OMG! The SKY IS FALLING.
Those caving Democrats have failed us again.
They have invited not one but four Republicans to speak at OUR CONVENTION! Four out of hundreds of Democrats. FOUR! They are going to take over our plarform because we are so weak. They are going to push RW talking points during Our Convention. They plan to assert control over our convention.
Get a grip.
Do I trust Repubs as a whole? No I do not. Not even close, however I will applaud any vote against trump. If they can turn 100 votes our way tonight, that is a good thing. A well respected Senator said much the same and was applauded to welcome them into our big tent. Now with Biden, not so much.
Not sure where people are at these days, what they are thinking. We do not need division right now. To sow it is going to prove even more fatal than where we stand now. We have 170K dead, by election day, with schools opening then slamming their doors shut within days of opening will have us well over 200K American bodies in graves.
Let's try to get it right by all working together. Not much time left.
TIC TOC.
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repukes could speak at our convention. If this were a live event, they’d be booed off the stage. Not speaking to whether or not they should have been invited...I’m sure there will be a ton of opinion on that tonight. 
“This will be the first Democratic convention I’ve misssed since 196O.”
“Biden needs to speak in Wisconsin. I don’t understand the strategy.”
Have read both tonight.
I like it. I like the format.
I am a little behind, had to pause it for a bit. 
You got it, mad.
Thank you. 
After I got over the shock I thought, “that’s four more votes”.
I neither approve nor disapprove—I don’t judge. I trust the campaign media people, they’ve done a great job so far with the VP rollout and the first-to-market convention. Four Republicans doesn’t bother me, I’m curious to see if it works.
Which is what makes Democrats a better political party—being liberal/progressive means taking some chances. It’s exciting, diverse, and a crazy cast of characters. It’s our strength, and it works.
Like Will Rogers said, “I don’t belong to an organized political party, I’m a Democrat!”
but NOTHING give any of them any right to disrespect or disparage any Democrat, especially one representing us in Congress.
WE are Democrats - and we SUPPORT Democrats and object to any Republican disrespecting ANY of us, no matter what they may be willing to say against any of our opponents.
Last I checked Nina Turner wasn't on the roster to speak. So I still don't get the relevance. 
I swear to God, I've never see so much sanctimonious hand-wringing and worry over absolutely NOTHING. We're not MARRYING them for Pete's sake. We're accepting their help... and we need all the help we can get.
We can always get a divorce if need be. 
...to a reporter for The Atlantic. Do you think SHE not going to vote third party as she did in 2016 or will she stay home?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/07/how-trump-could-win-reelection/612205/
And how about this, she and Cornel West have organized a so-called "People's Convention" in two weeks, at which they will make a decision on organizing a new party (as in "third party"
https://peoplesparty.org/the-peoples-convention/
voted for Kasich...which is a hell of a lot more than 24,000 votes.
That kind of access and exposure is what this is about, and it was a great idea.
If it’s so urgent and necessary to have Bernie appear to speak, it doesn’t seem hard for those referenced in the OP to see that a Republican speaking to his supporters on behalf of Biden is also okay. Great thread!
Welcome their support right now, but prepare
to fight them in the future, should it be necessary
(hint: it will). 
