Actress Eva Longoria, best known for her TV roles as Isabella Braña on ‘The Boy and the Restless’ and Gabrielle Solis on ‘Desperate Housewives’, played a prominent role on the first night of the Democratic National Convention.
The Golden Globe and SAG nominee is also a producer, activist and entrepreneurial woman. She has a history of political involvement after serving as co-chair of President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, and she spoke at the 2012 and 2016 Democratic conventions. As an activist, she created the Latino Victory Project to raise awareness and funding for candidates, and she has been prominent in advocating for immigrants.
Longoria was born in Texas to parents who were immigrants from Mexico.
Longoria served as moderator for the first night of the convention. She began the night with a staring introduction, delivering a call for arms, emphasizing how essential voting is, and referring to the upcoming elections as an “opportunity to save our country.”
Longoria followed up on this outrageous plea to vote in a discussion with people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including a small business owner struggling to stay afloat, a farmer who was pessimistic about the future of his farm, and a young girl who tried to find some semblance of normality because the restriction caused by the coronavirus takes months longer than she ever responded.
In a convention held entirely online, Longoria cited the failure of President Trump as leader to prevent the pandemic from destroying the country. She spoke of the toll of the virus on the American people, especially over minorities, who have been disproportionately affected. “We need to stop this,” she said. She called for support for former Vice President Joe Biden, claiming that his experience in the Obama administration, which successfully dealt with the Ebola epidemic and drew up a plan for future epidemics, qualifies him as the candidate for the position.
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