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Security guard who met Biden in elevator gives first nominating speech at Democratic convention
By Kate Sullivan, CNN
Updated 10:35 PM ET, Tue August 18, 2020
Washington (CNN)Last year, a security guard said "I love you" to Joe Biden in an elevator and the exchange went viral. On Tuesday night, that same woman gave the first speech officially nominating Biden for president at the Democratic National Convention.
Jacquelyn Brittany, an African American woman who works as a security guard at The New York Times, was escorting the former vice president to a Times editorial board meeting in December when she turned to him and said, "I love you. I do. You're like my favorite." The exchange was aired as part of the Times' TV series "The Weekly," and was circulated on social media.
"I take powerful people up on my elevator all the time," Jacquelyn Brittany said in a video that aired at the Democratic convention on Tuesday night. "When they get off, they go to their important meetings. Me, I just head back to the lobby. But in the short time I spent with Joe Biden, I could tell he really saw me. That he actually cared, that my life meant something to him. And I knew even when he went into his important meeting, he'd take my story in there with him."
"That's because Joe Biden has room in his heart for more than just himself," she continued. "We've been through a lot, and we have tough days ahead. But nominating someone like that to be in the White House is a good place to start. That's why I nominate my friend Joe Biden as the next president of the United States."
"That's because Joe Biden has room in his heart for more than just himself," she continued. "We've been through a lot, and we have tough days ahead. But nominating someone like that to be in the White House is a good place to start. That's why I nominate my friend Joe Biden as the next president of the United States."
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babylonsister
Aug 2020
OP
not fooled
(5,801 posts)1. Loved her!
One of the high points tonight. And that's saying something.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,570 posts)2. It was an awesome endorsement. And I believe it.
That's how Joe rolls.
Cha
(297,565 posts)3. Jacquelyn Brittany! Here's the vid from lapucelle..
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13931379
I love Jacquelyn Brittany !❤️❤️❤️