Harris to Close Out Democratic Convention With Keynote Address

CHICAGO—On Thursday, a dozen or more uncommitted delegates set themselves up inside the security perimeter of the Democratic National Convention, just across West Madison Street from the United Center.
The Democratic primary season in some areas was marked by disagreement over the Biden administration’s Israel policy. It spurred many to vote “uncommitted” rather than for the incumbent, who was the party’s presumptive nominee at the time.
CHICAGO—Pointing to the approximately 10 million illegal immigrants that have entered the country during the Biden–Harris administration so far, Republicans supporting the Trump campaign said during a press conference on Aug. 22 in Chicago that the country is in danger from the “open border.”
A video played by the campaign, stringing together clips of Harris remarking that entering the country illegally is not a crime, was highlighted as evidence that she is not prioritizing border security.
CHICAGO—Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling told reporters Thursday morning that demonstrations the previous day hadn’t led to any arrests—a stark contrast to the dozens of arrests made on the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 20, amid chaos outside the Israeli consulate.
“Did we have a couple of dust-ups? Sure… but those things were quickly rectified,” Snelling said of the events on Wednesday, when anywhere from the high hundreds to two thousand pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered, chanted, and mostly, slowly dispersed.
The Epoch Times witnessed multiple small confrontations Wednesday, including one between protesters and Andre Williams, a veteran who was holding up an American flag.