{"id":256256,"date":"2024-08-22T13:26:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T13:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/oprah-winfrey-surprises-2024-dnc-crowd-with-moving-speech-video-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:11:55","slug":"oprah-winfrey-surprises-2024-dnc-crowd-with-moving-speech-video-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/oprah-winfrey-surprises-2024-dnc-crowd-with-moving-speech-video-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Oprah Winfrey Surprises 2024 DNC Crowd With Moving Speech: Video \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2167066344_1815fb-e1724330239916.jpeg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"Oprah Winfrey speaks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention wearing purple\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2167066344_1815fb-e1724330239916.jpeg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2167066344_1815fb-e1724330239916.jpeg?quality=100&amp;w=768&amp;h=432&amp;crop=1 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2167066344_1815fb-e1724330239916.jpeg?quality=100&amp;w=1536&amp;h=864&amp;crop=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: AFP via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\">The 2024 Democratic National Convention was livelier than ever during its third evening. After the Chicago crowd heard from multiple speakers \u2014 including a few Republicans \u2014 one major name took the podium to praise Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Kamala Harris<\/strong><\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/oprah-winfrey\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Oprah Winfrey<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">The 70-year-old television producer walked onto the stage as the crowd erupted into applause and cheers. As she took the mic, Oprah began her speech by noting she was \u201chonored\u201d to discuss the \u201ctheme\u201d that she values in America, which is freedom.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">\u201cThere are people who want you to see our country as a nation of us against them,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople who want to scare you, who want to rule you. \u2026 But here\u2019s the thing: when we stand together, it is impossible to conquer us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Throughout her address, the Oprah Winfrey Network CEO emphasized that, despite political divides between Democrats and Republicans, \u201cwe are not so different from our neighbors.\u201d She then proceeded with an analogy of how Americans would help one another by putting their ideological differences aside.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"Watch: Oprah Winfrey&#039;s full DNC speech\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_JYsEX7Rp2k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">\u201cWhen a house is on fire, we don\u2019t ask about the homeowner\u2019s race or religion,\u201d she pointed out. \u201cWe don\u2019t wonder who their partner is or how they voted. No, we just try to do the best we can to save them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Oprah then joked about <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/donald-trump\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s running mate <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/j-d-vance-what-to-know-about-his-memoir-hillbilly-elegy-a-memoir-of-a-family-and-culture-in-crisis-5297508\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>JD Vance<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s viral phrase about<a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/07\/25\/jennifer-aniston-criticizes-jd-vances-childless-women-comment\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"> \u201cchildless cat ladies.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">\u201cAnd if the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, well, we try to get that cat out too,\u201d Oprah quipped.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">Toward the end of her speech, the former host of <em>The Oprah Winfrey Show<\/em> motivated viewers to vote this November as a way to settle political differences.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">\u201cVoting is the best of America,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I have always, since I was eligible to vote, I\u2019ve always voted my values. And that is what is needed in this election, now more than ever. So, I\u2019m calling on all you independents and all you undecideds. You know this is true. You know I\u2019m telling you the truth: that values and character matter most of all, in leadership and in life. And more than anything \u2014 you know this is true \u2014 that decency and respect are on the ballot in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/08\/22\/oprah-winfrey-2024-dnc-speech\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: AFP via Getty Images The 2024 Democratic National Convention was livelier than ever during its third evening. 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