{"id":13378,"date":"2024-08-22T17:29:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T17:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=13378"},"modified":"2024-08-22T17:29:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T17:29:58","slug":"the-dnc-recap-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/the-dnc-recap-day-two\/","title":{"rendered":"The DNC Recap \u2013 Day Two!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8990\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8990\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sen.-Paula-Hicks-Hudson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sen.-Paula-Hicks-Hudson.png 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sen.-Paula-Hicks-Hudson-199x300.png 199w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sen.-Paula-Hicks-Hudson-166x250.png 166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Paula Hicks-Hudson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>By Ohio State Senator Paula Hicks Hudson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today is just as busy as yesterday! Senator Corey Booker and Rep<br \/>\nJames Clyburn came to our breakfast caucus this morning. \u00a0Each one<br \/>\nreminded us of this historic time with the presidential nomination of<br \/>\nKamala Harris. \u00a0Rep Clyburn praised our own Joyce Beatty for her leadership<br \/>\nas chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Each day there are caucus meetings where we learn about the platform and<br \/>\npolicies\u00a0that the groups have. \u00a0We also hear about strategies to support<br \/>\nand engage.<\/p>\n<p>This afternoon I participated in a press conference with legislators from<br \/>\nArizonia, Iowa and Wisconsin to compare how these states have created fair<br \/>\nmaps. \u00a0As the Senate Domestic representative, I spoke about how we are in a<br \/>\nfight for our democracy, \u00a0where politicians are trying to suppress the vote<br \/>\nof the people.<\/p>\n<p>With the constitutional amendment in, Issue 1, on the November ballot in Ohio, \u00a0this was a perfect time to hear from them as they described the success and challenges. \u00a0 It is clear that fair maps will improve voter participation, more candidates willing to run and better government.<\/p>\n<p>I am currently on one of the shuttles taking us to the United Center arena<br \/>\nwhere we will have the roll call for our Party&#8217;s nomination.<br \/>\nHowever the highlight will be hearing from former President and First Lady<br \/>\nObama!! I can&#8217;t wait! \u00a0The downside is the crowded shuttles\/long lines.<\/p>\n<p>The evening program has been filled with surprises! Patti Labelle, Common<br \/>\nand Johnathan McReynolds. The excitement as each state answers the roll<br \/>\ncall casting their votes for Kamala Harris. \u00a0The Georgia delegation rocked<br \/>\nthe arena with Jon Lee!<\/p>\n<p>The second gentleman spoke about his wife and their blended family. \u00a0It was<br \/>\ntouching as he described how their children call her Momala<\/p>\n<p>But everyone was waiting for President and\u00a0Michele Obama. Michelle said<br \/>\n&#8220;Hope is making a Comeback!&#8221; \u00a0President Obama made the case for our nation<br \/>\nbeing united. \u00a0 When the audience booed about Trump, he said &#8220;Don&#8217;t<br \/>\nBoo, Vote!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was another great night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ohio State Senator Paula Hicks Hudson Today is just as busy as yesterday! Senator Corey Booker and Rep James Clyburn came to our breakfast caucus this morning. \u00a0Each one reminded us of this historic time with the presidential nomination of Kamala Harris. \u00a0Rep Clyburn praised our own Joyce Beatty for her leadership as chair [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[244],"class_list":["post-13378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13379,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13378\/revisions\/13379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13378"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=13378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}