Elizabeth Warren says Harris will protect Americans in DNC speech : NPR

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts gave an emphatic endorsement of her former colleague within the U.S. Senate, Vice President Kamala Harris, throughout her speech on the DNC on Thursday.

Earlier than Warren even started her remarks, she was visibly emotional and the gang met her with a heat reception and lengthy applause.

Each Warren and Harris vied for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. Harris dropped out in 2019 and Warren dropped out after a foul exhibiting on Tremendous Tuesday.

Throughout her speech supporting Harris’ 2024 run, Warren drew a distinction between Harris and her opponent within the presidential race, former president Donald Trump, who Warren known as “the felon.”

She advised the gang that whereas Trump defrauded Individuals, Harris “stepped up” and “enforced the legislation” throughout her time as California’s lawyer common.

“Kamala was defending households,” she stated. “And Donald was scamming college students at Trump College and attempting to earn money off folks dropping their houses.”

“That’s the distinction between a felony and prosecutor,” Warren stated.

Warren, who was integral to the creation of the U.S. Shopper Monetary Safety Bureau, referred to as Trump “a billionaire who doesn’t pay taxes.” In distinction, she painted Harris as a powerful determine who will defend the rights and financial pursuits of Individuals.

“She will get it,” she stated. “We have to make life extra inexpensive for working folks.”