The powerful moment when Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party’s nomination for president Thursday night wasn’t her first appearance at the Democratic National Convention.
You might remember her first appearance in 2012, when she spoke at that year’s convention in North Carolina while serving as California’s attorney general. Harris spoke in support of President Barack Obama, who was running for reelection against Sen. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts.
Harris described the feeling of opportunity she and her sister felt as children walking through the door of the new home their single mother purchased, an example of the American Dream that the GOP wanted to dismantle.
“That's the choice in this election,” Harris said. “It's a choice between an America where opportunity is open to everyone, where everyone plays by the same set of rules, or a philosophy that tilts the playing field to help the wealthiest few.” You can watch her speech in the video below.
