State leaders had protested the national party's pick of Alabama delegates for the convention.
Alabama delegates sign at the Democratic National Convention Aug. 19, 2024 at the United Center in Chicago. and the Democratic National Convention, the state’s delegation arrived in Chicago for this week’s event with a common goal of nominating Kamala Harris to be the country’s next president.
“I don’t think that anything that was happening or that, even what that article’s about, is affecting anything today and anything that’s going on with this convention,” Donna Foster, who was elected as an at-large delegate said. “The way I feel, anything that was happening prior, we are here together … anything that may have been divisive, we’re leaving it behind.”
“Age is more than just the numerical value — I think the vice president brings energy,” Lowe said. “She brings the prosecutorial focus and personality that, I think Joe Biden certainly has, but it feels easy to be energized by a candidate that is speaking directly to voters with power and emphasis.” “Having another candidate that has firsthand experience in what it’s like to be a Black and brown person, a person of color in America, goes far in and of itself,” Lowe said. “I think she also understands the importance of preserving the voting rights in her support for the, including Shomari Figures, who is running against Republican Caroleene Dobson for the closely-watched District 2 congressional seat in south Alabama.
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