The media mogul opened her speech by emphasizing: America is an ongoing project.
We dont wonder who their partner is or how they voted no!
We just have a go at do the best we can to save them.
Oprah Winfrey speaks at the DNC in Chicago, IL, on Aug. 21, 2024.MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images
Oprah: When a house is on fire, we do not ask about the homeowners race or religion.
We just give a shot to do the best we can to save them.
And if the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady.
Values and character matter most of all in leadership and in life.
And more than anything you know this is true that decency and respect are on the ballot in 2024.
Let us choose the sweet promise of tomorrow over the bitter return to yesterday.
We wont go back.
We wont be set back, pushed back, bullied back, kicked back.
Were not going back, she continued.
Let us choose truth.
Let us choose honor and let us choose joy!
Because thats the best of America.
