What Went Down On Night 3 Of The DNC

Tonight Kamala Harris accepted the vice presidential nomination, making history as the first Asian American and first Black woman on a major party ticket. And former President Barack Obama delivered a keynote address in Philadelphia, where he condemned President Trump’s leadership for the last four years, saying, “Donald Trump hasn’t grown into the job because he can’t.” Both Harris and Obama doubled down on the party’s pitch about the urgency of everyone voting this November.

Democrats also used tonight as another opportunity to tout their policy stances on an array of issues, including gun violence, climate change and domestic violence, often weaving in very powerful personal stories. Those videos really showed after three days, the party might be getting the hang of this.

Scroll back through to relive the live blog in all its chronological glory, and if that sounds like too much work, I’ve asked the crew to compile some headlines with tonight’s top takeaways:

• Kaleigh: Democrats Bring Out The Heavyweights For Night 3
• Geoffrey: Democrats Build Up Biden And Obama Tells Americans Democracy Is In Danger
• Amelia: Another Obama Goes On the Attack Against Trump
• Clare: It’s Still Barack Obama’s Party
• Matt: Democrats Show They Are Still Obama’s Party
• Michael: Democrats Cement Their Reputation As The Party Of Diversity And Racial Equality
• Nathaniel: Democrats Make Substantive, Emotional Case Against Trump In Star-Studded Night 3
• Lee: Overproduced Videos Featuring Real People Upstage Politicians Pretending To Be Real People
• Meena: It Took 3 Nights, But The DNC Might Finally Understand How To Tell A Compelling Story
• Micah: Democrats Get The Hang Of A Virtual Convention. Sorta.

The Harris merch has been dropped.

For the most part, this was the smoothest night of the DNC so far. Lots of policy meat and potatoes about immigration, climate change and gun violence. And importantly, it seemed like the goal was to not only knock Trump, but also to build up Biden’s candidacy. Polls show a sizable majority of Biden voters say they’re backing him because they don’t like Trump, not because they’re voting for Biden. So understandably, the Biden campaign probably would like to get more voters enthusiastic about his candidacy and not just about voting against Trump.