DNC 2024 live: Kamala Harris to close out convention after ‘coach’ Tim Walz gives powerful ‘pep talk’

Kamala Harris will finally accept the Democratic Party’s nomination to be its 2024 presidential candidate on Thursday as the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago reaches its climax.

Her running mate Tim Walz formally accepted his nomination on Wednesday, delivering a moving speech that brought his family to tears as he told them: “Hope, Gus and Gwen – you are my entire world and I love you.”

Walz was met with cheers and chants of “Coach! Coach! Coach!” as he took to the stage and declared: “Never underestimate a public school teacher.”

“It’s the fourth quarter, we’re down a field goal, but we’re on offense and we have the ball, we’re driving down the field and boy do we have the right team,” the former football coach concluded.

“Kamala Harris is ready! Our job for everyone watching is to get in the trenches and do the blocking and the tackling.”

Former president Bill Clinton, talk show host Oprah Winfrey, Nancy Pelosi and Democratic rising stars Pete Buttigieg, Wes Moore, Hakeem Jeffries and Josh Shapiro all spoke at the United Center on Wednesday, with musical performances by Stevie Wonder and John Legend.

Coach Tim Walz took the West Mankato High School football team on to win the state championship and that team was on hand at the Democratic National Convention last night to support him as he accepted the party’s nomination to be vice president.

Here they are backstage meeting Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro:

And with the man of the hour:

Donald Trump ranted for five minutes straight after Tim Walz criticized him about the Republican nominee during his DNC speech.

Walz accepted the vice presidential nomination on the third night of the DNC and gave a powerful speech, in which he mentioned Trump’s ties