{"id":2325469,"date":"2024-08-16T03:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T07:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrats-have-waited-a-lifetime-to-see-harris-at-dnc-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T03:21:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T07:21:45","slug":"california-democrats-have-waited-a-lifetime-to-see-harris-at-dnc-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrats-have-waited-a-lifetime-to-see-harris-at-dnc-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"California Democrats have waited a lifetime to see Harris at DNC &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-democrats-have-waited-a-lifetime-to-see-harris-at-dnc-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2325469&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses\u200c the enthusiasm among \u200cCalifornia Democrats as Vice President Kamala Harris is nominated\u2064 for president during the Democratic National Convention (DNC). Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik, \u2064a prominent California Democratic Party official, expresses her excitement, noting that the party&#8217;s messaging is resonating well with a\u2063 broad range of voters.\u2064 Nearly 500 Californians are heading\u200b to Chicago to celebrate the nominations of Harris\u2062 and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-state-2024-race-shapes-up-as-candidates-vie-to-replace-katie-porter\/\" title=\"California&#039;s 2024 race intensifies as contenders compete for Katie Porter&#039;s seat.\">vice \u200dpresident<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham-Skurnik reflects on her past experiences at\u2064 conventions and highlights \u200dthe \u200chistoric significance\u2064 of Harris&#8217;s nomination as the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-after-he-commits-to-racial-and-sex-discrimination-in-choosing-supreme-court-justice\/\" title=\"Biden Slammed After He \u2018Commits To Racial And Sex Discrimination\u2019 In Choosing Supreme Court Justice\">black woman nominated<\/a> by a major party for president. She emphasizes the renewed energy Harris has brought to the\u200c Democratic Party and the substantial financial and grassroots support she \u2064has generated.<\/p>\n<p>Former \u200dSonoma \u200bCounty Mayor Sandra Lowe shares\u2062 her feelings \u2064of \u200bmissing out \u200don the convention, indicating a high level\u200d of interest among \u2063potential delegates. The DNC is set to feature nightly celebrations, speeches, \u200dand discussions on key issues, reflecting a united party platform on \u2063topics like \u200dreproductive rights \u2062and\u200b immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Giovanni Chavez, president of California Young Democrats,\u200c notes a resurgence of excitement amongst the youth now that Harris is at the\u2062 forefront. The overall\u2062 sentiment encapsulates \u200ca \u200bhopeful and energized atmosphere among \u2064Democrats as they gear up for the \u2062convention.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">California Democrats say they&rsquo;ve waited a lifetime to watch Harris nominated at DNC<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1730868\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik has been to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic National Conventions\">Democratic National Conventions<\/a> in the past, but this year just feels different.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been waiting for this,&rdquo; the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"California\">California<\/a>&nbsp;Democratic Party <a href=\"https:\/\/cadem.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"regional&nbsp;director\">regional&nbsp;director<\/a> told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;[The party] is on target with their messaging, and it&rsquo;s really resonating well with Democrats. No party preference and even moderates seem to be very eager to volunteer and donate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris speaks to California Democrats on May 16, 2015, in Anaheim, California. (AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cunningham-Skurnik, a DNC elected board member, is among nearly 500 Californians headed to Chicago to celebrate the nominations of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Vice President Kamala Harris\">Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> for president and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz \"> Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) <\/a>for vice president.<\/p>\n<p>In all, more&nbsp;than 4,000 credentialed delegates will be in the city Monday through Thursday for nightly televised celebrations with speeches to fire up the base.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is my third convention,&rdquo;&nbsp;Cunningham-Skurnik&nbsp;said. &ldquo;I was a Clinton&nbsp;delegate in 1992, President Obama in 2012, but this one is going to be even more historic in so many different ways. I&rsquo;ve been a feminist my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bareback-rocket-ride-the-hunter-biden-story\/\" title=\"\u2018Bareback Rocket Ride\u2019: The Hunter Biden Story\">entire adult life<\/a>. My degree is in history with a specialization in women&rsquo;s studies from UCLA. This has been my dream,&nbsp;to get a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-the-presidents-daughter-large-print-by-bill-clinton-and-james-patterson\/\" title=\"REVIEW: \u2018The President\u2019s Daughter\u2019 (Large Print) by Bill Clinton and James Patterson\">woman president<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham-Skurnik said President Joe Biden&rsquo;s late decision to step aside and endorse Harris as his replacement has given Democrats a real shot at stopping former President Donald Trump from returning to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Harris secured the Democratic presidential nomination earlier this month, culminating a long career and dramatic rise to become the nation&rsquo;s first black woman selected as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-credits-herself-for-making-it-seem-normal-to-have-a-woman-run-for-president-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Hillary Clinton credits herself for \u2018making it seem normal\u2019 to have a woman run for president - Washington Examiner\">major party&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s nominee. Her nomination also capped one of the most tumultuous months in political&nbsp;history, which not only included Biden withdrawing from the race but also an assassination attempt against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, born in California to an Indian mother and Jamaican father, has quickly energized voters across the country and raised more than $300 million in a month. She and Walz have hosted rallies with crowds topping 10,000.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She is bringing so much sunshine to the&nbsp;Democratic Party and not just in California,&rdquo;&nbsp;Cunningham-Skurnik&nbsp;said. &ldquo;Look at Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada. The amount of people who showed up &hellip; spontaneous and organic. Her crowds will start chanting things and it&rsquo;s like, &lsquo;Woah!&rsquo; These are all things I have wanted our party to do for a very long time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Former Sonoma County Mayor Sandra Lowe agrees.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Signage is hung on the exterior of the United Center on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, in preparation for next week&rsquo;s Democratic National Convention in Chicago.(AP Photo\/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lowe, who will also be making the five-night, $3,000 trip from the West Coast to Chicago, told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;that some of her friends are wishing they had signed up in advance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A lot of people who didn&rsquo;t try to become a delegate are disappointed now because they would have loved to have been there,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;&ldquo;A little (fear of missing out) going on there. A lot of people thought, been there, done that, went there last time. It&rsquo;s a beautiful month here in California &hellip; I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;ll do that this year. And then all of a sudden it&rsquo;s like, &lsquo;What? California? I want to go!&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to a nightly parade of speakers, performers, and party enthusiasts, the DNC will also adopt and unify a comprehensive party platform, taking formal stances on issues such as reproductive rights, immigration, and economic policy. There will be caucus breakfasts, councils, and meetings where delegates will discuss everything from poverty to military needs.<\/p>\n<p>Giovanni Chavez, the president of&nbsp;California Young Democrats, will also be front and center at the convention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cayoungdems.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"California Young Democrats\">California Young Democrats<\/a> is the official youth arm of the party made up of Democrats 13-35 committed to &ldquo;activating the youth vote, empowering Young Democrats in their community, electing Democrats to office, and building a generation of progressive leadership.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Chavez, a labor union lawyer, told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that the group is seeing<em> &ldquo;<\/em>a huge&nbsp;resurgence&nbsp;of energy and excitement now that Kamala Harris is at the top of the ticket.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Young Democrats will be working hard to get Harris elected,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;&ldquo;We plan on walking doors up and down the ballot in California and in some of our neighboring states. We also plan on&nbsp;hosting a small-donor fundraiser for the Harris campaign. The stakes have never been this high, and now we have momentum on our side.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to official events, some Californians, such as Skyler Sikes, are expecting to go off-campus for events in downtown Chicago.&nbsp;Sikes, who will be visiting her aunt in nearby Evanston, Illinois, told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;she wants to attend &ldquo;DemPalooza,&rdquo; an open-to-the-public event at the McCormick Place convention center.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" \"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The name, a nod to the Lollapalooza music festival that Chicago hosts annually,&nbsp;will feature training sessions and an expo with interactive booths, offering everything from making friendship bracelets to getting a Harris-inspired manicure.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a party and everyone is invited,&rdquo; DNC deputy executive director Roger Lau said in a statement.&nbsp;The Republican National Convention took place last month in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1730868\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1730868\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Democrats express that they have long anticipated Kamala Harris&#8217;s nomination at the Democratic National Convention (DNC). Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik, a regional director for the California Democratic Party, shared with the Washington Examiner that this year&#8217;s convention feels unique. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been waiting for this,&#8221; she stated, noting that the party&#8217;s messaging is resonating strongly with Democrats and even moderates who are eager to volunteer and contribute. Nearly 500 Californians are heading to Chicago to celebrate Harris&#8217;s nomination for president and Governor Tim Walz\u2019s nomination for vice president. Over 4,000 credentialed delegates will gather in the city from Monday through Thursday for nightly televised events aimed at energizing supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham-Skurnik, who has attended previous conventions as a delegate\u2014supporting Bill Clinton in 1992 and Barack Obama in 2012\u2014believes this convention will be particularly historic. As a lifelong feminist with a degree in history focused on women&#8217;s studies from UCLA, she sees Harris\u2019s candidacy as fulfilling her dream of having a woman president.<\/p>\n<p>She remarked that President Joe Biden\u2019s recent decision to endorse Harris has given Democrats hope of preventing former President Donald Trump from reclaiming the White House. After securing her nomination earlier this month, Harris made history as the first Black woman nominated by a major party while also navigating one of politics&#8217; most chaotic months marked by Biden&#8217;s withdrawal and an assassination attempt against Trump. With roots in California and parents from India and Jamaica, Harris has energized voters nationwide, raising over $300 million within just one month.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham-Skurnik highlighted how Harris is bringing positivity not only to California but also across key states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, and Nevada where large crowds have gathered at rallies. Former Sonoma County Mayor Sandra Lowe echoed these sentiments while preparing for her trip to Chicago; many friends expressed regret about not signing up early enough as delegates.<\/p>\n<p>The DNC will feature various speakers each night along with performances while adopting an extensive party platform addressing issues such as reproductive rights and immigration policy during caucus meetings where delegates can discuss pressing topics like poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Giovanni Chavez of California Young Democrats noted an exciting resurgence among young voters now that Kamala Harris leads the ticket. The group plans extensive outreach efforts including door-to-door campaigning throughout California alongside fundraising initiatives supporting her campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, some attendees like Skyler Sikes plan on participating in off-site events such as &#8220;DemPalooza,&#8221; which offers public engagement opportunities including training sessions and interactive activities inspired by Kamala Harris\u2019s campaign theme\u2014a festive atmosphere open to all attendees according to DNC officials<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2325470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/harris-price-controls-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4045,3685,4021],"class_list":["post-2325469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-california","tag-democrats","tag-harris"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/harris-price-controls-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2325470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}