It’s a challenging task but we here at NewsBusters are going to try to sift through all the crazy, angry and ridiculous observations made by leftist journalists every night of the Democratic National Convention coverage and pick one for Worst of the Night.
So without further ado, the Worst Media Outburst for Thursday night goes to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow for her incredibly gushy review of Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech: “You will remember where you were,” “an inflection point in history.”
“All right, you will remember where you were when you heard the speech tonight from the Vice President of the United States. Kamala Harris really introducing herself to the nation. Speaking as much to Republicans and independents as she was to the Democrats who are nominating her tonight. Asking Americans to remember how great their country is and to fight for its values. You are going to remember where you were on this night. This is an inflection point in history.”
— Host Rachel Maddow on MSNBC’s live coverage of night four of the Democratic Convention, August 22.
WEDNESDAY'S WORST OF THE NIGHT
“Everybody has to come on your radio show. She [Kamala Harris] hasn’t done a big interview in a while here and certainly not since announcing. Are you going to talk to her soon? What do you think? What do you think she should do? Or does she do better to ignore all those calls to talk and just keep doing what she’s doing?”
— Host Erin Burnett to radio/podcast host Charlamagne on CNN’s The Situation Room, August 21.
TUESDAY'S WORST OF THE NIGHT
“So nobody’s ready to write the epigraph for the Trump years, but I do think, you know, it’s a powerful suggestion, right? That Barack Obama is the future. That Kamala Harris is the future and that Donald Trump is the past. And indeed, that demographic reality lies at the core of so much of Donald Trump’s power over his audience, right? The idea that a multicultural inclusive America is actually the road we’re heading down, and that the sort of white patriarchal society that allowed Donald Trump to profiteer as much as he has is going into the rear view, right? That’s a powerful, distressing idea if you are part of the white patriarchy like Donald Trump.
And the supporters who see change, who see people like Barack Obama, who see people like Kamala Harris, you know, multi-ethnic, multi-racial progressive leaders, and are scared of that vision, right? The idea that this might be the norm. And that Trumpism and MAGAism are the things of yesterday, veering their heads for one last gasp? Man, that’s powerful stuff.”
— MSNBC host Alex Wagner on night two of MSNBC’s live coverage of the Democratic National Convention, August 20.
MONDAY'S WORST OF THE NIGHT
Anchor Linsey Davis: “Former President Donald Trump is expected to go campaign in Howell, Michigan tomorrow. Many people are aware that a month ago, in Howell, KKK protesters marched in the streets with the white robes on and suggested that they support Donald Trump. I’m curious if you make anything about that connection and him going in particularly to Howell tomorrow.”
Governor Gretchen Whitmer: “Well, you know, anyone who’s doing a little bit of research might have said ‘that’s really a bad idea, look at the optics.’ You’re showing up where the KKK was just at the same time you’re in Michigan. I mean, this is a— I think — a troubling strategy that we see from the other side to divide us and to scare us and to stoke fear and anger.
— ABC’s Your Voice/Your Vote: Democratic National Convention, August 19.
