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Discussion on racial justice. Here is Actress Eva Longoria leading off the first day of the convention. Ms. Longoria good evening. And eva longoria guest on welcome to the 2020 Democratic National convention, uniting america. Every four years we come together to unite our democracy. This year we come to save it. It is going to take all of us, so tonight we stand together united by the values we cherish decency, respect, justice, and the opportunity to rise up. We always hear that line about this being the most important election of our lifetimes, but this year, it really is. The past few month...

Justice, andect, the opportunity to rise up. We always hear that line about this being the most important election of our lifetimes, but this year, it really is. The past few months have tested us all. We have lost more than 170,000 family members and friends to covid. This tragedy is compounded by the loss of jobs and income. But it is not just the past few months. The past four years have left us, as a nation, diminished and divided. And yet in the middle of the fear and sorrow and the uncertainty, people have come together. Because they know we are better than this. America is better than t...

Sweeter featured Terrace Martin a song written after George Floyds murder. You know we have to ask ourselves how do we the people take the protest and turn them into progress. How do we take the changes were seeing in the hearts and minds of people and translate it into real and lasting change in peoples lives. We need to address the economic inequalities that this virus has exposed and worsen and we need to solve the testing and Health Care Disparities that have led to people of color color, dying from covid at higher rates than white people and we need to make it easier for americans to vote...

Virus. Covid is the symptom, not the illness. Our nation is in crisis and in many ways, covid is a metaphor. A virus attacks when the body is weak and cannot defend itself. Covid over the past few years, americas body of politics have been weakened and the divisions have been growing deeper, the antisemitism, the antilatino, the racism and shard charlottesville where the kkk did not even wear their hoods and in minneapolis where the life was squeezed from mr. Floyd. Create thep didnt initial division. The division created trump. He only made it worse. Our collective strength is exercised throu...

This year, it really is. The past few months have tested us all. We have lost more than 170,000 family members and friends to covid. This tragedy is compounded by the loss of jobs and income. But it is not just the past few months. The past four years have left us, as a nation, diminished and divided. And yet in the middle of the fear and sorrow and the uncertainty, people have come together. Because they know we are better than this. America is better than this. And so we choose to act, inspired by the three sacred words that breathe life into our nation. We the people. Ok. I am ready. Lets g...