Vice President Kamala Harris is set to deliver the keynote address as she accepts her party’s historic nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Her speech will represent her most exacting test yet in a dizzying month that rocketed her to the threshold of an historic presidency that could reshape American politics.

More broadly, she’s proposing to restore the elusive lightness and optimism to American life and to reclaim the concept of “freedom” from conservatives, encompassing everything from reproductive rights to new economic relief for the working and middle classes, to access to health care and safety from mass shootings.

On this episode of Breakfast Special, Bryan DeAngelis, Partner & Head of the Washington Office at Penta Group shares his analysis, as the Democratic Party calls on Harris to ascend to the next level of the political stratosphere after advanced age ended President Joe Biden’s reelection bid.

Presented by: Audrey Siek
Produced & Edited by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg)
Photo credits: Erin Schaff/The New York Times