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The 2016 Democratic National Convention, where Hillary Clinton (at podium, left) became the first female presidential nominee of a major party in the United States. The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party.
12 [2016] Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida was intended to be the Temporary Chair, but was substituted for Stephanie Rawlings-Blake by the Democratic National Committee in the wake of the Wasserman/DNC email leak scandal. Wasserman resigned as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee effective after the close of the convention.
The DNC is responsible for articulating and promoting the Democratic platform and coordinating party organizational activity. In particular, it organizes and calls for the Democratic National Convention held every four years to nominate candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, and is subsequently responsible for the Presidential campaign.
The Democratic National Convention runs from Monday, Aug. 19 to Thursday, Aug. 22 and is expected to be a star-studded event. Here's what to know.
"It's a real, moving, active process," MacCallum said. "I think a lot of Americans, for a long time, felt that the conventions were just sort of a done deal. But that is not what we're seeing.
And on Thursday night, four of the five appeared on stage at the DNC. “Every day as we walked into courtroom, people screamed at us, threatened us, because of Donald Trump,” Korey Wise said.
(The 2008 and 2012 Republican conventions were also three days each, but in each case was shortened from the scheduled four days due to weather issues.) Since 1936 the party to which the incumbent president belongs has held its convention second. Between 1864 and 1952, the Democrats went second every year (except for 1888).
The Democratic National Convention's second night showcased a double dose of Obama firepower to validate Vice President Kamala Harris and deliver an unsparing indictment of Republican Donald Trump.