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Democratic Nationwide Committee delegates will vote on the celebration’s 2024 platform on the celebration conference Monday night time, officers stated.
A full draft model of 92 pages platform was unveiled by the celebration late Sunday night time. The doc, which was written earlier than President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, was permitted by the DNC’s Guidelines Committee in July. It has not been considerably up to date since Harris changed him on the prime of the ticket.
Biden is talked about 287 occasions within the platform, whereas Harris is talked about 32 occasions.
“It’s a highly effective assertion concerning the historic work that President Biden and Vice President Harris have achieved hand in hand,” a DNC press launch stated, “and gives a imaginative and prescient for a progressive agenda that we will construct on as a nation and as a celebration within the subsequent 4 years.”
The draft platform emphasizes Biden’s assist for brokering an “speedy and lasting ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas. The doc additionally says Biden has “made actual progress on a path ahead that can free the hostages” and “set up an enduring ceasefire” and “significant progress and a political horizon for the Palestinian folks.”
Nevertheless, it doesn’t say the celebration helps an arms embargo on Israel — one thing progressives are pushing for. It highlights Biden’s assist for combating anti-Semitism.
A number of representatives who spoke to ABC Information anticipate the invoice to go with out important objections.
-Isabella Murray of ABC Information
Preparations for the Democratic Nationwide Conference (DNC) on the United Heart in Chicago proceed on August 18, 2024.
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