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🗓 What happened: Joe Biden officially accepted the Democratic nomination in a speech that skewered President Trump for his "unforgivable" COVID response. Watch.

🗣 More speech highlights:

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms: "We must pass on the gift John Lewis sacrificed to give us"
Sen. Tammy Duckworth: "Joe Biden would never let tyrants manipulate him like a puppet"
Andrew Yang: Recovery "is only possible with a change of leadership and new ideas"
13-year-old Brayden Harrington shares advice Biden gave to help him with stutter
Historian Jon Meacham: Bending the arc of the moral universe "requires all of us"
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks from site of California wildfires: "Climate change is real"
Trump impersonator Sarah Cooper appears at DNC to encourage mail-in voting

Other speeches on Thursday:

Michael Bloomberg
Pete Buttigieg
Sen. Cory Booker
Sen. Chris Coons
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
Sen. Tammy Baldwin

🗣 Speech highlights from Wednesday:

Barack Obama lets loose, says Trump and his enablers "do not believe" in American principles.
Kamala Harris pays tribute to immigrant mother as she accepts historic VP nomination.
Hillary Clinton: We need "overwhelming" win so Trump can't "steal his way to victory."
Gabby Giffords: "We can let the shooting continue, or we can act."

👉 Go deeper: Axios full 2020 convention coverage

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