Downplaying the backroom deals that had Democratic Party delegates pledge themselves to Vice President Kamala Harris as the nominee long before the Democratic Nation Convention’s Night Two proceedings, CNN anchors Jake Tapper (a former party operative turned “journalist”), Dana Bash, and Abby Phillip cheered on the fake and theatrical roll call vote that took place in prime time Tuesday night.
“The Democrats are doing a very good job of exciting the crowd here,” Tapper boasted.
Democratic Party operative turned "journalist" Jake Tapper praises how his party "had the crowd on their feet" during the fake roll call.
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"This is a party that wants to party. They're feeling it," adds Dana Bash.
Abby Phillip calls it "2008 energy." pic.twitter.com/hmYp5tZ7Sq
Adding, “Normally roll calls are pretty boring and awful and that one, especially with some cameos from John Ashton and Eva Longoria, and Lil Jon, of course not to mention all, of course, all of the governors and mayors, really had the crowd on their feet.”
Bash proclaimed the Democrats were “a party that wants to party” and there’s “no question” about that.
“They're just –they're feeling it even without the DJ,” she continued, “even without the music assigned to different states, the people here are so desperate to have their nominee – to rally around their nominee and have their nominee be the person out there because they like her but also because of who she's running against.”
Phillip claimed “the theme of tonight is 2008 energy.” And according to a party operative she talked to earlier in the day, it was all for the speech of former President Barack Obama:
That's what one Biden adviser told me on the air earlier today. With Barack Obama and Michelle Obama coming, they wanted to, they need to amp this place up to kind of capture for that feeling that a lot of people last felt back in 2008 when they were about to do something historic.
It’s also worth noting that when CNN commentator and fake Republican Ana Navarro was introduced to speak to the delegates, CNN awkwardly cut away from her. “All right, uhhh it's an exciting time here for the delegates uhhh in the United Center,” Tapper stammered. And despite Navarro also being a co-host of ABC's The View, that network also didn't air her speech.
Despite Navarro also being one the co-hosts of ABC's The View, the network also didn't carry her speech. pic.twitter.com/bZ1iWg2D5D
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 21, 2024
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
CNN Democratic Convention: Night 2
August 20, 2024
9:15:43 p.m. Eastern(…)
JAKE TAPPER: The Democrats are doing a very good job of exciting the crowd here. Normally roll calls are pretty boring and awful and that one, especially with some cameos from John Ashton and Eva Longoria, and Lil Jon, of course not to mention all, of course, all of the governors and mayors, really had the crowd on their feet.
DANA BASH: There's no question that this is a room, this is a party that wants to party. They're just –they're feeling it even without the DJ, even without the music assigned to different states, the people here are so desperate to have their nominee – to rally around their nominee and have their nominee be the person out there because they like her but also because of who she's running against.
ABBY PHILLIP: I think the theme of tonight is 2008 energy. That's what one Biden adviser told me on the air earlier today. With Barack Obama and Michelle Obama coming, they wanted to, they need to amp this place up to kind of capture for that feeling that a lot of people last felt back in 2008 when they were about to do something historic.
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