DNC Convention in Chicago why???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Atlanta is a tiny, tiny Blue island in a sea of red. Dems can do so much better. We don’t owe the south a ***damned thing.

Did you know that Georgia currently has two D senators? I know, right!

+1 exactly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Atlanta is a tiny, tiny Blue island in a sea of red. Dems can do so much better. We don’t owe the south a ***damned thing.

Did you know that Georgia currently has two D senators? I know, right!

+1 exactly

Yet their governor signed a draconian abortion law into effect. I’m glad the DNC isn’t holding a convention in a backwards-ass, fascist state like Georgia. I feel sorry for Southern Dems, but states that oppress women are a no-go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way the DNC could go with Atlanta. Not after the Democrats were successful at ousting the MLB All Star game from the city a couple years ago.
We saw that it was a false narrative they were pushing, but that didn't stop them from the hateful rhetoric about "Jim Crow 2.0" and crap like that.
Having it in Atlanta would reveal the lie.

It was no lie. Do better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not?

Chicago is wonder! Very rich and vibrant. The Obamas are from Chicago.

IKR... You can always tell the MAGA DCUM visitors who barely ever set foot outside of their little red county (or, for that matter, their mom's basement) when they post hyperbolic commentary about how Chicago or NYC or DC or Portland et cetera are supposedly hellscape warzones of burned down and boarded up buildings crawling with gangbangers and antifa and drag queen groomers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No way the DNC could go with Atlanta. Not after the Democrats were successful at ousting the MLB All Star game from the city a couple years ago.
We saw that it was a false narrative they were pushing, but that didn't stop them from the hateful rhetoric about "Jim Crow 2.0" and crap like that.
Having it in Atlanta would reveal the lie.

It was no lie. Do better.

BS.

Biden should be calling his home state's laws "Jim Crow 2.0."

The Brennan Center, a progressive public policy group, has published a full report on these recent voting laws. The report says that Georgia “limit[ed] early voting days or hours.” A survey of states rules will highlight the problem with that characterization. Under its new law, Georgia mandates 17 days of early voting, including at least two Saturdays, and open during “regular business hours,” which the state has defined as from at least 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The Brennan Center didn’t mention Massachusetts, however, which has just 11 days of early voting held during “regular business hours,” which it doesn’t define. Just in 2019, New York’s Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a new voting bill that was intended to make voting easier, and it only required nine days of early voting but also required polls to stay open from 6 a.m.-9 p.m.. The federal voting rights legislation supported by the president only mandates 14 days of early voting but then would require polls to be open for 10 hours on those days.

And so we run into part of the problem, which is trying to take any single election regulation in isolation. Georgia also has automatic voter registration, unlike Minnesota, and a voter doesn’t need a reason to vote by mail, unlike Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut and Delaware.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/04/06/the-new-voting-restrictions-arent-as-restrictive-as-many-think-00023390

If president joe biden wants to vote by mail next year in Delaware, he’ll have to provide a valid reason for why he can’t make the two-hour drive from the White House back to his polling place in Wilmington. Luckily for him, Biden’s line of work allows him to cast an absentee ballot: Being president counts as “public service” under state law. Most Delaware residents, however, won’t have such a convenient excuse. Few states have more limited voting options than Delaware, a Democratic bastion that allowed little mail balloting before the pandemic hit.

Biden has assailed Georgia’s new voting law as an atrocity akin to “Jim Crow in the 21st century” for the impact it could have on Black citizens. But even once the GOP-passed measure takes effect, Georgia citizens will still have far more opportunities to vote before Election Day than their counterparts in the president’s home state, where one in three residents is Black or Latino.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/04/democrats-voting-rights-contradiction/618599/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not?

Chicago is wonder! Very rich and vibrant. The Obamas are from Chicago.

IKR... You can always tell the MAGA DCUM visitors who barely ever set foot outside of their little red county (or, for that matter, their mom's basement) when they post hyperbolic commentary about how Chicago or NYC or DC or Portland et cetera are supposedly hellscape warzones of burned down and boarded up buildings crawling with gangbangers and antifa and drag queen groomers.

Its not that exaggerated though for Chicago: https://cwbchicago.com/2023/04/video-chicago-large-group-woman-attacked-cta-bus-driver-punched.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not one vote is influenced by the location of the convention.

This. Chicago is also a union town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have it in Detroit or Bmore

These are excellent recommendations. The DNC gives Detroit (my hometown) lip service. Baltimore and Detroit are a lot a like and could use the boost from the DNC. Next down the list should be Portland, OR even though it’s in a west coast state. Having it any of those cities would show some support for the everyday person. Chicago, while it has its challenges, may as well NYC but at least it isn’t in a coastal state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not?

Chicago is wonder! Very rich and vibrant. The Obamas are from Chicago.

IKR... You can always tell the MAGA DCUM visitors who barely ever set foot outside of their little red county (or, for that matter, their mom's basement) when they post hyperbolic commentary about how Chicago or NYC or DC or Portland et cetera are supposedly hellscape warzones of burned down and boarded up buildings crawling with gangbangers and antifa and drag queen groomers.

While I agree that there is a lot of hyperbole about what’s going on in several major cities, using basement dweller as an insult isnt going to fly considering Biden successfully campaigned out of his in the last election. Do better.

[Anonymous]

Having been to Chicago four times in the last year or so, I think it's a great choice. It's a fun city with easy transportation, and there are a ton of options for union hotels, restaurants, etc.
Considering the actual location of the convention won't change a single vote, having it somewhere where you can live out your values and also have easy logistics makes perfect sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not?

Chicago is wonder! Very rich and vibrant. The Obamas are from Chicago.

IKR... You can always tell the MAGA DCUM visitors who barely ever set foot outside of their little red county (or, for that matter, their mom's basement) when they post hyperbolic commentary about how Chicago or NYC or DC or Portland et cetera are supposedly hellscape warzones of burned down and boarded up buildings crawling with gangbangers and antifa and drag queen groomers.

While I agree that there is a lot of hyperbole about what’s going on in several major cities, using basement dweller as an insult isnt going to fly considering Biden successfully campaigned out of his in the last election. Do better.

That's just plain stupid. Come up with better talking points than "basement Biden." And remember, he DID win the election, regardless of how he campaigned.

[Anonymous]

Where the convention is held has no impact on how people vote. They might as well make it accessible for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not?

Chicago is wonder! Very rich and vibrant. The Obamas are from Chicago.

IKR... You can always tell the MAGA DCUM visitors who barely ever set foot outside of their little red county (or, for that matter, their mom's basement) when they post hyperbolic commentary about how Chicago or NYC or DC or Portland et cetera are supposedly hellscape warzones of burned down and boarded up buildings crawling with gangbangers and antifa and drag queen groomers.

I guess you think all is fine in those 3 cities. Glad you do.

[Anonymous]

Chicago represents the Midwest and the RNC already announced they're doing their convention in Milwaukee. The DNC can't appear to just be giving up on the Midwest.

[Anonymous]

Chicago is a vibrant, diverse city. That’s why the racists hate us.