Quote:The Reviews Are In: Conservatives Say The DNC Was 'Disaster' For The GOP
ByKatherine KruegerPublishedJuly 28, 2016, 11:42 PM EDT 174591 views
Something strange happened on the last night of the Democratic National Convention.
After the GOP nominee lambasted the Democrats on Twitter for displaying what he viewed as too few American flags, there was a sea of waving flags as far as the eye could see when Hillary Clinton became the first woman to accept a major party's nomination on Thursday.
A small faction of protesters chanting "no more war" as General John Allen spoke were quickly drowned out by chants of "USA!" filling the Philadelphia arena. The most notable refrain from the RNC crowd last week: "Lock her up."
The evening also hammered home the stark tonal difference between the two conventions. After Trump painted America as a downcast country in need of a billionaire savior, night after night of all-star DNC speakers preached a sermon of American exceptionalism, with values that unify us all – talking points once exclusively owned by Republicans.
It was enough to give a lot of conservatives whiplash. Here are just a few of them praising the DNC and bemoaning the state of affairs in their own party.
Conservative writer Ron Fournier:
Ron Fournier
✔ @ron_fournier
Well done, @realDonaldTrump. You made Democrats a party of sunny patriotism and values.
You sure @billclinton didn't ask you to run?
Jamie Weinstein
✔ @Jamie_Weinstein
Now an immigrant medal of honor winner? If the goal is to reach independents and conservatives uneasy w/ Trump, well done Democrats
Steve Deace @SteveDeaceShow
So most of conservative media and the GOP spent the week rooting for Russia, and now the Democrats get to rally around the flag.
Dreadful.
Charlie Sykes @SykesCharlie
Do you know how old I am? Old enough to remember when speeches like this would've been given at GOP convention… Not Dem one. Brutal.
Jonah Goldberg
✔ @JonahNRO
Why this convention is better: It's about loving America. GOP convention was about loving Trump. If you didn't love Trump, it offered nada.
GregGutfeld
✔ @greggutfeld
if repubs had championed their principles with specifics rather than embrace autocracy - they wouldn't have yielded this turf to dems.
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