
Analyzing the Speeches, Messaging at the DNC
Clip: 8/20/2024 | 2m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
How messaging differs between this year's Republican and Democratic campaigns.
Karen Freeman-Wilson is president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League. Richard Porter was a member of the Republican National Committee from 2014 until last month.
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Analyzing the Speeches, Messaging at the DNC
Clip: 8/20/2024 | 2m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Karen Freeman-Wilson is president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League. Richard Porter was a member of the Republican National Committee from 2014 until last month.
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AND THANKS TO CONGRESSMAN KRISHNAMURTHY IS WELL, OK, FEW MOMENTS LEFT.
WE'RE GONNA GET SOME FINAL THOUGHTS FROM OUR IN CO GUESS.
KAREN FREEMAN, WILSON AND RICHARD PORTER.
SO EACH ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED, RICHARD PORTER EARLIER WAS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE OLD SCHOOL SPEAKERS THAT YOU FELT LIKE THERE WERE AT THE CONVENTION LAST NIGHT ON.
BUT WE ALSO HEARD FROM FROM ANDREA OCASIO CORTEZ FROM NEW YORK SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK FROM GEORGIA.
AND THOSE WERE SOME OF THE MORE SORT I DON'T KNOW, FIERY SPEECHES THAT THAT WE HEARD IN THE ROOM LAST NIGHT.
DO YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GIVING ANY FUTURE SPEAKERS THE OPPORTUNITY?
DO YOU THINK YOU'RE SEEING ANY SORT FUTURE EMERGE?
DO THINK THAT THEIR FIERY AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FULL OF LIFE, JUST LIGHTS UP THE ROOM WHEN SHE IT'S REALLY TERRIFIC.
BUT SHE SPEAKS TO A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION.
ARE ALL DEMOCRATS ALREADY KNOW?
BUT HE'S A MODERATE IS GOING WITH SEE SHUNS, A SOCIALIST.
SO I MEAN, I THINK AND THE SAME THING WITH THE SENATOR FROM GEORGIA.
SO I THINK THE REALITY IS THEY'RE TALKING TO THEIR BASE.
THEY'RE NOT PUTTING PEOPLE UP THERE THAT ARE COMMUNICATING IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT WHO COME OUT IS AND ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GOING TO REALLY IS JUST GOING TO TRY TO STEAL SOME WORDS FROM THE REPUBLICANS TALKING ABOUT FREEDOM.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HEAR A WAS TALKING ABOUT STOVES, THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO TAKE AWAY YOUR CHOICE OF A GAS STOVE.
AND SO I MEAN, THAT'S NOT PROMOTING FREEDOM.
AND SO I THINK, AGAIN, I THINK ARE SO FAR LEFT THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE FOLKS TO TRY TO MOBILIZE.
PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT BEING ON THE LEFT, NOT A BEAT OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE.
45 SECONDS LEFT HERE IN FROM WILSON.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU HEARD FROM BOTH ALC AND SENATOR WARREN NOT.
THE FACT THAT WE ARE SO MUCH MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT.
AND I THINK THAT MATTERS AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE OF THAT.
THERE'S BEEN SUCH A DIVISION IN AN EFFORT TO DIVIDE WHEN YOU HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT THEIR ROOTS, THEIR HISTORY, THE FACT THAT SHE WAS A WAITRESS BARTENDER, THE FACT THAT HIS FATHER WAS A JUNK MAN AND A PREACHER.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL IDENTIFY WITH AS WE COME FROM
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