In The Arena: Kamala Harris’ Chicago Convention Made The Most Of The Media Moment

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Kamala Harris leaves Chicago today with energy and enthusiasm that reached a fever pitch on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, something that would have sounded too-good-to-be-true just over a month ago.

Her speech was biographical, centrist and patriotic, with delegates waving small and large flags on the floor of the United Center.

That followed other displays of patriotism throughout the evening, including the appearance of members of Congress who are veterans and the occasional chants of “USA, USA.” “It was the most Republican Democratic Convention we have ever seen,” Ryan Wiggins, the chief of staff of The Lincoln Project, the political action group founded by moderates and conservatives to counter Donald Trump.

She compared the exuberance to the GOP convention in 1980 in Detroit, where Ronald Reagan was nominated. RELATED: 2024 DNC Celebrity Attendees Photo Gallery: Musicians & Actors Show Up For Kamala Harris On Night 4 Trump has spent the week calling Harris a leftist, radical, communist, but the convention’s final night featured a speaker to counter that: Former Representative Adam Kinzinger, the Republican never-Trumper, who said, “I’ve learned something about the Democratic party.