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Trumpland with Alex Wagner

Democrats bigfoot Republican culture narratives as Trump slide continues

Trumpland with Alex Wagner

NBC News

News, Society & Culture

4.51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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0:00.0

It feels like this week must have been a tough one for Donald Trump.

0:06.0

And Trump's Republican National Convention, the main star power was Hulk Hogan and Kid Rock.

0:13.2

At this week's Democratic National Convention there was Pink and John Legend,

0:18.6

the Chicks, Stevie Wonder, Ava Longoria, Steve Kerr, Jason Isbell, Tony Goldwyn, Common, Patty La Bell,

0:28.0

Lil John, Sean Aston, Mindy Kaling, Spike Lee, Keenan Thompson, Carrie Washington, D. L. Hughley,

0:36.7

Julie Louis Dreyfus, Mark Hammel, and Oprah Winfrey. The DNC was so star-studded that the organizers could

0:47.5

afford to bump James Taylor entirely, just cancel him for the sake of time.

0:55.0

But what really probably made this week tough for Donald Trump

0:58.2

were the ratings.

0:59.8

Not only did the DNC outperform the RNC in ratings every single night. But

1:04.7

Kamala Harris's DNC acceptance speech had nearly 3 million more viewers than

1:09.1

the Trump than Trump's RNC acceptance speech. In terms of all the things Donald Trump cares about, all of which are admittedly pretty

1:16.6

superficial.

1:17.6

Crowd, crowd size, celebrity, ratings, in terms of all that,

1:23.4

the DNC destroyed the RNC.

1:28.3

But the DNC also accomplished something

1:30.2

more substantive and arguably a lot more important.

1:34.0

Democrats reclaimed what it means to be a real American

1:40.0

from the Republican Party.

1:44.0

Look, Kamala knows like we do that regardless of where you come from,

1:49.0

what you look like, who you love, how you worship, or what's in your bank account. We all deserve the opportunity

1:55.6

to build a decent life. All of our contributions deserve to be accepted and valued.

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