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who nominated and seconded biden last night? (Original Post) rampartc Aug 2020 OP
Who Biden was nominated by... WePurrsevere Aug 2020 #1
bernie was nominated by bob king (former uaw official) rampartc Aug 2020 #2

WePurrsevere

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1. Who Biden was nominated by...
Wed Aug 19, 2020, 09:08 AM
Aug 2020
Security guard Jacquelyn Brittany was standing in an elevator when she blurted “I love you” to Joe Biden. Wearing big smiles, they took a photo together, and video of the interaction went viral online.

Tuesday, in a video shown at the Democratic National Convention, she stood in what looked like the entrance to an elevator and nominated him as the Democratic Party presidential nominee.

“In the short time I spent with Joe Biden, I could tell he really saw me, that he actually cared, that my life meant something to him,” she said. “And I knew, even when he went into his important meeting, he’d take my story in there with him.”

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-08-18/democratic-convention-security-guard-biden-jacquelyn-brittany

And FWIW, in her own words, here is why AOC nominated Bernie...
https://mobile.twitter.com/AOC/status/1295902565750771717

I found the above in this ABC News article

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