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2024 Democratic Presidential Convention…Day 3….

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Democrats ARE having a Grand ole Time❗️….

More like an old fashion Revial get Together….

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota will speak to the largest audience of his political career on Wednesday night as he formally accepts the Democratic nomination for vice president. His speech, on Day 3 of this week’s political coronation in Chicago, will be the biggest test so far of the choice by Vice President Kamala Harris to put the jovial, blunt-spoken Midwesterner on the ticket.

Before Mr. Walz’s keynote speech, former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to whip up the crowd, two days after his wife, Hillary Clinton, energized the delegates with a passionate plea for Ms. Harris to finally break the presidential glass ceiling.

Former President Donald J. Trump and his running mate, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, will campaign this afternoon in Asheboro, N.C., focusing on national security in a state that Mr. Trump won twice. The Republican ticket appeared to be on solid footing in North Carolina before President Biden withdrew from the race last month and endorsed Ms. Harris. She edged ahead of Mr. Trump in the state in a recent poll from The New York Times and Siena College.

Here’s what else to watch for today:

  • The theme: At the Democratic convention, organizers say the speeches tonight will fit broadly into the theme of “A Fight for Our Freedoms.” It is an expansive category that will allow speakers to address legislative fights for abortion rights and health care, champion working families or touch on the need to defend democracy at home and abroad. Campaign officials predicted even more of a focus on Mr. Trump, accusing him of “again running on an extreme agenda to go even farther in turning back the clock on all the freedoms we hold dear.”

  • The 42nd president: Mr. Clinton is expected to continue the parade of big-name Democrats at the convention with an evening address aimed at demonstrating how the party has coalesced behind Ms. Harris. In speeches, Mrs. Clinton, former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, the former first lady, have all called on Democrats to rally behind Ms. Harris and Mr. Walz.

  • The blue wall: With two days left on the convention schedule, several “blue state” governors have not yet given speeches, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who was a finalist for the vice-presidential spot on the ticket. Roy Cooper, the governor of North Carolina, is also expected to speak this week. All three represent electorally competitive states, and Ms. Harris will most likely need to win some combination of them to secure a victory over Mr. Trump in a close race. Convention organizers have yet to say when the governors will appear on the stage, but it’s a safe bet that they will do so before the week is over.

  • The veep: The big moment tonight will be when Mr. Walz takes the stage. Largely unknown across the country before he joined Ms. Harris on the ticket, Mr. Walz has so far proved to be a feisty speaker with an aw-shucks manner but a sharp tongue when he attacks Republicans and Mr. Trump…..

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image…Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota in Milwaukee on Tuesday.Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times

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  2. Brief thoughts
    -Geoff Duncan gave me food for thought
    -Bill Clinton ruined that for me. The nerve of that guy to even be there and say the things he said without irony. I sort of liked the Hannibal Lecter part though
    -Either the 2028 or 2032 primary debates for Democrats will be brutal between all these guys (they seem to mostly be guys) who are going to plan to run against each other
    – Walz gave a great, short, speech. It was very effective. He should have been able to give it an hour earlier. Once again, that was a huge scheduling problem. The speech was about 95 percent vibes and 5 percent policy. There is a reason for that. The vibes seemed to work though.
    – Some campaign staffer is going to have to earn his/her pay to keep Donald Trump’s phone away from him so he doesn’t start attacking Tim Walz’s son who has special needs.

    • Trump is sure to go after Walz’s son…..

      Bill Clinton’s women issues have dropped from sight like Trump’s

      Harris is a genius in picking Walz over Shapiro…

    • @CG It’s already happening in Magaland, or some of it:

      MAGA Mocks Tim Walz’s Son For Crying During DNC Speech
      Published Aug 22, 2024 at 9:15 AM EDT

      The pro-Trump account @AutismCapital posted an image of Gus Walz crying. “Poor kid. It was a heartfelt moment, but he’s definitely going to become a meme,” garnering 256,000 views. It later posted another image of the 17-year-old crying with the caption: “When you find the one working McDonald’s Ice Cream machine in your city.”

      Menswear writer @dieworkwear wrote a critical reply about mocking a neurodivergent person. “What goes through your head when you bait your audience to make jokes about people with ALS and children?” The reply was liked 20,000 times, while @AutismCapital’s original post was liked 1,200 times. @AutismCapital had previously posted a clip of a person with ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) speaking at the DNC.

      https://www.newsweek.com/maga-mocks-tim-walz-son-crying-dnc-nomination-speech-1942889

  3. “Thank God for Social Security survivors benefits ” Gov Tim Walz.
    As someone whose family was similarly saved from falling out of the middle class by these benefits after my dad died–Fuck. Yeah!

  7. Comment on I saw on Twitter said that maybe the surprise guest is Melania Trump with a suitcase. She will proclaim, “I am not going back.”

    Then joins Beyonce and Taylor Swift to perform “Single Ladies.”

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