“I will be the president of all Americans”. And she attacks Trump –

She promised to be the “president of all Americans”, to work to make the middle class “strong again”, from which she comes. And to “lead the country beyond the hatred, bitterness, cynicism and divisive battles” wanted by Donald Trump and the Republicans, but she also warned Iran and reaffirmed the privilege of being American. Kamala Harris’s big night at the Democratic convention made her the first black woman to officially nominate her for the White House. Her acceptance speech was the high point of her political career. “On behalf of those whose history could only be written in the greatest nation on Earth, I accept your nomination”. The heart of the speech, at the beginning, revolved around the middle class. Harris recalled when her mother left India at 19 to come to the United States, driven by the “unshakeable dream of becoming a scientist who would cure breast cancer”. “Strengthening the middle class is a personal thing for me,” he stressed, “because that’s where I come from.”

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On Gaza, the vice president recalled the massacre of October 7, called for the release of all Hamas hostages but also defined “what has been happening in Gaza for ten months as devastating”. Harris said she was working with President Biden on a ceasefire, to guarantee Israel’s security but also to ensure that Palestinians can see their right to be a state guaranteed. The Democratic candidate warned against Trump, defined as “an unserious man” but whose return to the White House “would have serious consequences”. Before her speech, it had been a musical night, a true American show, in grand style, at times it seemed like the Grammys, with leading singers, from Pink to the Chicks, with the DJ who had warmed up the audience to the rhythm of James Brown, Bruce Springsteen and 70s disco dance. The apotheosis with Harris’s entrance at the end of a day in which many guests attacked Trump. Reverend Al Sharptin accused him of having “fueled” racism. Senator Elizabeth Warren, greeted by a standing ovation that brought tears to her eyes, recalled that Trump “doesn’t care about the grocery bill or the gas bill, only about his lawyers.”

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Senator Pat Ryan called the tycoon “a serial liar.” Many guests recalled the definition of “failures” given to war dead. Harris brought the bar back to the center, emphasizing the battles for rights, starting with that for abortion. Thousands of women showed up at the United Center dressed in white, in honor of the suffragettes and as a tribute to the second woman candidate for the White House, after Hillary Clinton in 2016. And Harris promised that as president she will sign the law that will reintroduce the right to abortion. The finale reserved the deluge of white, red and blue balloons, descending from above, for ten minutes, which covered the entire audience, while Harris, joined by her husband, Doug Emhoff, and the vice candidate, Tim Walz, together with his wife Gwen, embraced as if it were the night of victory. Now the electoral campaign enters its final stretch. Harris says that one of the teachings of her mother was to not let others define her, but to show them who she is. Kamala has promised to do so. If she succeeds, her chances of winning will increase.