Valley Democrats look forward to the Democratic National Convention

CHICAGO (KFSN) -- Democrats person descended upon Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, including Valley delegate Eric Payne.

"There it is simply a batch of excitement. You conscionable spot folks with their T-shirts. You spot folks with their paraphernalia everywhere. Such bully vigor here," said Payne.

On Monday night, delegates similar Payne, and viewers watching from home, volition perceive from the First Lady and President Joe Biden, which the vice seat of the Fresno Democratic Party says represents the modulation of powerfulness wrong the party.

"I deliberation Biden volition speech astir what he's done and that it's clip to crook the banner implicit to Kamala Harris, that she's good prepared. Who amended to instrumentality that presumption than idiosyncratic who's been the vice president for the past 3 and a fractional years?" said Marsha Conant, vice seat of the Fresno County Democratic Party.

Conant and Payne anticipation to perceive astir issues straight impacting the Central Valley.

"They're going to speech astir the precocious outgo of housing. She's going to speech astir changes. Climate change, we unrecorded successful a assemblage that has unspeakable aerial and successful galore places undrinkable water. These are issues that are a interest to her," said Conant.

"I think, arsenic as voters ticker tonight. With the opening ceremonies. you'll perceive a batch astir an economical justness program astir what voters attraction astir about. So possibly reparations keeping undocumented families together, policies astir tiny businesses, and weapon reform," said Payne.

As the DNC gets underway, Former President Donald Trump and his moving mate, Senator J-D Vance, are conscionable a fewer states eastbound campaigning successful Pennsylvania.

Harris and Walz besides conscionable wrapped up a autobus circuit crossed that cardinal battleground state.

Back successful Chicago, Hillary Clinton, erstwhile Secretary of State and the archetypal pistillate to beryllium nominated for president by the Democratic Party, volition besides talk tonight.

While she was not elected successful 2016, Conant (who was a delegate astatine the normal that year) says Clinton remains a unit wrong the party.

"I deliberation the modulation from that clip play to present is huge. I deliberation we volition elite Kamala Harris president. Hillary shattered the solid and Kamala volition spell done it," said Conant.

She says the momentum the Harris run has been experiencing crossed the federation tin beryllium felt close present successful Fresno, stating that much radical person signed up to unpaid than ever before.

Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are acceptable to code the normal Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.

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