Former US first lady Michelle Obama told the Democratic National Convention Tuesday that “hope is making a comeback” as the party gathers in Chicago to anoint Kamala Harris as its presidential nominee.
“Something magically wonderful is in the air… It’s the contagious power of hope,” she told adoring attendees ahead of former president Barack Obama’s address.
As he did in his first speech to a Democratic National Convention 20 years ago, former President Barack Obama emphasized the connections binding Americans together and called for a more positive national atmosphere on the second night of this year’s convention Tuesday, while rallying Democrats to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris.
At the United Center, in a convention hosted by their hometown, Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, who spoke immediately before the former president, scattered references to the 2008 and 2012 White House races he won as they made the case for Harris.
