The end of a Democrat convention really draws out proclamations of Historic Possibilities, and Rachel Maddow, Jake Tapper, and Stephen Colbert stood out in the gushfest. After Kamala Harris spoke, Maddow insisted you would remember where you were during this speech, at an “inflection point in history.”
Tapper insisted it might be the most historic speech ever, and Colbert described it as “everything we’ve been waiting for all week!”
It’s quite a contrast with how all the anchors summarized Donald Trump’s acceptance speech. In Milwaukee, PBS uncorked negativity right after the speech. Amna Nawaz said the speech “veered into themes of grievance and politics and partisan issues of the past.” Co-anchor Geoff Bennett added: “The initial calls for unity quickly gave way to attacks on Democrats, to a litany of falsehoods, to a string of insults.” But for Harris,…
