Good morning, Joe The moderators praised the “perfect stagecraft” of Tuesday night’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) and opened Wednesday’s broadcast with a supercut comparing the Democratic-star-studded “party” in Chicago to the Republican National Convention a few weeks earlier.
host Mika Brzezinski called the difference “a tale of two roll calls” as the film sequence spliced together clips from Tuesday night’s DNC session, full of music and celebrities, with the much more sober roll call at the RNC.
She said: “The Democratic Convention turned a normally lifeless event into a party when delegates approved the nomination of Kamala Harris.”
The host continued: “When Georgia was called, Atlanta’s own award-winning rapper Lil’ Jon played his hits. When California cast the final votes for Kamala Harris, the timing was perfect: Harris took the stage at a rally of about 15,000 people. The Vice President then gave a speech to the two packed arenas at the same time. That was just the beginning.”
Co-host Joe Scarborough expressed his awe at the energy on screen and referred to the co-host Willie Geist: “Wow. Willie, I mean, that was a show of force, a show of power. That was impressive. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it before. I mean, 15,000 people packed in Milwaukee and then, you know, in Chicago at the convention. Wow. That was crazy.”
Geist agreed: “Yes, 20,000 in Chicago and 15,000 in Milwaukee. Also perfect stage technology.”
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