Oprah takes aim at Vance; Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Sheila E electrify crowd; Hakeem Jeffries warns against Trump ‘spinning the block’: DNC Night 3

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Night three of the Democratic National Convention continued push the message of moving to the future instead of dwelling in the past.& Several key political figures and celebrities took center stage at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 21.& Oprah, who lived in Chicago during the height of her popular talk show, made a surprise appearance on the DNC stage. She took a moment to inspire the audience to vote for VP Kamala Harris while also taking aim at controversial comments by J.D. Vance. Vance claimed that America is led by “childless cat ladies.”& Oprah criticized Vance by pointing out the mindlessness of his comment.& & “Despite what some would have you think, we are not so different from our neighbors,” she said. “When a house is on fire, we don’t ask whose house it is. If the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, well, we try to get that cat out too…Civilized debate is vital to democracy, and it is the best of America.” & Oprah went on to say, “Soon, and very soon, we’re going to be teaching our daughters and sons about how this child of an Indian mother and a Jamaican father,...

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