Although Vice President Kamala Harris already has locked down the votes to be the presidential nominee for the Democrats, there’s still the Democratic National Convention to get through, which will provide another surge of media hype for the Democrats. Already, the media has been doing the heavy lifting, pushing a “joy” theme for Harris and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz.
More than 15,000 members of the news media will be in Chicago to cover the convention, the Democratic National Committee said. The party has credentialed and is paying social media influencers, as well. About 200 of them will be creating Harris-Walz-friendly content starting this weekend in the Windy City. The coverage will be wrap-around and gloriously positive.
It’s the first convention for Democrats in eight years; in 2020, the party did everything virtually due to Covid — Joe Biden was in his basement and delegates dialed into the convention via Zoom.
But as mentioned in Must Read Alaska earlier, Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola is going to be missing in Chicago. She often ducks out on difficult votes or when she needs to take cover from media attention. She and other vulnerable Democrats are steering clear of the chaos on Chicago, as they try to look nonpartisan.
In addition to Peltola, Democrat Rep. Jared Golden of Maine and Yadira Caraveo of Colorado are staying away.
Those who do attend are being offered free vasectomies and abortions by Planned Parenthood, which is setting up to serve delegates and the media, as reported by the New York Times.
“The Great Rivers Planned Parenthood, which covers parts of Missouri and southern Illinois, will provide abortion pills and vasectomies at a mobile health clinic on Monday and Tuesday blocks away from the convention site in Chicago, exemplifying how abortion politics will dominate the Democratic convention this year, the New York Times reported Friday. According to the NYT, there is already a waitlist for free vasectomies,” The Daily Caller wrote.
Peltola has made abortion the centerpiece of her campaign in Alaska. Although Alaskans can get abortions on demand up until the date of the baby’s birth, the average age of Alaska women Democrats going to Chicago for the convention is over 50, so there won’t be too many abortions being given to them. There are a handful of gay male Alaska delegates who won’t need vasectomy services, either.
Politicians sit yourselves down there’s nothing for you here
Won’t you please come to Chicago for a ride
Don’t ask Jack to help you ’cause he’ll turn the other ear
Won’t you please come to Chicago or else join the other side
Wow, as jaded as I believe myself to be this has to be the most heavy-handed propaganda campaign I’ve seen in many years.
Democrat Convention. The meeting place for childless cat women, trannies, perverts, and pedophiles. No wonder Peltola is staying away.
She’s still on the hunt for a straight, rich, white male and husband number six; and Chicago isn’t a likely bet.
Only the insane like the AFL-CIO think she is non-partison. She been on board with the democrats attack on our state.