****RNC Convention thread****

[underpants]

Come on DU’ers who are watching.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan lead with a prayer.

Charlie Kirk first on stage.
Fox cut away back to Tucker and Sen. Kennedy.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Why is Fox sparing its viewers but MSNBC stays with it?

[still_one]

7. Because MSNBC covered the Democratic convention without interruption, and they are doing the

same thing with the republican convention, which I am not watching

[musicblind]

35. As much as it's full of BS

The convention happening is news. MSNBC is a news network, and therefore cover the news — even when it's sickening.

Fox is an entertainment network — they exist to entertain the braindead.

[underpants]

65. Tucker cut in twice.

Yeah. This is YOUR show for crying out loud

[still_one]

2. I am watching stepford wives. Same f**king thing

[H2O Man]

99. Perfect response!

[progressive nobody]

3. OMG where did you get that

[underpants]

91. I actually made it.

I mean cut and paste.

[progressive nobody]

136. nice

[LuckyCharms]

4. Who the fuck is this Charlie Kirk douche?

[soothsayer]

6. Anti masker whose co-founder died of Covid

And corrupter of youth (makes them like drumpf)

[LuckyCharms]

9. Thanks!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. He's a college dropout who started a college republicans org.

[LuckyCharms]

20. Thank you. n/t

[SharonClark]

52. He started Turning Point. Another version of

Young Republicans.

[LuckyCharms]

55. Thank you. n/t

[uponit7771]

5. " For white people" ... should be how every sentence is ended from every speaker.

[still_one]

11. What do you expect. This is a convention of the white nationalist party

[uponit7771]

14. +1, yep ... the GOP wants to denounce the SPLC cause it GOP has too many racist in orgs in it

[still_one]

19. Read that yesterday

[soothsayer]

8. Not feeling the positivity they promised ha

[In It to Win It]

16. It's extremely boring

[Kali]

10. the feed I'm watching has some anti union white woman

ranting about charter schools

[In It to Win It]

12. She has no emotions

[Kali]

13. now some blond in a red dress from Montana

owner of a coffee shop

[soothsayer]

22. The terrifying prospect of Joe Biden coming after everything we've built

Or something.

Ha wut?

[In It to Win It]

24. Now, the dickheasd from Florida

I want to personally apologize for him. We Floridians have not been sending our best.

[Kali]

38. that's ok I'm from AZ

we generate a good flow of loons too

[SmartVoter22]

44. No fair trade coffee from blondie

Just went to it's website and found nothing to support fair trade growers, roasters ( which she can't even buy a roasting oven with her big Trump check) or anything.

Probably a styrofoam shop. Jesus loved styrofoam for his fishes.

[H2O Man]

102. Complete with hints

that unions (and their comrades!) are communists.

[Kali]

17. faith in geebus and drumpf

praise god and money

[ecstatic]

18. Uggh.. I hate that I'm watching... but my brain

loves to do the opposite when I insist I'm not going to do something.

[LisaM]

21. This is their idea of being cheery and positive?

It's not working.

[LuckyCharms]

28. This is going to backfire on them.

They are speaking to their base only.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

23. Gaetz! You made it! Who drove?

[In It to Win It]

29. LMAO! Almost choked on my food

[soothsayer]

51. Ha!

[MerryBlooms]

60. !

[uponit7771]

25. Max Headroom the broke version is up now

[Kali]

26. dui gaetz

in an auditorium emptier than Joe Bidens schedule

[Totally Tunsie]

82. ???

Wouldn't that be "emptier than tRump's"?

[vercetti2021]

27. Gaetz

Looks like a plastic doll

[qazplm135]

30. so I see a couple of things...

1. Same place and same backdrop equals boring
2. No charisma out of the first three
3. Trying to sell Biden as both senile and super radical isn't working.
4. FEAR FEAR FEAR. Jesus! America!

So far, this is technically bland, and substantively ridiculous.

[LAS14]

47. Yup. After less than an hour their production quality is SO MUCH INFERIOR...

... to the Dem production. Never mind the content of the stupid speeches. This is just boring, boring, boring.

[underpants]

88. Yeah. The DNC popped and moved. This is speeches from 100 yards away

With the flags 30 yards behind.

Pillars. Big empty room. Vacant.

[LAS14]

31. Boring, boring, boring!!! I'm watching on mute, just to see what their production...

... is like. So it's one person after another walking out to a podium???? And they're going to do this till 11 p.m.?????? I assume they'll have some more videos, but already it's failing miserably in a contest with the Dem production.

[In It to Win It]

70. Watching on mute is a GREAT IDEA!

[Mossfern]

32. This is laughable

there are people who honestly believe that?
BTW, I guess I'm not an American because Jesus isn't my Savior.

[judeling]

33. Tomorrow Belongs to Me

is all that runs through my head.

[malaise]

34. OK here I am

Laughing my ass off

[still_one]

39. You stomach is stronger than mine

[ecstatic]

36. Why the hell did CNN and MSNBC go in early?

FNC isn't even showing it yet!! Double standards much?

Update: nevermind. FNC is showing Klacik now.

[unitedwethrive]

37. Ah, the diversity is epic.

The whole white side of the color wheel.

[angrychair]

40. Matt Gaetz is going full blown

facist nutjob in his opening speech.. "with MS13 living next to you"

[Happy Hoosier]

108. I watched a bit...

What a an amateurish piece of shit. THIS is the best the douche nozzles could do?

[angrychair]

129. I watched the first couple mins

but had to turn it off

[Kali]

41. "democrat-run cities"

[LisaM]

49. Yeah, the supposed "teacher" did it too.

She said "Democrat" party.

Now Ronna McDaniel just said "jobs" were fleeing overseas. Jobs don't flee.

[musicblind]

42. Should we have thrown all morals out the window and broken norms

by holding our convention at and around monuments and other government locations?

Traditionally, that has been considered amoral because those locations own to all Americans, not a single political party.

But if the Republicans are going to throw morals out the window, should we have done that? Or is that "stooping to their level."

[russiamommy]

43. They start by bashing teachers unions?

Let’s send them all to die! And we hate unions! Don’t they need Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio?

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

[aquamarina]

45. Right out of the gate it is opposite world.

As a sane person, it is really hard to adjust my reality accordingly.

[In It to Win It]

46. I'm gonna tune out. I'll catch some clips later. This is extremely boring

It's hard to compete with Queens Eva Longoria, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Julia Louis Dreyfus

[LAS14]

50. You got it. The big take away is BORING, BORING, BORING!!!! nt

[Kali]

48. abortion!

bwhahahahahha trump reverence for family blah blah blah

[malaise]

53. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

They copied the Dems Pathetic

[Mossfern]

69. You mean

TRIED to copy.
It's like me copying Leonardo DaVinci.

[H2O Man]

105. You think? (grin)

I can't wait to see all the former presidents speaking at the RNC.

[malaise]

106. Hahahahhaha

Hi there man - nice to see you

[H2O Man]

130. Good to see you!

This is quite a show, isn't it?

[malaise]

131. It's a festival of fear, loathing and lies

Pathetic best describes it

[H2O Man]

132. Thank you!

I know I can always trust you to identify the most positive aspects in the tragic.

[malaise]

133. ROFL

and this is the tragic

[LAS14]

54. Do you think they quick put together this gallop through the states after...

... the Dem slow stroll through the states got such rave reviews?

[LisaM]

59. I don't know. It's AWFUL.

The Rhode Island Republicans should be pissed. They didn't get to say Calamari Comeback.

[uponit7771]

64. yes, its half assed

[stillcool]

67. They steal everything...

Nothing original about that crowd. They can't say what they're against, until the Democrats say what they're for.

[SmartVoter22]

56. RNC Chair speaks

Deep love for family from Trump? A thrice divorced deviant, who couldn't even find a nice, Christian American to marry.
He chose a model who posed nude in his aeroplane.

Nothing about what the last 4 years have saved us from everything she's claiming will happen in the next four years?
Me thinks she has been in a coma for 4 years, because we we saved by Trump, right?

[Kali]

57. probably couldn't even catch a buzz

if you took a shot every time you spotted a person of color.

[underpants]

58. The roll call could have been more white. No it could have been.

[woodsprite]

61. It's the Upside-Down.

To make sure I didn't drift into watching it, I decided to keep an eye on DU and recode some really old forms to meet accessibility standards (probably the least favorite part of my job).

[russiamommy]

62. Beacon of hope for the world...

As they’re standing in front of the Wall. You can’t make this stuff up.

[nolabear]

63. Finally here but I've been listening. So far:

Kirk and McDaniel are two of the most vile abusers on Twitter.

And apparently it’s not we but he. A dictators wet dream.

[tblue37]

66. That video was too noisy. nt

[IcyPeas]

68. kept his promises....

like Mexico paying for the wall?

[Kali]

71. telehealth

[IcyPeas]

76. trump invented telemedicine?

[Kali]

83. probably

he has a big brain, you know

[IcyPeas]

85. oh I know. I think people are saying he invented the telephone too.

[Celerity]

72. fuck this gaslighting slack-jaw nurse, she is a POS

[Mossfern]

77. Thank you for saying

what I was trying to say.

[LisaM]

79. She seemed terrified.

They should have prepped her better.

[Celerity]

89. I recco a lysol and hydroxychloroquine-infused Moscow Mule for her 'nerves'

[Totally Tunsie]

73. Cue the homeland backdrops.

What else will the RNC copy?

[onecent]

74. I CAN'T STAND TO SEE TRUMP IN EVERY PICTURE....I'M GOING TO CHANGE TO SOMETHING ELSE.

COME BACK WHEN I CAN.

[brooklynite]

75. The "Promises Kept" video didn't mention better health care, so I guess he didn't promise anything?

[In It to Win It]

78. NOBODY AT THE PODIUM IS LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE CAMERA WHEN THEY SPEAK!

[IcyPeas]

80. it's all the same shit that he has been spewing just coming from other people now

[Kali]

81. OMG

travel ban saved us!!! nobody got sick or died!!!

[IcyPeas]

84. it was a Hoax. it'll soon magically disappear

[musicblind]

86. Wow, they are doing a very short "recap" video of the roll call...

despite it being one of the best-reviewed parts of the DNC.

Odd choice.

[Kali]

87. this guy admits covid is real?

oh yeah so he can push quack cures


and China virus recording

[IcyPeas]

90. look at all the photo-ops

every thing he has done the past 6 months has been for a photo op.

[soothsayer]

92. Trump saying "I have kept every single" promise. Not even close to true. Mexico hasn't paid for the

Link to tweet

?s=21


Daniel Dale
@ddale8
This video has Trump saying "I have kept every single" promise. Not even close to true. Mexico hasn't paid for the wall, Obamacare hasn't been repealed, and on and on. PolitiFact's 100-promise tracker says 49% have been broken. https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/?ruling=true

[Beringia]

93. I guess no such thing as COVID in republicanland, only abortion

[Kali]

94. oh god a personal interview in the White House

witha fireman and a trucker! and an ass kissing nurse

[IcyPeas]

98. trump really is a godsend isn't he? .... SARCASM!!!!

[nolabear]

95. My god, it's an ass-kiss-a-rama. Those poor, pitiful people.

[malaise]

97. It is so staged and so fake

packed with lies and some seriously bad acting

[nolabear]

104. I shouldn't be surprised it's all about him but it's so stark.

Remember last week? Unity? We can get better? We will come through this together?


That insecure, pathetic man.

[H2O Man]

96. Recommended.

Why am I watching this? If my eyes were sewn open, similar to on A Clockwork Orange, I could understand it. But they are not. Thus, watching it is closer to Eyes Wide Shut.

[bullwinkle428]

100. Kim Jong Un is like "GODDAMMMMMMM...HOW CAN I GET MY PEOPLE TO LOVE ME LIKE THAT?"

[Mossfern]

101. Trumpers

love that ass kissing.
I especially liked the giggling postal worker.

[Kali]

103. jacketless jackass gymboy

blah blah blah, he almost seems calm compared to usual

[scarletlib]

107. I like that Rachel keeps interrupting to correct the most blatant lies.

[Kali]

109. Herschel Walker

[In It to Win It]

110. Damn! I had no idea Herchel Walker was on the dark side

[underpants]

115. Been there a while.

Remember he signed with Trump’s USFL NY/NJ Generals as did Flutie the next year.

He also was on a celebrity apprentice

[uponit7771]

120. damn, he play for Georgia ... how in the hell does someone go to UG and be an enabler ?!

[IcyPeas]

111. really, trump went to disneyland?

[JHB]

117. Yeah. Exactly when was this mythical visit...

...and why aren't there a shit-ton of press releases about it? This is Donald Trump we're talking about -- No PR opportunity is left unexploited.

[underpants]

122. My take. Black guy takes him somewhere and Trump HAS to come check on them

Sorry but that’s how I see it.

[uponit7771]

114. "Donald Trump is not a racist" said to people who know Trump is a racist. Trump hate non whites

[Music Man]

112. Herschel Walker speaking in support of Trump now.

No surprise from a guy who knows about flopping in the big leagues.

[LisaM]

121. I think they should avoid mention of that Disney trip.

Isn't that where they have that creepy, inappropriate picture of Ivanka sitting on his lap? I might be remembering wrong, but if not, look for that picture to re-surface.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

135. Still working off that USFL personal services contract.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker#United_States_Football_League

[nolabear]

113. He's accomplished so much almost all by himself...

Ffffffuuuuuuuucccccckkkkkkk....

[Kali]

116. qnother blond in a red dress

he saved her from bad doctors and cancer

OMFG

[underpants]

118. My wife "hasn't she already been on?"

[Kali]

124. LOL!!!

[consider_this]

123. T and Melania have

"given up their own wonderful life" to help the likes of her? what in the world does she even mean?

[Vivienne235729]

119. Thank you to everyone for updating for those of us who aren't watching.

[underpants]

125. GOING TO THREAD #2

[Kali]

127. two tokens in one

Black and Dem

[Vivienne235729]

128. Oh ok. Thank you.

[JHB]

126. Oh, now IT'S ON!

Dragging It's A Wonderful Life through the much to support Trump.

Out they go, through the door or out the window!

[MustLoveBeagles]

134. Thank you underpants

On to thread 2.