Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks recapped the Democratic National Convention on Friday’s PBS News Hour by contrasting its “jubilation” and “patriotism” with the “hate” that came out of the RNC’s “weighted blanket.”
Host Amna Nawaz began with Capehart, “The Democrats spent rallying behind their ticket and rolling them out to the nation. What stood out to you from those days?”
Capehart gushed, “The jubilation and relief. There were people who were dreading the convention coming up, and then once the change in the top of the ticket came, you started hearing about people from all over the country trying to figure out how they could get tickets to get inside the hall.”
Contrasting the two conventions, he continued, “People wanted to be there. People wanted to be a part of it. And the…
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