Members of the Cobb County Democratic Committee, including representatives of the 11th Congressional District that covers East Cobb, are in attendance this week in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention.
They include second vice-chair Erika Bailey, who said in a CDCC release that “the energy is unbelievable” and that “I will never forget this experience.”
Marshall, who along with Vice President Kamala Harris is also a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, has made it a point to meet as many other delegates as possible.
Treasurer Sharon Marshall met with U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock at a Georgia delegation breakfast. “He told us, ‘Infrastructure is spiritual. We are the country that built the interstate highway. We have to work together.’ ”
On Tuesday, the Georgia delegation cast its votes for the ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, following a memorable introduction by Atlanta rapper Lil Jon.
Marshall is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the same sorority that Harris belonged to during her college days. On Thursday night, Harris will accept the Democratic nomination for president, following President Joe Biden’s decision last month not to seek re-electdion.
“Nominating Kamala Harris as the first black woman and first Asian American nominee for president is an honor I will carry with me for the rest of my life,” Marshall said. “Our state is showing up and showing out at the DNC. I have never been prouder to be from Georgia!”
Cobb Democrats and the Young Democrats of Cobb will be hosting a watch party Thursday from 7-11 p.m. Details and required pre-registration can be found at this link.
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I’m not a Democrat, but the GOP has pushed me away with their methods. I cannot vote for liars or a party led by a felon and known liar with over 35,000 checked lies.
I just can’t.
If we’ve learned anything the last 10 yrs or so, it is that only if a major party is behind something, will anything be done. Sadly, the Democrats had a chance to do some things and failed when they had both sides of Congress and the Presidency.
The GOP is more about blocking anything someone else wants done. We could have a useful immigration law and legal framework, has the GOP gotten out of the day earlier this year. It was a good law – not perfect, but still better than nothing. Politics got in the way. Every GOP member killed it. IF they don’t want to work on solutions, they need to go.
I’m not voting my pocket book. We will be hurt with a number of programs the Democrats are pushing.
I’m voting my conscience, at least for the national offices (US Congress and President). For local offices, I’ll need to see if we have honest people running or liars and vote for the non-liar in each race.