Political events are not often the locations for deeply emotional moments, but on the last night of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, a young boy with a stutterer managed to deliver one in two minutes. Thirteen-year-old Brayden Harrington was invited to speak at the event after meeting Joe Biden …
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