The opening of the Democratic conference acknowledged Jesse Jackson, the civil rights activist and Democratic presidential candidate in 1984 and 1988.
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Jackson, 82, entered the stage in a wheelchair, holding up each thumbs up in triumph to a cheering crowd. The ordained Baptist pastor didn’t communicate to the conference.
A number of audio system gave shoutouts to Jackson, who was additionally the topic of a video broadcast on the occasion’s corridor. The video famous that Vice President Harris was “standing on the shoulders of giants” comparable to Jackson.
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