Delegates got to pick backdrops to represent their states.
Alabama showed clips of the Edmund Pettus Bridge where late U.S. Rep. John Lewis was beaten during a march for voting rights in 1965. Rhode Island state Rep. Joseph McNamara stood next to a silent chef holding a plate of calamari, which he declared to be the official state appetizer, while praising Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo for letting fishermen sell their catch directly to the public.Representing Nevada, U.S. Rep.
and native American leader Derrick Lente donned native dress while delivering remarks on the Pueblo Sandia. He was one ofIowa’s delegates stood in front of a cornfield.Louisiana and Oregon were two of a number of states that featured children in the background holding printouts of Joe Biden’s famous aviator sunglasses.Michigan representatives stood in front of cars in Detroit, the center of the American auto industry.Khizr Khan, who lives in Charlottesville, cast votes on behalf of Virginia.
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