In The Arena: Democrats Go Overtime For A Star-Filled Night, But In The Digital Age It May Not Matter
deadline.comOprah Winfrey‘s surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention, in which she made the case for Kamala Harris and against Donald Trump, certainly electrified the United Center, but one moment from the third evening stood out in particular.
That was when Tim Walz spoke about he and his wife’s long challenges with infertility, and then about his family, and his son Gus stood up and said, “That’s my Dad!” It quickly became one of the night’s viral moments.
For the third night in a row, the convention went into overtime in the ET, potentially losing the TV audience, but the campaign is suggesting that it may not matter all that much.
The convention has so far drawn a larger audience than the same time periods of the Republican National Convention. “We’ve outpaced them every night so far this convention,” Harris campaign spokesman Michael Tyler said this morning. “So folks are absolutely tuning in.” But he said that tells only part of the story: “We’re also understanding the nature of the American electorate in 2024,” he said. “This is not simply a made-for-TV event as we move forward.
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