President Joe Biden is preparing to pass the Democratic Party baton to Kamala Harris in a farewell speech to the convention in Chicago on Monday night.

The 81-year-old left the White House with First Lady Jill for the trip to the Midwest where he will speak to supporters as the former nominee, before jetting off on a vacation to California.

As he took the stage for a mic check, reporters asked if the moment was ‘bittersweet’ and responded when asked what he thought of Donald Trump saying he was the victim of a Democratic Party ‘coup’.

Kamala Harris meanwhile was getting ready for her coronation, and added to her policy platform by releasing a plan to increase the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent.

First Lady Jill Biden, followed by President Joe Biden, took the Democratic National Convention stage for a walk-through of Chicago’s United Center ahead of their Monday night speeches.

The first lady wore a light purple blazer and white slacks and sauntered to the podium, surrounded by a flurry of aides and grandchildren Natalie and Hunter, the children of the late Beau Biden.

‘Testing 1, 2, 3,’ Dr. Biden said into the mic.

Moments later, the president headed to the same spot.

The mic wasn’t on for Biden but he mouthed ‘I am’ when reporters yelled up at him from the convention floor, asking if he was ready to pass the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris.

‘You’ll hear tonight,’ the president added.

Asked if it was a bittersweet moment, he replied: ‘It’s a memorable moment.’

Asked about Donald Trump’s claim that he was ousted from the Democratic ticket in what amounts to a coup, Biden said: “His stability is still in question.”

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden would spend the hours ahead of the president’s scheduled 10 p.m. CDT speech preparing for the moment.

‘He’s going to spend time continuing to prep for a big night,’ she told reporters on board Air Force One.

Chicago’s mayor says Democrats will ‘celebrate’ Joe Biden tonight

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson acknowledged the complex mission the convention has of sending off Joe Biden and raising up Vice President Kamala Harris.

‘Democrats will celebrate President Joe Biden and nominate Kamala Harris for president of the United States of America,’ he said of the convention, while delegates still trickled into their seats amid holdups at security.

He called Harris ‘The daughter of a mom who worked hard every single day. And he invoked Harris race and pointed to her as a role model. ‘My daughter will see not only a reflection of herself in the White House, but she will experience the deepest part of American values,’ he said

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Minyon Moore is the first to praise Biden for passing the torch as the convention comes to order

The convention speaking program got underway Monday when Chicago native and permanent convention chair Minyon Moore making the first ‘pass the torch’ reference of the night.

‘Last month, in a true act of patriotism he passed the torch to the next generation and the next president of the United States Kamala Harris,’ she said.

DNC chair Jaime Harrison then called the ‘in-person’ portion of the convention to order.

Gen Z voter mobilization group hands out ‘F*ck Project 2025’ condoms at DNC

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter in Chicago, Illinois

Voters of Tomorrow are bringing their push for Gen Z Americans to cast their ballots this fall to the Democratic National Convention.

The progressive-leaning group plans to hand out 5,000 of their ‘F*ck Project 2025’ condoms from their booth in the Dempalooza expo hall a few miles from the United Center.

Visitors of the stand are also invited to make Taylor Swift-inspired friendship bracelets and exchange them with friends in a show of Democrat ‘community.’

US intelligence officials say Iran to blame for hack of Trump’s campaign

U.S. intelligence officials said Monday that Iran is responsible for the hack of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

It was the first U.S. government attribution of responsibility for a cyber intrusion that the Republican nominee had previously linked to Tehran.

The FBI and other federal agencies said Iran perceived this year’s presidential election to be particularly consequential and was determined through the hacking operation and other activities to interfere in American politics and ‘to stoke discord and undermine confidence in our democratic institutions.’

‘We have observed increasingly aggressive Iranian activity during this election cycle, specifically involving influence operations targeting the American public and cyber operations targeting Presidential campaigns,’ said a joint statement from the FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

The statement said the Iranian hackers have ‘sought access to individuals with direct access to the Presidential campaigns of both political parties.’

The FBI has been investigating attempts to gain access to Democrat Kamala Harris’ campaign.

Inside the mobile clinic where DNC attendees can get abortions and vasectomies

The organizers behind a mobile health clinic offering free abortions and vasectomies near where thousands of people are gathering for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago are pushing back amid outrage from conservatives.

Planned Parenthood Great Rivers announced it was bringing its mobile health clinic to Chicago and offering free services to those who signed up on August 19 and 20, which are the first two days of the convention.

Before the clinic even arrived, they announced that all of the appointments had been filled and that they would follow up if they had cancelations but the move sparked an avalanche of criticism online.

‘The goal was we knew there were tens of thousands of people coming in around this time, and we really wanted to show and highlight what is possible when you have a state that supports reproductive access,’ Dr. Colleen Nicholas, chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Great Rivers, told DailyMail.com.

Inside the mobile abortion and vasectomy clinic near the DNC
Inside the mobile abortion clinic set up near the Democratic National Convention offering free abortions and vasectomies that has sparked outrage.