2020
In Spite Of The DNC’s Play-Acting, The Democratic Party Isn’t ‘Moderate’
Democrats may succeed in using the DNC to push a moderate message, but even with a complicit press, it will be difficult to hide the truth much longer.
By Margot Cleveland
August 21, 2020
For four days, those tuned into the Democratic National Committee’s virtual convention witnessed a party attempting desperately to masquerade behind a veil of moderation. Standing beneath a figurative banner of “unity,†the DNC paraded across the screen its foremost legacy politicians: former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter, as well as presidential wannabes John Kerry and Hillary Clinton.
The party presented these and their modern equivalents — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Amy Klobuchar, and former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg — in tempered tones designed to appeal to mainstream America. With impassioned but subdued tones, former first lady Michelle Obama and former Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden added their pleas to the country to elect Joe Biden.
Democrats hid behind more than their words: They showcased speeches by former Republican governors John Kasich and Christine Whitman, former Republican New York Rep. Susan Molinari, and former Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman, casting these endorsements by left-of-center Republicans as proof of the Democratic Party’s moderation. Colin Powell was also featured, although as after endorsing Democratic presidential candidates for the last several elections, he shouldn’t really be counted as a Republican anymore.
While the DNC showered attention on the Republican crossovers, the party only granted self-described socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 60 seconds to share her thoughts, prompting a not-so-subtle rejoinder on Twitter by the young leftist.
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