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The Difference Between the DNC and the RNC
To begin with, one is about America, and the other is about Trump.
The difference between the DNC and the RNC was stark. The RNC was a love fest for a convicted felon who has no regard for, let alone understanding of, the U.S. Constitution. In contrast, the DNC was a celebration of a man who devoted 50 years to protecting our nation’s guiding document, creating a stark contrast in the tone and atmosphere of the two events.
The RNC praised a man who disgraced himself and the nation by trying to hold onto power illegally, and the DNC praised a man who willingly (although it understandably hurt his ego to do so) stepped aside to pass the torch to a younger generation because he wants to protect our country from the rising tide of right-wing fascism. President Biden, aware that he would not have many more chances to address the nation, used his opportunity yesterday to remind the country just what he managed to do for us despite following the worst president in our history — and despite the simple fact that the Republican Party of his days in the Senate is now a Christo-fascist one if not a full-on cult obsessed with a rapist and a felon.
“It’s been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president,” he said in a 52-minute speech capping the first night of a convention…