden in DNC video -- without endorsing him for president
- Colin Powell says Biden will 'restore America’s leadership' in convention speech
- Doug Schoen: Democratic Convention -- What worked and what didn't on second night
- Trump campaign on Biden's formal nomination: ‘His supervisors from the radical left are now formally in charge'
- Jill Biden, in DNC speech from former high school classroom, says husband will 'make the nation whole'
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