USA: The “fight for freedom” is the focus of the third day of the Democratic Party Convention in Chicago

Former President Bill Clinton, Democratic House Leader Hackeem Jeffries and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are some of the personalities who spoke last night on the third day of the Democratic Party National Convention in Chicago. The speeches of the personalities who spoke on the stage of the United Center, and which were accompanied by performances by artists such as singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, revolved around the theme of “Fighting for our freedoms”: even more than in previous days, former President and Republican candidate for the White House Donald Trump was subjected to fierce attacks and portrayed as the ideological instigator of the attack on Congress on January 6, 2021 and therefore a threat to US democracy. The Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz, Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States, crowned the evening with a keynote speech in which he introduced himself to voters on the most important stage of his political career.

Walz made his debut on the convention stage by publicly accepting the candidacy for Vice President of the United States: “I am honored to accept the nomination,” Walz said, later adding, “We are here for a very simple reason: because we love this country.” In keeping with the theme of the evening, the Minnesota governor declared that freedom is at the heart of the Democratic presidential campaign, placing particular emphasis on ethical issues, starting with abortion: “In Minnesota, we respect the choices of our neighbors. We have always defended individual freedoms. And while we would not make the same choices for ourselves, there is one golden rule: Mind your own business,” Walz said.

The governor also reiterated that he is in favor of restricting the movement of guns in the country. “Our children must be able to go to school without risking being killed in the hallways. I know a lot about guns: I'm a veteran and a hunter, and I'm a better shot than most Republicans in Congress,” the governor said. “I have the trophies to prove it. But I'm also a father. I believe in the Second Amendment, but I know that our first responsibility is to defend our children.”

In his speech, Walz pointed the finger at Trump and Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance: if they win the next election, the Democratic governor argued, “they will attack the middle class, destroy Social Security and the Medicare program, and ban abortion.” “Nobody has called for this agenda, only the richest and extremists. It is an agenda that does nothing for our neighbors in need. It is wrong and dangerous,” Walz said. According to the governor, the United States is “ready to close the chapter” and end the political season in which Trump was the protagonist: “We will never go back. We have something better to offer citizens: Kamala Harris, who from day one has been on the side of the people and the citizens.”

Walz said he was convinced Democrats had presented voters with the right team to lead the country. “(Kamala) Harris is tough, she has experience and she is ready. We will finish the job and move forward one step at a time,” said Walz, who warned with an eye on the presidential election in November: “We have 76 days, that's nothing. We will sleep when we're dead. We will build a country that puts workers first, along with health care and human rights. And the government will stay out of citizens' bedrooms. We will make America a country where no one is left behind. If we fight, we win,” Walz concluded.

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