‘This Is the Convention of the Woman’
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Michelle Obama, the former first lady, spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday.Credit...Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Every night, some of the most famous men in politics seemed to play more of a supporting role.
When State Senator Cordell Cleare of New York watched Michelle Obama, the former first lady, speak onstage at the Democratic National Convention this week, she heard a call to action — “Do something” — that thrilled and galvanized the Democrats around her.
“Michelle Obama,” Cleare said, “dropped the mic...”
This year’s D.N.C., which will close tonight with the biggest speech of Vice President Kamala Harris’s career, has made it very clear that, as Democrats tell the story of their party, it’s women who stand at center stage.
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