Sanders to be keynote speaker at Democratic convention
Barack and Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, and all three Clintons also set to address event in Philadelphia
Bernie Sanders will be a keynote speaker at the Democratic convention, which begins next week in Philadelphia.
Sanders, the Independent senator from Vermont and the first Jewish candidate to win major party nominating contests, will speak the first night, July 25, along with First Lady Michelle Obama.
Last week, Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton, who is now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. A prime speaking slot was one of Sanders’s conditions for the endorsement, as well as the inclusion in the platform of some of his campaign planks, including $15 minimum wage, Wall Street regulatory reforms and an overhaul of campaign finance.
Also speaking, according to the convention press office, will be President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and former president Bill Clinton. Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton, will speak on July 28, the last night of the convention, ahead of her mother.
Chelsea Clinton gave birth last month to her second child. Her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, is Jewish.
