The Obamas will be the heavy hitters for Day 2 .
Second Gentleman
TRUTH
Joshua Rush (@JoshuaRush) posted at 9:44 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
we are not talking enough about how important it is that doug emhoff is on the biggest stage in america right now as a wife guy!!young men are getting radicalized through misogyny every day and here is doug, unapologetically loving and uplifting his wife.
(https://x.com/JoshuaRush/status/1826088061865750951?t=ZgeM4PGVillTUbO-5ybiKA&s=03)
The Obamas
Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 9:53 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Michelle Obama: She understands that most of us will never be afforded the grace of failing forward. We will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth. https://t.co/ywBjdwZl3E
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1826090192425627984?t=zk1zoTH6aQndcPX3423xYA&s=03)
KLC (@kayelcee901) posted at 10:24 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Michelle’s speech hit hard because it was birthed from grief. Those words came from the depths of her heart, out of the muck grief sends us through and frustration with white supremacy. She exuded a painful strength tonight. I honor her for that. #DNC2024
(https://x.com/kayelcee901/status/1826097993730105724?t=hMD7jfg0-COr1N0-Ppia5A&s=03)
Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 10:35 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Obama: We live in a culture that puts a premium on things that don’t last. Money, fame, status, likes. We chase the approval of strangers on our phones. We build all walls and fences around ourselves, and then we wonder why we feel so alone. https://t.co/gK776b2z2q
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1826100693088031202?t=XezocEenH9LnTGd0_xr5LA&s=03)
Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 10:22 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Obama: And I’ve noticed, by the way, that since it’s become popular, they don’t call it Obamacare no more. https://t.co/hQXCFcxoHc
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1826097466640674969?t=8X29Bzx36cJRaSKr0OsYzg&s=03)
Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 10:14 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Obama: Here is a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems since he rode down his golden escalator nine years ago. There’s the childish nicknames, the crazy conspiracy theories, this weird obsession with crowd sizes https://t.co/WGwNOFinHK
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1826095458168557920?t=BoFa9KqAiEwxk9caDVyeRQ&s=03)
President Kamala’s Hand (Again) (@myronjclifton) posted at 10:34 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Former President Obama outlined his doctrine of seeing a better America by engagement, encouragement, listening to each other, and knowing the way forward is with, not without each other.Barack Obama made plain the case for the continuation of America through democratic values.
(https://x.com/myronjclifton/status/1826100662717001894?t=p1nSKuFj6_s8kJFhCzpaBA&s=03)
Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 9:48 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Michelle Obama: I was not even sure if I would be steady enough to stand before you, but my heart compelled me to be here because of the sense of duty I feel to honor her memory. And to remind us all not to squander the sacrifices our elders made to give us a better future. https://t.co/G4KSDShLQC
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1826088901196525968?t=DnZjBfBRAP2qaS-WHNS6Rg&s=03)
Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) posted at 10:00 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
“We cannot afford for anyone in America to sit on their hands and wait to be called. There’s simply no time for that foolishness.”@MichelleObama telling this crowd to go out and do something.
(https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1826091898345242845?t=sHp39-ZtdRjr93tyd4Cqlw&s=03)
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) posted at 9:52 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
This passage from Michelle Obama:
“[Kamala] understands that most of us will never be afforded the grace of failing forward… we will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth.
“If we bankrupt a business… or choke in a crisis, we don’t get a second, third, or fourth chance.
“If things don’t go our way, we don’t have the luxury of whining or cheating others to get further ahead… we don’t get to change the rules so we always win.
“If we see a mountain in front of us, we don’t expect there to be an escalator waiting to take us to the top.
“No, we put our heads down. We get to work. In America, we do something.”
(https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1826089941530788338?t=jWxICzYeK0Q74hGvp79sxw&s=03)
Obama’s 2004 Keynote
Obama’s 2008 Acceptance Speech in Denver
Michelle Obama’s Address to the 2012 DNC Convention
Every Song Played During the 2024 DNC Roll Call & Their Hot 100 Peaks: Beyoncé, Taylor Swift & More
Here are all the songs each state and territory played during the roll call at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
By Kyle Denis
08/21/2024
https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/every-song-played-2024-dnc-roll-call-hot-100-peaks-beyonce-taylor-swift-chappell-sabrina-1235757392/
AusPolMate – Time for a break
@AusPolMate
OMG: Jonathan Capehart (WaPo &
@CapehartJ
) nails it & can’t hold back his relief & joy as he tries in vain to not shed a tear.
Jonathan was last in the review of the speeches, his comment on Michelle Obama’s speech was “I feel like I have been seen”. This is so perfect!
https://x.com/AusPolMate/status/1826110846193606749
David Roberts
@drvolts
“If you say you’re a campaign of joy, you can’t criticize Donald Trump” is a new standard that the media has just invented for Dems. That’s their job: to make up new things that Dems are supposed to be doing, or aren’t doing, and scold them. It’s work, I guess.
12:21 PM · Aug 21, 2024
https://x.com/drvolts/status/1826308724052680948
Tim 🇺🇸 (@trouble_man90) posted at 4:20 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
“Don’t call them weird”
“Stop with the couch jokes”
“Don’t say ‘we’re not going back’
“Don’t call him a convicted felon”
The media is trying to protect trump. This is also a tell that the attacks are working. We should double down https://t.co/ejeW7DD7aJ
(https://x.com/trouble_man90/status/1826006319616373163?s=02)
LarryO continues to win.
They were talking about Doug and how he resigned from his law firm and took a job as a professor,because he didn’t even want the APPEARANCE of impropriety, and LarryO went off, talking about how John Roberts’ wife is continuing to rake in MILLIONS at a firm who has clients that go before the Supreme Court. He was absolutely disgusted as he said it. An offended LarryO is always the best LarryO.
She is at the DNC..one of the ‘influencers’
Qondi (@QondiNtini) posted at 9:53 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
The way we all the Black people lost their damn minds when Forever FLOTUS said Black Jobs
Lord 🔥
Brothers and sisters stood up and CHEERED
(https://x.com/QondiNtini/status/1826090267805360415?t=2SwOsLIU9j6olZntjdDF5g&s=03)
LOL
Ragnarok Lobster 🐺 (@eclecticbrotha) posted at 9:53 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Michelle Obama’s speaking style reminds of what my pastor said about the shade throwing ability of his wife: you’ll be halfway home after you hear her speak before you realize she just cut off your head.
(https://x.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1826090157742658003?t=awooo210LN-eWgSQ-2NCjA&s=03)
Propane Jane™ 🔥💣 (@docrocktex26) posted at 6:52 AM on Wed, Aug 21, 2024:
Absolutely and it’s really the tale of these 2 conventions. The Ds are throwing a joyful, all-inclusive party and the Rs threw a puritanical snoozefest for buzzkills. They’re so deplorable & unhappy b/c they’ve stolen their own joy and they’re mad b/c they can’t steal ours too.
(https://x.com/docrocktex26/status/1826225802272465098?t=eJmMdbp2F3Rcz_8B2fha2Q&s=03)
Dirk Lester 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷 ✌🏾
@Dirk2112
See. It’s like I’ve been telling you all. Low equaled Small. Not Michelle won’t rhetorically gut your punk ass like a halibut 😮
9:55 PM · Aug 20, 2024
https://x.com/Dirk2112/status/1826090654281162827
Isaiah Martin (@isaiahrmartin) posted at 8:20 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
.@KamalaHarris just addressed crowds live in Chicago AND Milwaukee — at the same time!
That’s two rallies in two states, 20,000 people each.
Our energy is incredible, LFGGG‼️ https://t.co/WSkTUkyfHr
(https://x.com/isaiahrmartin/status/1826066790188974163?t=9KTDyhE2hkA_4PNXJwnaNA&s=03)
Grace Panetta (@grace_panetta) posted at 9:56 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Michelle Obama: “The minute a lie takes hold, we cannot start wringing our hands. We cannot get a Goldilocks complex about whether everything is just right. We cannot indulge our anxieties about whether this country will elect someone like Kamala — instead of doing everything we
(https://x.com/grace_panetta/status/1826090976869494930?t=WHVxJLPLo-iF7kbYAB_vyQ&s=03)
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 4:40 AM on Wed, Aug 21, 2024:
Legitimately wonder whether people in the media realize this is an indictment of them b/c what Michelle Obama is saying is that it’s up to Democrats to call out these lies b/c the media refuses to do so
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1826192551277113672?t=kl_kDtUGB7kBCdq0EMTQ2Q&s=03)
Felt this in my soul.
Kenny Akers (@KeneAkers) posted at 6:15 AM on Wed, Aug 21, 2024:
“For years, Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us,” she announced. “His limited and narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hardworking, highly educated, successful people who also happened to be Black.” — https://t.co/lPVUhXOk24
(https://x.com/KeneAkers/status/1826216539747750353?t=vT57K1-VbMGCGVdEQu1BaQ&s=03)
PBS News (@NewsHour) posted at 10:31 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
WATCH: Michelle Obama energizes crowd with ‘Do something’ rallying call at 2024 DNC
“It’s up to us to remember what Kamala’s mother told her: ‘Don’t just sit around and complain. Do something.'” said @MichelleObama. https://t.co/VkqNSp09Fr
(https://x.com/NewsHour/status/1826099785134162061?t=Q19aYrOPdA3w4Y9ExK9igA&s=03)
Both Barack and Michelle hit it out of the park
yes, they did :)
Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 8:46 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Pritzker: Donald Trump thinks we should trust him on the economy because he claims to be very rich. But take it from an ACTUAL billionaire… Trump is rich in only thing… stupidity https://t.co/AXUVip8dmt
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1826073338965357031?t=vi-_0G0IDPESgmFfXiuCWQ&s=03)
President Kamala’s Hand (Again) (@myronjclifton) posted at 10:39 PM on Mon, Aug 19, 2024:
President Biden is the president America has always needed.
I’m sad to see his term winding down.
Thankfully when the nation needed him most he answered the call and straightened out the crooked path we were on.
Thank goodness for Joe Biden.
Respect and gratitude, kind sir
(https://x.com/myronjclifton/status/1825739466021183927?t=JNGRswobybKTVsGfGfKv8A&s=03)
Booker G. Washington (@BookerGWash) posted at 0:36 PM on Sat, Aug 17, 2024:
Any Black Americans adopting the right-wing term “illegal” for anybody living in America is crazy!
All we got is the 14th Amendment and 6 conservatives on the Supreme Court between us and a cotton field.
(https://x.com/BookerGWash/status/1824862935233314990?t=o9g1xcIG9BiR8F331jFysA&s=03)
😂😂
Booker G. Washington (@BookerGWash) posted at 8:49 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
At this point all the DNC missing is a stroll off, step show, and HBCU Battle of the bands.
(https://x.com/BookerGWash/status/1826074049069617490?t=aIBtXOmrGsEmDZ8-kk3Vpw&s=03)
😂😂
Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) posted at 11:55 AM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Democrats have only slipped into the danger zone when they’ve lost sight of the fact that Job One is assembling the anti-Trump majority. Kamala Harris recognizes this, and came prepared.
Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) posted at 0:00 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
If defeating Trump takes a backseat to factional infighting, radical reform, or machine politics, things can fall apart. This is why Harris has emphasized values over policy specificity. She’s not here to placate wonks or activists, but to beat Trump. https://t.co/ZqRl9me6rP https://t.co/VM7sLoUSxH
(https://x.com/brianbeutler/status/1825941076714336335?t=VbkTn0vtcvQVFlyClf1nZg&s=03)
Magdi Jacobs (@magi_jay) posted at 1:14 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Stray observation + some mild speculation: Beshear is technically a conservative Democrat in a hard-won Governorship in a red state. For him to have focussed so strongly on abortion at the DNC is note-worthy. It says something about where the party is. More importantly, it says something about where the *country* is.
Last night, it was *safe* for a conservative Dem from KY to speak on a national stage about abortion. That would have been unfathomable in, say, 2010.
Now some speculation: my thinking, as Beshear was speaking, was that Democrats must have their hands on some truly devastating numbers for Republicans re: white women & the post-Dobbs world.
Again, it is *wildly* contrary to the conventional wisdom of the past to specifically highlight Beshear, from a red state, on the issue of abortion. I believe that Democrats have analyzed the polls & have determined that Beshear’s speech would not be a political risk for the party or for Beshear himself. That’s meaningful.
(https://x.com/magi_jay/status/1825959653060026480?t=Ut9XZoW1kodOFm70SozzBg&s=03)
🪷🐝Blue Blooded Dem-All In 4 VP Harris🐝🪷 (@blewis823) posted at 0:16 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
This is the Republican game play, started with Nixon and continues to the convicted felon. Now we will see how Bibi responds. Neither will do anything to benefit the citizens, it’s a game to them.
(https://x.com/blewis823/status/1825945076914336061?t=VXnb-yw_hBelqmuZArAJCw&s=03)
Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) posted at 1:19 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
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(https://x.com/PalmerReport/status/1825960813796225041?t=VjuxoTJBvrHsnSXbYtIbdg&s=03)
Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) posted at 1:29 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
BREAKING: In a win for voters, New York’s highest court rejects the RNC’s lawsuit trying to strike down a new state law expanding mail-in voting. The law will remain in place for the 2024 election. https://t.co/WWH0QkGXfR
(https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1825963272312598981?t=85BzeeWpJJbMD-ICRV0fVA&s=03)
Skeptical Brotha 💛🐝🌈🪷 (@skepticalbrotha) posted at 2:13 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
If you no longer believe that you can effect change in the United States, and that voting and maintaining democracy doesn’t matter, it’s time for you to live abroad. Preferably in an undemocratic regime. Try it. Report back if you can.
Skeptical Brotha 💛🐝🌈🪷 (@skepticalbrotha) posted at 2:51 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
I’m so tired of the apathetic bellyaching of people who believe politicians are supposed to do all the heavy lifting and do all the things that they want and desire when they can’t even be bothered to vote. Politicians are supposed to read your mind? https://t.co/KMDCoUMaxp
(https://x.com/skepticalbrotha/status/1825983934858920287?t=QAR3WbZ1MrtCaTUsy1naIw&s=03)
VoteHeaux™; A creole banjee bitch from ⚜️ (@voteheaux) posted at 2:51 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
What’s stopping all the “Abandon Biden/Abandon Harris” ppl from carrying their asses over to Palestine, organizing, & starting an “Abandon Netanyahu/Abandon HAMAS” movement?
Their goal isn’t saving Palestine, it’s saving the American GOP. That’s what.🤓
https://t.co/FuDV7TVYyt https://t.co/RhktnlS4tJ
(https://x.com/voteheaux/status/1825983917549302006?t=EvOeUXgdUBDT_X568uWlZQ&s=03)
The ReidOut (@thereidout) posted at 2:56 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Harris and Walz are hitting Trump where it hurts: his masculinity…
The Harris-Walz campaign is sharpening its rhetoric about Trump’s fake tough-guy act, and they’d be smart to keep at it.
More on our #ReidOutBlog: https://t.co/KnuioZWD2q
(https://x.com/thereidout/status/1825985161600622630?t=SXYqvRVNfO5EGPTyU-mNJA&s=03)
Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 1:14 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
Biden’s emotional speech was fantastic, but people aren’t talking enough about what he said about Kamala in particular. Biden subtly rebutted some of Trump’s sleazy, racist attacks on her in a very artful way, and that’s essential to winning.
My take:
Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 1:31 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
It was a beautiful thing when Biden said he was proud he’d picked a cabinet that is diverse as America itself, and talked about Kamala Harris’s role in making that history — and what’s coming next:
Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 1:39 PM on Tue, Aug 20, 2024:
When Trump says Kamala isn’t really “black” and Rs call her a “DEI hire,” they’re saying she’s pulling a big race hustle. The answer to this is that normie voters will see racial progress as a reason to feel good about our country. Speak to that.
https://t.co/weTej4Hb2m https://t.co/8TZOXLG8ir
(https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1825965845421371699?t=aYZZ7Lu9Lo_EGwVMSczSbw&s=03)
James Is READY TO STAFF (@ScriptsByJames) posted at 10:40 PM on Mon, Aug 19, 2024:
There’s big “fuck you” energy coming from the Democrats towards the right and tbh it’s dope as shit and will be a big reason we win
You don’t play nice with folks who wanna take your rights away. Fuck them.
(https://x.com/ScriptsByJames/status/1825739773564104837?t=2HxN5Tpzxut1pLoJT0_kow&s=03)
But somehow, this isn’t leading the news on every cable channel.
on Filipkowski
@RonFilipkowski
On US peace negotiations between Israel and Gaza: “The reporting is that former President Trump is on the phone with the PM of Israel urging him not to cut a deal right now because it’s believed that would help the Harris campaign.”
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1825934511038939515
Good Morning, Everyone 😊😊😊