What Twitter Is Saying About Night 1 of the Democratic National Convention
The instant spin room.
Another op’nin, another show/ In Philly, Boston, or Baltimo’! Actually, in Philly, where the Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday night. Depending on where you get your news, the party is “in chaos,” “in disarray,” or probably OK. Emails leaked on Friday suggest that DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz favored Hillary Clinton in the primary. As a result, Wasserman Schultz has been erased from the convention—she won’t even gavel it in—and will be resigning as soon as it is over. That didn’t fix everything, though. Some Bernie Sanders delegates have been chanting the anti-Clinton slogan “Lock her up!” from the convention floor. A group of them booed Sanders himself earlier Monday when he urged them to support Clinton and may do so again when he speaks Monday night. Other speakers include Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Michelle Obama.
Pundits and politicos will be watching closely to see what happens. Below are their live tweets, drawn from a list of top accounts curated by Slate. You’ll see left-leaning commentators on the left and right-leaning commentators on the right. Let the spin begin.