With no hint of irony, Democrats have titled their event, “Uniting America.” How will they unite America when they can’t even bring their own party together? And when, over the next four days, they will spew nothing but hatred and vitriol about President Donald Trump, who is supported by roughly 45% of the nation?
Democrats and their partners in the liberal media will pretend their party is enthusiastically unified behind their ticket. They are not. Young Black voters, in particular, are not on board with Joe Biden.
Overall, Pew reports that only 42% of Democrats are “very” or “fairly” satisfied with the choice of candidates this year; that’s lower than when Hillary Clinton ran in 2016.
That’s why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the firebrand congresswoman from New York who thoroughly rattles Establishment Democrats, is allowed only a 60-second prerecorded sound bite at the convention, even though she has a huge, young following. Party officials are scared to death the Democratic Socialist might alarm moderate voters, and for good reason.
Instead of yielding AOC the floor, party officials have scheduled a few marquee speakers, like former first lady Michelle Obama and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and some controversial picks like Jeffrey Epstein pal former President Bill Clinton, but have otherwise stuffed the program with snoozers like Hillary Clinton (from whom we have really heard more than enough), Al Gore, John Kerry, Lisa Blunt Rochester (?) and former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates.
Democrats admire Yates because she was fired by Trump for insubordination early in his tenure, a real badge of honor.
More recently, she developed amnesia when asked by the Senate Judiciary Committee whether Joe Biden, during a 2017 Oval Office meeting, suggested incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn be investigated for violating the Logan Act. Responding “I can’t remember” probably earned her a spot at the convention.