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A grateful nation President Joe Biden As he passes the baton to Vice President Kamala Harris and a new generation of leaders, as well as former President Barack Obama, and reminds us that “the ties that bind us” as a nation and a people are stronger than hateful rhetoric, conspiracy theories and division, in a speech reminiscent of the one that brought him national attention in 2004, one thing is clear: something special is happening in Chicago. The Democratic Convention is permeated with a sense of hope and joy, part grassroots activism, part family reunion. And the contrast with last month’s Republican convention couldn’t be clearer.
On the first day of the Republican Convention, MAGA darling Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked LGBTQ Americans and immigrants, spread misinformation, and called Donald Trump a “Founding Father” while the audience booed and jeered at any sign of diversity. Compare that to the first day of the Democratic Convention this week, where Rep. Jasmine Crockett went through both Trump’s and Harris’ presidential applications point by point, correctly pointing out that “Kamala Harris has a record. Donald Trump has a criminal record.”
But Crockett didn’t stop there.
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Crockett spoke of Harris not only as a transformative leader, but also as a product of the American dream, someone who took time out of her busy schedule to listen to the freshman congresswoman’s concerns and remind her that she’s exactly where God wants her to be.
She spoke of Harris as a beacon of hope and freedom lighting the way for the future, and above all, she reminded us all how important it is for us all to participate in this election. She urged the American people to vote.
Greene and the Republicans wouldn’t do that because they don’t need to. Greene and the Republicans think they have a right to the White House. Crockett and the Democrats are working to get it.
Now, that’s just one example, but it’s been repeated many times this week in Chicago.
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While Republicans cheered on Texas Governor Greg Abbott, the 66-year-old who signed the state’s near-total abortion ban in 2021, Democrats cheered on Amanda and Josh Zulawski, the young couple who were turned away from a Texas hospital while Amanda suffered a painful and fatal miscarriage because Abbott’s ban prevented doctors from treating her.
On the Republican side, we had Peter Navarro, the former Trump adviser and fellow old white man who spoke just hours after being released from federal prison, while on the Democrat side, we had Ana Navarro, a Nicaraguan refugee whose bold vision and courage epitomize a new generation of Democratic leaders who, by the way, have never been to prison.
Flashback: Obama was one of the first major Democrats to endorse Waltz early in his political career.
If you watch the Republican Convention, you see Representatives Nancy Mace and Matt Gaetz, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. If you watch the Democratic Convention, you see Senators Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer, of course, but also the historic team that put together the Democratic Convention, Chairman Jaime Harrison and Chairman Mignon Moore. You also see Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Senator Raphael G. Warnock, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, and Angela Alsobrooks.
The Democratic convention has featured speeches from union leaders like AFL-CIO President Elizabeth H. Schuller and UAW President Sean Fain, pioneers like Reps. Maxine Waters and Jim Clyburn, and former Trump supporters like Rich Logies and former Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan.
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Now, conspiracy theorists and naysayers will try to dismiss this as just a lineup of speakers. But it’s more than that. So much more. When I watched the Republican National Convention, I couldn’t imagine myself on stage or in the audience, because people like me are not part of MAGA or Trump’s Project 2025. But at the Democratic National Convention, diversity is welcomed because Democrats know that it makes us stronger. And that’s where the hope and joy comes from. And that’s the atmosphere that’s different from other conventions.
So when you turn on the TV to see what’s happening in Chicago, or when you hear Governor Tim Walz or Vice President Kamala Harris speak, look at the stage and the audience, and you see America.
You will see men and women working together for better jobs, higher wages, reproductive freedom, and equal justice. Black voters calling for affordable housing, Latinos calling for infrastructure to improve education, Asian Americans calling for infrastructure, and even white people calling for justice reform. You will see young voters fighting to expand student loan relief and end climate change standing together with seniors in support of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and President Biden’s $35 insulin price cap. You will see LGBTQ Americans fighting Project 2025 and straight Americans fighting alongside them.
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After all, the Democratic National Convention puts all eyes on America. At the Republican National Convention, the attention was solely on Donald Trump.
But we had Hulk Hogan, so I guess that happens.
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