Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage at the Democratic National Convention late Thursday evening where thousands of pledged delegates just a month ago expected they would come to see President Joe Biden detail his vision for a second term.
Although his branding remains on much of the Democratic Party platform released Monday, Biden's race is over. His replacement hinted, however, that she would continue stumbling in the same leftward direction if afforded the opportunity by voters.
After ceremonially accepting the Democratic nomination, Harris vowed in her nearly 40 minute-long speech to ratify legislation "to restore reproductive freedom" as well as to resurrect both the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the so-called bipartisan border security bill.
Unlike other matters of national import glossed over or altogether neglected in her speech, Harris went into some detail about her foreign policy outlook. Harris stressed that she will "stand strong with Ukraine and our NATO allies," beat China in the "competition for the 21st century," and stand up to "Iran and Iran-backed terrorists."