Mississippi delegates discuss energy of the Democratic National Convention [Video]

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Mississippi has 45 delegates in Chicago participating in the Democratic National Convention.

They say they’re all in for Kamala Harris, and many mentioned they were surprised to see her take the stage to kick off the convention.

“It was electrifying when she came out and thanked President Joe Biden for his service, the crowd erupted,” said Rep. Kabir Karreim. “I have not seen this kind of energy since President Obama’s first run. If we can bottle it up and bring it back to Mississippi, that’s what we intend to do.”

Although the delegation initially had plans to pledge all their votes for Joe Biden, they expect the energy around Kamala Harris being on the ticket to help with their get-out-to-vote efforts.

“We are going to use this moment to turn Mississippi blue,” noted Sen. Derrick Simmons.

“This is the campaign that has energy, that has momentum,” …