2/2Boyle always makes this more amusing than it is
While the rest of America probably snoozes out on theDemocrats as their boring convention drags on, those of us who work in the business will follow the program until its very bitter end. So, follow along here on Breitbart News for live updates with news and analysis throughout the night.
UPDATE 9:43 p.m. ET:
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) is speaking now.
UPDATE 9:37 p.m. ET:
Pink is performing her “What About Us” song right now.
UPDATE 9:34 p.m. ET:
Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) is speaking now, alongside her husband Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ). Giffords, of course, survived an assassination attempt on her when she was in Congress.
UPDATE 9:28 p.m. ET:
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Joe Biden is watching the DNC from afar seeing his party throw him in the dustbin of history:
UPDATE 9:15 p.m. ET:
Actor and comedianDL Hughley is speaking now. He is falsely saying Trump does not want to debate Harris= — Trump actually agreed to more debates than Harris has.
UPDATE 8:59 p.m. ET:
Apparently they are refusing now to let reporters go to the bathroom:
UPDATE 8:57 p.m. ET:
Now, apparently, there is NOT going to be a Beyonce performance?
The confusion is only going to hurt Kamala Harris and Democrats.
UPDATE 8:46 p.m. ET:
The brother of fallen Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after the January 6 riots, just spoke in a montage of DNC speakers highlighting various issues.
UPDATE 8:43 p.m. ET:
Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), the Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas running against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), is speaking now. He says that in November “I’m going to be beat Ted Cruz.”
“I’m the guy going to turn the Texas Senate seat blue,” Allred says.
Allred is referencing his time in the NFL, where he played for the Tennessee Titans for several seasons.
UPDATE 8:40 p.m. ET:
Steph Curry from the Golden State Warriors is speaking via a video into the DNC right now, aggressively endorsing Kamala Harris.
UPDATE 8:34 p.m. ET:
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) is delivering an impassioned speech about the “climate crisis” arguing this election is all about water and air.
UPDATE 8:16 p.m. ET:
Now, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is speaking.
UPDATE 8:09 p.m. ET:
Beyonce is set to perform this evening at the DNC, per TMZ:
UPDATE 8:04 p.m. ET:
Members of the infamous “Central Park Five” are speaking now alongside Sharpton.
UPDATE 7:57 p.m. ET:
Rev. Al Sharpton is speaking now, bashing Trump repeatedly.
On the surprise speaker front, Bush’s spokesman Freddy Ford says Bush is not speaking at the DNC:
Mitt Romney, the outgoing senator from Utah, also says he is not at the DNC:
UPDATE 7:47 p.m. ET:
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI),the Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, is speaking now.She is a particularly weak Senate candidate who earlier on Thursday was warning Democrats they do not have an edge in this election. Slotkin focuses her remarks on “national security,” arguing that Democrats would do better than Republicans–even though literally nobody trusts Harris in the room with America’s adversaries on the world stage.
UPDATE 7:45 p.m. ET:
There’s tons of speculation about a possible “surprise” guest like Beyonce or Taylor Swift–but former CNN anchorDon Lemon says the guest could be former GOP president George W. Bush. Trump could be so lucky if that’s who it is:
UPDATE 7:44 p.m. ET:
Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) is speaking from the Convention floor on the main stage now.He’s doing the same usual anti-Trump platitudes we’ve become accustomed to all week. This Trump Derangement Syndrome is really tiring.
UPDATE 7:42 p.m. ET:
The Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson had a giant cow in response to a totally legitimate question outside the DNC:
UPDATE 7:38 p.m. ET:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren(D-MA), the mostly Native American senator from Massachusetts, is speaking now at the DNC. She is screaming from the stage about “right-wing extremists.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/22/dnc-livewire-night-4-its-kamalas-turn-harris-to-speak-to-dysfunctional-convention/
(Do you think Kamabla wil ever cackle after this Dem Porn fake shit is over?)