Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin slammed his rival party as "banana Republicans" at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, as well as the party's "cult of personality" as it moves forward with MAGA leader Donald Trump . Raskin began his rousing speech by welcoming Democratic supporters to the "freedom convention" and thanking Chicago for the "beautiful weather.
" "It's been a little rough on Capitol Hill, where it's not just the heat — it's the stupidity," he said, to a smattering of laughs and applause. Raskin drew a direct line between this election and those in the past that took on insurrectionists and fascists. He noted that the convention was being held in the same city where Abraham Lincoln was nominated in 1860 to "save the union from fanatical insurrectionists," and where Franklin D.
Roosevelt was re-nominated in 1940 to "defeat fascist dictators." "Now, we fight in our time to defend our freedom and our democracy against the banana Republicans who have converted Lincoln's party into a dangerous cult of personality," said Raskin. ALSO READ: ‘Absolutely essential’: Son of Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes is all in for Kamala Harris He shared how he'll never forget the screams during the Jan.
6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, nor the pounding on the doors from rioters wielding baseball bats and steel pipes. He slammed former President Donald Trump as a "sore loser" who "doesn't know how to take no for an answer." " J.
D. Vance , do you understand why there was a sudden job opening for running mate on the GOP ticket? They tried to kill your predecessor," he said. He added: "Someone should have told Donald Trump that the president's job under Article II of the Constitution is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not that the vice president is executed.
" Raskin earned cheers on social media for his speech on Monday night, including from Elie Mystal , justice correspondent for The Nation. "OMG Jamie Raskin: 'This sore loser [Trump] who doesn’t know how to take no for an answer from the American voters, American courts, or American women.' Yes.
Yes this is what I’m here for!!" he exclaimed on X. The Angry Staffer account on X posted three cry-laughing emojis at Raskin's jab that, "Someone should have told Donald Trump that his duty under article 2 of the constitution was to make sure that the laws were faithfully executed, NOT to make sure his Vice President was executed." And former prosecutor Andrew Weissmann called Raskin's "speaking about justice and the rule of law, after recovery only recently from a grave illness," a "poignant moment.
" Watch the link below or at this link. Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr channeled future Hall-of-Famer Steph Curry Monday night when he delivered former President Donald Trump a message at the Democratic National Convention : 'Night night!' Kerr, who used to play for the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s alongside Michael Jordan, compared the "vibes" from those title-winning years to the DNC . Kerr joked that he can already "see the 'shut up and whistle' tweets being fired off as we speak," but said it was "too important" of a moment not to "speak up.
" "The reason I said, 'yes' to speaking here tonight is that as a coach and former player, as a former player, a son, a father, even a grandfather, and as an American, I believe in a certain kind of leadership," he said. That includes dignity, speaking the truth, laugh at themselves, care for — and love — the people they're leading, and posessing knowledge and expertise, but with the awareness that no one has all the answers. "In fact, some of the best answers often come from members of the team," he said.
ALSO READ: ‘Absolutely essential’: Son of Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes is all in for Kamala Harris Kerr then channeled his all-time great guard, as applause erupted. "In the words of the great Steph Curry, we can tell Donald Trump: 'Night night!'" he said, borrowing Curry's famous gesture of holding an imaginary pillow to his head. Kerr's speech earned a thumbs-up from Harry Litman, senior legal affairs columnist at the Los Angeles Times, who wrote on X: "Steve Kerr -- eloquent, composed, charismatic .
" "A propos of nothing, and acknowledging how capricious and challenging political achievement is in California , this guy would make a great Senator," he added. "lol love Steve Kerr ," wrote Katie Phang, host of The Katie Phang Show on MSNBC . " I love this so much !" exclaimed Polly Sigh of Kerr's dig.
" Night night ," wrote former New York City federal prosecutor Preet Bharara. "Steve Kerr just hit Trump with the Steph Night Night celly it might actually be over ," wrote B.W.
Carlin, founder of Bad Brain Digital Consulting. Watch the clip below or at this link. Democrats gave former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton a rousing greeting on Monday at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
As Clinton walked onto the stage to the song, "Brave," by Sara Bareilles, cheers erupted in her honor, with MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow remarking the room was "quite electric." A smiling Clinton, who was defeated by former President Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, repeatedly thanked the crowd and waved. "Thank you all so much," she said, taking in the moment.
ALSO READ: ‘Absolutely essential’: Son of Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes is all in for Kamala Harris The cheers didn't subside. Instead, the audience gave her a standing ovation, which continued for about one minute and 40 seconds. And once it finally subsided, she remarked, "There's a lot of energy in this room.
" "Something is happening in America," she said. "You can feel it. At the end of her speech, CNN commentator Audie Cornish remarked it was, "The biggest applause I've ever seen her get.
" Reactions flooded in on social media as well. "This is a really sweet moment watching Gwen Walz, wife of Tim Walz , react to Hillary Clinton," wrote Democratic strategist Adam Parkhomenko . " Sustained applause for Hillary Clinton as she takes the stage in Chicago.
She’s having a hard time starting her remarks because of the cheers," wrote Joane Greve of The Guardian. "Hillary Clinton just walked on stage and the whole arena went CRAZY," wrote gun violence advocate Samuel Schwartz Watch the emotional moment below or at this link. Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump suggested Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris was a "phony" because she did not face an attempted assassination before her party's convention — unlike Republican nominee Donald Trump.
During the first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Lara Trump spoke to Fox News after Harris briefly addressed her party's delegates. "We have to tell the American people exactly who Kamala Harris is, and look, she just came out on stage there in front of the nation at the DNC , her first appearance, and told you absolutely nothing," the Republican co-chair opined. "What I think people have at least learned thus far, if they don't know yet Kamala Harris's radical positions, Tim Walz's radical positions, they know that this party and these candidates, Sean, are very phony.
" "Look at Donald Trump," she continued. "Two days before our convention, he's shot in the head. He shows up at our convention.
He's there every single day. He's there for all the major speeches." Lara Trump praised her father-in-law, Donald Trump, for his "transparency.
" "On the other side of things, you have a completely phony party and completely phony candidates in Kamala Harris and Tim Walz ," she said. "If you put this person in the White House alongside her running mate, it will be like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on steroids." ALSO READ: Donald Trump deep in debt while foreign money keeps coming: disclosure "But the fact that we were there and we just heard for, I guess it was two minutes from Kamala with absolutely no substance, nothing on policy," Lara Trump added.
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