What, no “Fight Song” as Hillary Clinton’s entrance music?
Our old friend Robert Costa, now with CBS News, reports that Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison says that the “convention team did informally discuss moving VP Harris speech to Soldier Field, but he said the logistics didn’t make sense on such a short timeframe so the speech will be here in the arena.”
Considering the condition of the natural grass turf at Soldier Field — “a little slippery in some parts, and then some parts were sticky” — it’s not worth the risk. You don’t want your nominee slipping and blowing out an ACL in the preseason.
AOC’s speech is going to be remembered as one of the night’s scorchers. Whatever you think of it – and I think it was recklessly demagogic – it was theatrical and engrossing. A quick survey of Democratic reaction to it suggests her party could not be more impressed. There will be an effort to make this into her version of Barack Obama’s 2004 convention address, and it just might work.
AOC rose to stardom on social media, but her primetime speech at the DNC — filled with lots of shouting and wild hand gestures — shows why she has a limited ceiling as a national leader. She comes across as a student council president candidate who is a bit crazy.
AOC’s speech, nonsense though it is, is visibly and audibly the first one of the night to spark any sort of enthusiasm from the crowd. She speaks to them in a way that, say, Kathy Hochul did not.
“Ever since I got elected, Republicans have attacked me by saying I should go back to bar-tending. Let me tell you: I’m happy to – any day of the week, because there is nothing wrong with working for a living.” – AOC striving for bipartisanship.
AOC is speaking tonight! Wow, a big spotlight for The Squad! I can’t wait until later tonight when we hear from Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman… [checks program] Hmm, that’s strange, Bush and Bowman aren’t listed on tonight’s program, did something happen to them?
“The American working class is in a fight for our lives” – Shawn Fain, who makes over $200,000 a year as UAW president.
“The American working class is fired up and fed up!” roars Shawn Fain, president of the United Automobile Workers. Hey, if the Biden economy is doing so well, why is the American working class so fed up?
Shawn Fain is here to speak for the UAW, which consists largely of retirees and graduate students.