内容摘要：“It feels really good to know that the decision I made for NYU to use my brother was the right decision and it’s helping people,” said Mary Miller-Duffy, of Newburgh, New York.

“It feels really good to know that the decision I made for NYU to use my brother was the right decision and it’s helping people,” said Mary Miller-Duffy, of Newburgh, New York.

, as well as an after-party fish fry hosted by Rep. Jim Clyburn.The events offered an opportunity for both Walz and Moore to test out their messages in front of hundreds of Democrats in the state that has long held the first-in-the-South Democratic presidential primary and, last year, led off the party’s nominating calendar entirely. State party chair Christale Spain has said that she will renew the argument to keep the state’s No. 1 position in the next cycle, but national party organizations

yet, and party officials in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada are also vying to go first.“Donald Trump is the existential threat that we knew was coming,” Walz told the crowd Saturday morning, acknowledging that, for Democrats, “it is going to be a challenging few years here.”As he did on Friday night, Walz praised his fellow Democrats for having the “courage” to keep fighting in a largely Republican state, where Democrats haven’t won a statewide election in about two decades and only hold one congressional seat — Clyburn’s.

“Damnit, we should be able to have some fun and be joyful,” Walz said. “We’ve got the guts and we need to have it to push back on the bullies and the greed.”who have been traveling to early-voting states, was expected to sound similar themes as a featured speaker as California Democrats gather in Anaheim on Saturday.

“We’re fired up to welcome Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to the Convention stage in Anaheim,” state chair Rusty Hicks said in a statement. “He’s a former teacher, a veteran, and a trailblazer who’s spent his career fighting for working families and standing up for the values we all share — fairness, dignity, and opportunity for all.”

Democrats have been debating since Harris lost to Trump in November over which direction the party should take. That self-examination reflectsWhitehead rushed outside to confront the man.

“I yelled at him to stop, ‘What the hell are you doing? What are you spraying on the animal? Don’t do that, quit that!’” Whitehead said.The man replied: “I’m trying to help Star.”

“I have no idea what he meant by that,” said Whitehead, who suspects — based on the smells — that the sprays could have been a disinfectant and deodorizer.Whitehead and police believe it was the same man from the prior night. It’s not known if the January tampering involved the same person.