A 13-year-old with a stutter gave the Democratic convention's best speech
The fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention wrapped up on Thursday night with a speech from now-official nominee Joe Biden, and fireworks in place of a balloon drop. But the most powerful moment of the four-night event came in the form of a two-minute speech from an extraordinary teenager.
Brayden Harrington recounted how he met Biden at a campaign event in New Hampshire earlier this year.
"He told me that we're members of the same club: We stutter," Harrington said. "It was really amazing to hear that someone like me became vice-president. He told me about a book of poems by Yeats he would read out loud to practice. He showed me how he marks his addresses to make them easier to say out loud, so I did the same thing today. And now I'm here talking to you today about the future — about our future." Read more...
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