Several themes emerge from the early coverage of the 2024 Democratic convention. The first is the reinforcement of the manufactured “joyful” mood of the party now that Joe Biden has been successfully deep-sixed. The second, most notably on display tonight, are the “tears” that this deep-sixing trigger.
Our colleague Nick Fondacaro caught on to the theme early on, as CNN predicted a need for “Kleenex boxes”, and for “babies yelling for Joe Biden”. The ridiculousness is no different over on MSNBC.
Watch as Joy Reid melds both themes in a single take; tears within a joyful space:
MSNBC rhetorical arsonist Joy Reid declares that there will be “tears”, in the “joyful space” that is the DNC, for Joe Biden who was “the AOC of his time.” pic.twitter.com/fLow2ZBRK5
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) August 19, 2024
JOY REID: I have to be- what I’m going…
