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Democrats Seek to Reshape the Party’s Image as Young, Snarky, Patriotic and Reverent of Civil Rights Heroes


Democrats launched an image makeover campaign at the DNC, presenting a new face of the party as young, patriotic, snarky but reverent to past heroes.

CHICAGO – Kamala Harris’ rousing speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention capped four days of campaign shouting, testifying, preaching and high-decibel warnings about the danger posed by the prospect of a second Donald Trump presidential administration. Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor who is Harris’ running mate, was hailed in his big moment on Wednesday night for being “that guy” – the high school teacher that every student loved, the football coach who took a losing team to the state championships. The speaker roster included everyone from Maxwell Frost, a 27-year-old Congressman from Florida, to New York House member superstar Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who is enormously popular with core Democrats, based the applause meter every time he appeared in and around the convention.

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