Day One of the DNC

Monday July 25th was the first day of the Democratic National Convention. The DNC this year is being held in historic Philadelphia.

According to Glenn Thrush of Politico, he elaborates about Bernie in his article, 5 takeaways from day 1 of the DNC. Thrush shares "Bernie is pro-Hillary (But he’s a little more anti-Trump). The Vermont senator, who appeared at a joint rally with Clinton in New Hampshire earlier this month (long after he was mathematically eliminated from contention) was passionate in his summons to defeat the surging GOP nominee. He was thunderous in his praise for the millions of Americans who backed his revolution — and in attacking what he called 'the grotesque level of income inequality in America.'"(Thrush 2016). While the RNC was all about anti-Hillary and not so much pro-Trump; the DNC is turning out to be very pro-Hillary. Bernie Sanders is very interesting to me. This election is no longer about the betterment for America, this election is simply a battle of the parties trying to gain more momentum in the government. As most elections are like this, I feel in the past that the nominee's actually somewhat cared about the American people, but now, we the people are disregarded.

Michelle Obama spoke for the first night of the convention. Sunlen Serfaty and Eric Bradner of CNN Politics share a quote from Mrs.Obama's speech. Michelle Obama says "'Don't let anyone tell you that this country isn't great. This right now is the greatest country on earth,' the first lady said" they go on to say "Obama electrified the crowd at the Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia, taking the stage just after 10 p.m. ET and -- in a departure from the political attacks on display all day -- making the case that, because of her character and temperament, Clinton is the role model she'd like her daughters to see in the Oval Office. Even Trump, who Obama was implicitly criticizing, praised her remarks"(Serfaty/Bradner 2016). Unlike Melania Trump's speech, Michelle Obama made her speech very personal. Obama shared personal stories and memories of her family in the White House, while Melania shared nothing super personal. Her statement about America being great is something I would have to disagree with. When was there ever a period in time that America was great for every single individual? Every minority, majority, and group? Never. I think America is great in comparison to other countries, but we as a whole still have a ton of work to do.

The media is also focusing a lot on the protesters of Philadelphia. Unlike Cleveland, there are hundreds more people in the city outraged at the current political situation the United States is currently in. Just as in Cleveland, there was also a flag burning in Philadelphia. Many people are at a dismay now that Bernie Sanders is officially out of the race and has endorsed Hillary Clinton. I feel there is more tension at the DNC simply for this fact.


It is also truly interesting that while the RNC was having to put in music to fill gaps due to lack of speeches, the Democrats are facing the opposite problem. The DNC is worried about having to make more time due to the over abundance of speakers. As Hillary Clinton is almost as unpopular as Mr. Donald Trump, the Democrats have an outpouring of support.


Works Cited
Serfaty, Sunlen, and Eric Bradner. "Michelle Obama: 'When They Go Low, We Go High'" CNN. Cable News Network, 26 July 2016. Web. 26 July 2016.
Thrush, Glenn. "5 Takeaways from Day 1 of the DNC." POLITICO. N.p., 26 July 2016. Web. 26 July 2016.