CHICAGO — As Kamala Harris delivered the most consequential speech of her career on Thursday, she did something she has done countless times as a former prosecutor: She made a case, this time for why she’s the perfect person for Democrats to beat Donald Trump, even under unprecedented circumstances.
“America, the path that led me here in recent weeks was no doubt unexpected,” Harris said as she opened her speech. “But I’m no stranger to unlikely journeys.”
The capstone convention speech captured the stakes for a candidate who could make history as the first woman president, if she manages to defeat a former president who still has multiple paths to victory.