The high stakes this year were underlined by the election speeches at the Biden event in New York last, brining record amounts of cash into Biden's campaign coffers. Via BBCnews.com: Senate Majority Leader and New York Senator Chuck Schumer told the raucous crowd of 5,000 Democrats they must do whatever they could to ensure that the "dishonest, chaotic, ineffective regime of Donald Trump" did not return. Comedian Mindy Kaling hosted the event and spoke just moments after singer Lizzo finished a rendition of her hit About Damn Time.