DNC Convention 2024: Day 3
[NB: check the byline, thanks. /~Rayne]
Welcome to Day 3 of Democratic National Committee Convention 2024.
The convention has an umbrella theme, “For the People, For Our Future,” with each successive day having a subset theme.
Day 1 — “For the People” — Joe Biden, keynote speaker
Day 2 — “A Bold Vision for America’s Future’ — Barack Obama, keynote speaker
Day 3 — “A Fight for Our Freedoms” — Tim Walz, keynote speaker <<– YOU ARE HERE
Day 4 — “For Our Future” — Kamala Harris, keynote speaker
Philip Elliot at TIME suggests tonight’s programming will be white man dense because white men were a key voting block which helped Biden win over Trump in 2020 and are still a critical variable in 2024.
Given how often minority groups and women have historically been given short shrift, this approach feels uncomfortable. But if the Democratic Party is to crush Trump and the GOP, no voting bloc should go without outreach, including the Never-Trumpers.
DAY 3 CONVENTION SCHEDULE
Here’s today’s convention schedule (times shown are Central Time):
• 7 a.m.-9:30 a.m.: Delegation breakfasts
• 9 a.m.-10a.m.: Morning press briefing
• 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Black Caucus meeting
• 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Hispanic Caucus meeting
• 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: AAPI Caucus meeting
• 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Native American Caucus meeting
• 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Ethnic Council meeting
• 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Labor Council meeting
• 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: LGBTQ+ Caucus meeting
• 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Small Business Council meeting
• 1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Environmental & Climate Crisis Council meeting
• 1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.: Seniors Council meeting
• 6 p.m.-10 p.m.: Main programming
MAIN PROGRAMMING
Main programming has already begun as this post publishes at 7:30 PM ET/6:30 PM CT
Tonight’s schedule (times shown are Central Time):
5:30 PM
Call to Order
• Alex Hornbrook, Executive Director of the 2024 Democratic National Convention CommitteeGavel In
• Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)Invocation
• Sri Rakesh Bhatt
• Sri Siva Vishnu Temple
• Bishop Leah D. Daughtry, The House of the Lord ChurchesPledge of Allegiance
• Students from Moreland Arts & Health Sciences Magnet School from St. Paul, MNNational Anthem
• Jess DavisPresentation of Honorary Resolutions
• Jaime Harrison, Chairman of the Democratic National CommitteeJoined by Vice Chairs
• Keisha Lance Bottoms
• Ken Martin
• Henry R. Muñoz III, Treasurer
• Virginia McGregor
• Chris Korge, Finance ChairRemarks
• Mini Timmaraju, President and CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All
• Alexis McGill Johnson, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Action Fund
• Cecile Richards, Reproductive Rights Champion
• Kelley Robinson, President of the Human Rights Campaign
• Jessica Mackler, President of EMILYs List
• María Teresa Kumar, Founding President and CEO of Voto Latino
• Rep. Tom Suozzi (NY-03)6:00 PM
Welcome Remarks
• Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)Joint Remarks
• Aftab Pureval, Mayor of Cincinnati OH
• Cavalier Johnson, Mayor of Milwaukee WI
• Deanna Branch, mother and lead pipe removal advocate
• Rashawn Spivey, plumbing business owner and lead pipe removal advocateRemarks
• Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE At-large District)
• Rep. Grace Meng (NY-Remarks: “Project 2025—Chapter Three: Freedoms”
• Gov. Jared Polis, ColoradoRemarks
• Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-)
• Suzan DelBene, Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
• Keith Ellison, Attorney General of Minnesota
• Dana Nessel, Attorney General of Michigan
• Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, Parents of Hersh Goldberg-PolinPerformance
• Maren Morris, American singer-songwriter7:00 PM
Remarks
• Rep. Veronica Escobar (TX-16)
• Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)
• Javier Salazar, Sheriff of Bexar County, Texas
• Pete Aguilar, Chair of the House Democratic CaucusInfluencer Remarks
• Carlos Eduardo Espina, Content creatorRemarks
• Olivia Troye, former Trump administration national security official
• Geoff Duncan, former Lt. Governor of Georgia
• Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02)
• Sergeant Aquilino Gonell, Retired United States Capitol Police Officer
• Rep. Andy Kim, (NJ-03)Influencer Remarks
• Olivia Julianna, Content creatorPerformance
• Stevie Wonder, American singer-songwriter and musicianRemarks
• Kenan Thompson, American comedian and actor and Guests on Project 20258:00 PM
Host Introduction
• Mindy KalingRemarks
• Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Leader
• Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
• Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emerita (CA-)
• Gov. Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania
• Alexander Hudlin
• Jasper Emhoff
• Arden Emhoff
• Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)9:00 PM
Performance
• Amanda Gorman, National Youth Poet LaureateRemarks
• Gov. Wes Moore, Maryland
• Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of TransportationPerformance
• John Legend, American singer-songwriter
• Sheila E., American singer and drummerRemarks
• Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
• Benjamin C. Ingman, Former student of Governor WalzRemarks
• Gov. Tim Walz, Minnesota, Democratic Party vice presidential nominee and keynote speakerBenediction
• William Emmanuel Hall
• Lead Pastor of St. James Church in Chicago
HOW TO WATCH
See Monday’s Day 1 post for the best channels on which to catch the majority of this evening’s programming.
DNC at United Center-Chicago will stream a live feed from its own website between 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM ET (6:00 PM to 10:00 PM CT) Tuesday through Thursday.
https://demconvention.com/
USA Today will also live stream Tuesday through Thursday.
https://www.youtube.com/@USATODAY/streams – main page
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxBzoWNCWHo – tonight’s feed
The DNC’s convention feeds are:
https://www.youtube.com/@DemConvention – main page
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIoAq_BHNLU – tonight’s feed
“DNC Wednesday Night Speaker Schedule Features Tim Walz and Bill Clinton, Performances From Stevie Wonder and Amanda Gorman”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/08/21/dnc-wednesday-night-speaker-schedule-features-tim-walz-and-bill-clinton-performances
Holy madre de Dios, Olivia Troye brought the heat tonight. That’s going to leave a massive scorch mark on Donald’s ass.
Blue dress was a nice touch. This convention has been full of nice touches. I almost forgot what a presidential election campaign in tune with current trends and still-relevant best practices would look like.
Regarding yesterday’s never-Trump Republican speaker, former press secretary Stephanie Grisham, today Michael Cohen attempted to leave a “massive scorch mark” on her ass, for being a rather obvious hypocrite. (He knew her personally)…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuD0snkUAx8
I wondered about Stephanie Grisham — isn’t she the one who was in charge of the inaugural committee? TBH, I was a bit offended she was invited to speak at the DNC.
The inaugural committee was a different Stephanie [Winston Wolkoff a longtime friend of Melania.]
Grisham’s only connection to that scandal was, I believe, as Melania’s press agent, to issue Melania’s butt covering denials when the scandal broke.
Platforming people who turned on Trump is always going to be somewhat uncomfortable, but to give Grisham her due she did the right thing after J6, and has put herself out there repeatedly, so deserves credit for that.
Cohen could be more charitable, bearing in mind his own journey from the dark side, IMHO
SteveBev @ 10:34
Certainly Cohen could have been more charitable as his journey from the dark side started in 2017 and Grisham started on 1/6/21, so he has 4-year jump on that transition. Plus he did get convicted, testitifed truthfully to the House Oversight Committee (his 2nd testimony to Congress, the first one being less than truthful), served time, got out early for covid, was thrown back in jail because he published his first book, and served as a key witness to the only criminal trial resulting in a conviction. So I understand his lack of charity. Stephanie is a valued and frequent guest on MSNBC, as are all never-Trumpers regardless of their level of actual remorse…and now elevated in status because of her speech to the DNC yesterday.
Andy Kim talked about grabbing a garbage bag to clean up the mess left by the insurrectionists after January 6. He didn’t mention he cleaned up human feces those monsters left on the floor of the people’s House. I am still so angry about this.
Me too, Rayne. I’ve shut down a couple of mouthy insurrection lovers by mentioning this little tidbit. The image of Andy Kim cleaning filth perfectly captures the asymmetry of that day.
Cleaning up the aftermath is a profoundly feminine role. And Andy Kim is a guy. Maybe there is hope for the future.
Cleaning up the aftermath has also been the province of people of color. It’s time to elect people who can see the prospective mess before one is made in order to avoid them.
Perfect poem. Thank you
Could you point to a reference where is the human feces mentioned? I looked up ‘Andy Kim Capitol feces’ on a search engine and found pictures of him cleaning garbage, but couldn’t find mentions of feces.
It’s 400 am-ish here and I am up only up long enough to shut a window. I will look later today — the word/phrase may not be “human feces” but similar.
In comparing Trump with the boyfriend you broke up with who won’t go away, Hakeem Jeffries is channeling his inner Taylor Swift.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA4iX5D9Z64
I am not seeing where to watch the speakers like Olivia Troye and othes mentioned on this post. i’m on C-Span. So are there other stages…?
I looked as well, but I suspect we won’t be able to see them until their speeches get parsed on the socials, since we didn’t see them live.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5129331/olivia-troye
No. The speakers all appear sequentially. You missed her remarks between 7 and 8 pm CDT. I don’t know what CSPAN is doing about the individual speeches. If they have the entire event in one video you’ll have to narrow down to that chronological window.
No other stages.
Troye spoke almost two hours ago. The times above are Central Time, which may be confusing some folks.
Sorry, what I mean is are there concurrent events in different locations? I’ve been on the road so have only watched after the fact online this AM – catching up.
Thanks, Rayne and Peterr. I’ll find it when posted online.
And thank you for posting these daily schedule and links.
On the youtube livestreams, you can just pull the slider back in time, to watch from the beginning or see the speakers you missed. It looks like Olivia Troye is at about the half-way mark back (2 hours ago).
Here’s the Olivia clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epga8bEodMY
This is from PBS. They’re very speedy in creating individual clips from their live feed and uploading them to YT.
If a major speaker brings up expanding the courts at the convention, I won’t complain for the next six months.
They’ve been surprising me by not making the typical grievous mistakes national Dems tend to do. They didn’t follow their worst instincts to try and do a mini open convention, Kamala picked Waltz instead of Shapiro, and they aren’t playing the NYTs and WaPo’s game which is obviously driving them nuts.
Keep it up!
Hope and Guss Walz made the night!
Nothing reflects your character more than your kids standing up and shouting, “I love you Dad! That’s MY Dad!”
Edit:
Gus Walz
https://images.app.goo.gl/greXfP5kmCQ3bSXx8
I don’t know if it is tension of worrying about the election and what underhanded crap the R’s will get away with or the exceptionally well planned convention, but I keep finding myself with water running down my face.
Clinton ran too long. He should take a lesson from Michele Obama on this stuff.
That Lt. Gov. of GA, Duncan?, was really good. Paraphrasing: no one here needs me to tell them not to vote for Trump. I’m talking to millions of Republicans and Independents.
John Legend and Sheila E!!!!!
Walz is really good at this speechifying thing.
But he delivered THE FACT of the whole Convention:
“Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, America has created about 51 million new jobs. The score is Dems 50, GOP 1. If people ever figure out that all Republicans ever do is enrich themselves, they’ll never win another election.”
Amanda Gorman’s words elevated the entire evening.