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What Twitter Has to Say About the Monday Democratic Convention

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Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders, and John Kasich surrounded by stars on a blue background.
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Tonight, America kicks off yet another endlessly long Zoom meeting, also known as the party convention. Leading off are the Democrats, whose summit was supposed to take place in Milwaukee in July but will be spread out among several locations as well as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ pod. Tonight’s speaker lineup features Republicans, a Democratic socialist, and Michelle Obama. To guide you through, we’ve rounded up top liberal and conservative commentators below. You’ll see liberal tweets on the left and conservative tweets on the right.

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