Bennie Thompson reaction to Democratic nomination

Joe Biden is the Democratic nominee for President.

NEXT 4 YEARS...HE OR PRESIDENTTRUMP... AND REPRESENTATIVEBENNIE THOMPSONPLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THEFORMALSELECTION OF THE CANDIDATE... THE NOMINATING CONVENTION FORTHEDEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS SUPPOSED TOBE A HUGE AFFAIR IN MILWAULKEE,WISCONSIN...A SEA OF PEOPLE GATHERED IN ACONVENTION HALL, CHEERING THEIRCANDIDATE ...MISSISSIPPI CONGRESSMAN BENNIETHOMPSON SERVING AS CHAIR...NATS OF THOMPSON ANNOUNCINGBIDEN AS PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEEBUT THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF THEPANDEMIC...WE WENT ALL VIRTUAL...UH,EVERYONE COOPERATED, AND FOR THELAST 3 NIGHTS, IT'S BEENTREMENDOUSTHOMPSON SAYS, MORE PEOPLE HAVEPARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR'SCONVENTIONTHROUGH TV COVERAGE, AND ONLINESTREAMING...EVERYONE GOING TO MILWAULKEEWOULDV'E BEEN A CHALLENGE BOTHFINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE.

NOWWE CAN COME TO EVERY STATE ANDTERRITORYAND OVER THIS WEEK, THE CHAIRMANHAS BEENA PART OF SOME BIG MOMENTS...I HEARBY DECLARE THAT KAMALAHARRIS IS ELECTED AS THEDEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FORVICE-PRESIDENT.

GAVEL SFXHE SAYS HER CREDENTIALS, WHICHINCLUDE A DEGREE FROM HOWARDUNIVERSITY,AND HER AFFILIATION WITH ALPHAKAPPA ALPHASORORITY, ARE JUST THEBEGINNING...SHE HAS A JAMAICAN FATHER, UH,AND AN INDIAN MOTHER.

AND SOSHE IS A PART OF THE MELTING POTOF AMERICATHOMPSON SAYS JOE BIDEN'S RECORDSPEAKSFOR ITSELF...BUT HIS ROLE IN THIS CONVENTIONCAME AS APERSONAL REQUEST FROM THE NEWSTANDARD BEARER...VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED MEAND ASKED ME WOULD I RUN THECONVENTION...YOU KNOW I SAID,AREYOU KIDDIN'?

HE SAID YEAH...IWAN'TYOU TO DO ITBUTT THESE SOTS TOGETHERI'M HUMBLED BY IT, BUT I WILL BEMORE EXCITED WHEN JOE BIDEN ISELECTEDPRESIDENT THOMPSON IS THE FIRSTMISSISSIPPIAN TO CHAIRTHE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN 188YEARS...AND NOT LOST ON HIM IS THE FACTTHAT HISFATHER NEVER GOT TO CAST A VOTEIN THISSTATE BEFORE HE DIED IN 1963,BECAUSE OFSYSTEMIC RACISM...TROY JOHNSON...16 WAPT NEWS AT10...