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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington in Chicago

Barack and Michelle Obama to speak on second day of Democratic convention

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Barack Obama is scheduled to speak on Tuesday night. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

The Democratic national convention enters its second day in Chicago on Tuesday with Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign seeking to lay out what it calls a “bold vision for America” as it seeks to move forward from Joe Biden’s emotional valedictory speech.

Carrying the flame on the second night of prime-time speeches will be the Obamas, with Michelle Obama addressing the convention shortly before her husband Barack takes the stage. The couple’s endorsement of Harris in July was seminal in securing the Democratic presidential nomination for the current US vice-president, helping to bypass a potentially ugly internal fight.

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