Unlike the Republican National ConventionHatefest, we have had a smooth rollout of Democratic speaker and event lists for our convention.
- Democratic Convention Events and Speakers, preliminary list
- Added speakers, including Tim Kaine
I am not going to repeat all of the wonderful people and their wonderful biographies, but here are a few highlights.
- Monday
- Senator Bernie Sanders
- First Lady Michelle Obama
- Tuesday
- President Bill Clinton
- Mothers of the Movement
- Wednesday
- Vice President Joe Biden
- President Barack Obama
- Thursday
- Chelsea Clinton
- Former FLOTUS, Senator, Secretary of State, and !!!The Next President of the United States!!!, Hillary Clinton
- Former Virginia Governor and !!!The Next Vice President of the United States!!!, Senator Tim Kaine
Donald and Mikey won't know what hit them, and I mean that literally. I look forward to their incoherent Twitter responses.
Here are speakers for whom we have not seen anything about their time slots.
- State Representative Raumesh Akbari (Tennessee)
- Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (Ohio)
- Congressman Xavier Becerra (California)
- Columbia, SC Mayor Steve Benjamin
- Senator Cory Booker (New Jersey)
- Senator Barbara Boxer (California)
- Congressman Brendan Boyle (Pennsylvania)
- Congressman Bob Brady (Pennsylvania)
- Governor Jerry Brown (California)
- Senator Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
- Senator Bob Casey (Pennsylvania)
- Congressman Joaquin Castro (Texas)
- Congressman James Clyburn (South Carolina)
- Congressman Joseph Crowley (New York)
- Governor Andrew Cuomo (New York)
- Governor Mark Dayton (Minnesota)
- Former Governor Howard Dean (Vermont)
- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
- Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan
- Majority Leader State Representative Crisanta Duran (Colorado)
- Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (New Mexico)
- Chillicothe, OH Mayor Luke Feeney
- State Representative Peggy Flanagan (Minnesota)
- Senator Al Franken (Minnesota)
- Congressman Ruben Gallego (Arizona)
- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
- Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords & Captain Mark Kelly (Arizona)
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)
- Tallahassee, FL Mayor Andrew Gillum
- Former Governor Jennifer Granholm (Michigan)
- Congressman Luis Gutierrez (Illinois)
- Former Senator Tom Harkin (Iowa)
- Democratic State Party Chair Jaime Harrison (South Carolina)
- Governor John Hickenlooper (Colorado)
- Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas)
- Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney
- State Senator Ruben Kihuen (Nevada)
- Senator Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota)
- Congressman Ted Lieu (California)
- Congresswoman Nita Lowey (New York)
- Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes (Kentucky)
- Governor Terry McAuliffe (Virginia)
- Congresswoman Gwen Moore (Wisconsin)
- Senator Chris Murphy (Connecticut)
- Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom (California)
- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (Washington, DC)
- Former Governor Martin O’Malley (Maryland)
- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
- Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed
- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (Nevada)
- Congressman Adam Schiff (California)
- Senator Chuck Schumer (New York)
- Former State Representative Bakari Sellers (South Carolina)
- Senator Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)
- State Senator Pat Spearman (Nevada)
- Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
- Boston Mayor Marty Walsh
- Senator Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts)
- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (California)
- Flint, MI Mayor Karen Weaver
- Governor Tom Wolf (Pennsylvania)
What a strong, diverse, and inclusive bench!
The DNCC will announce additional speakers in the coming days.
Breaking: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is resigning as DNC Chair, but will be speaking at the Convention.
…The best way for me to accomplish those goals is to step down as Party Chair at the end of this Convention. As Party Chair, this week I will open and close the Convention and I will address our delegates about the stakes involved in this election…
Roger Ailes is out at Fox, but we can't expect any changes in their other personnel or attitudes yet.
Tell us your favorite speakers, and whom else you would like to see. CA AG and Senate candidate Kamala Harris, anybody? Battleground Texas founder Jeremy Bird? Rev. William Barber of Moral Mondays? Scientists muzzled by various Governors or by Congress?
I know that there will be Bernie or Busters there, because some of them have been on TV. Does anybody know who else will be protesting?