Democratic politicos at RNC?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

Given that we have had several Republican speakers at the DNC, it seems only fair to ask whether or not any "Democrats"- past or present- will be speaking at the RNC this year in support of Trump? I haven't heard of any so far and it seems almost certain that the news media would have that information on blast already.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Lieberman and Miller must be busy?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

12. I guess?

I understood why Lieberman showed up for McCain in 2008. I never quite got why Zell Miller gave that ridiculous OTT diatribe against Kerry in 2004 or what's happened to him since.

[Cirque du So-What]

18. Zed's dead, Baby

errr...Zell. Gophers deliver his mail.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. They could hologrammed him or said he was sitting in some chair.

[Voltaire2]

2. Where is Joe Lieberman? Zel Miller, is he dead yet?

[marble falls]

3. Lieberman's son is running for office, dad's got to stay low this year ...

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/08/09/joe-liebermans-son-is-running-for-senate-he-also-wrote-a-book-filled-with-racist-tropes/24586897/

A Democratic Senate candidate in Georgia wrote and self-published a deeply bizarre novel in 2018, featuring a main character who believes that for most of his life he owned an imaginary slave who could communicate with plants and animals.

The candidate, Matt Lieberman, is a lawyer, former educator and the son of former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman. Lieberman is running in the all-party special election to replace Sen. Johnny Isakson, who retired in 2018.

Lieberman told HuffPost he wrote the book, titled “Lucius” after the name of the imaginary slave, in the wake of the 2017 white nationalist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, as “an honest examination of enduring racism against Blacks — which is real, harmful and totally infuriating.”

The main character, an elderly white southern man named Benno, regularly deploys the N-word and says some members of the Ku Klux Klan were “basically good people.” The 213-page novel, in which the racist main character tells the story of his life to a narrator with a biography similar to Lieberman’s, ultimately suggests Lucius functioned as a sort of pet for Benno.

“I know my approach to this delicate subject is not palatable for every reader,” Lieberman wrote in a statement. “I expected some readers to react with disgust.”

On that front, Lieberman was right. James Woodall, the president of the state NAACP chapter, told HuffPost in a phone interview the book contained “racist tropes.” He said Lieberman should drop out of the Senate race.

[Voltaire2]

4. 6 ft wouldn't be low enough

[marble falls]

8. Matt Lieberman is a bit controversial himself.

[themaguffin]

5. Zell is no longer with us, off to the great duel in the sky

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. I don't think even Lieberman would be stupid enough to embrace Trump.

The only “ex Democrats” that will likely speak are ridiculous social media personalities like Brandon Straka or Diamond and Silk. Maybe the Governor of West Virginia who was a Democrat for about 5 minutes.

[obamanut2012]

6. Zell Miller's Ghost

[maxrandb]

9. Rod Blagojevich? Chris Matthews? Pat Caudell?

There's just so many to choose from.

[Drunken Irishman]

10. Why would Chris Matthews speak? He's been anti-Trump for a long time.

Ridiculous to lump him in with those two turncoats.

[maxrandb]

11. Thought he may want to be "fair and balanced"

Lord knows he worked overtime to "bothsiderize" EVERYTHING.

Even when the other side was racist, stupid, ignorant, devoid of facts and ridiculous.

See "butter emails" and "birtherism" for examples.

Chris Matthews is the kind of pundit that thinks "journalism" is simply reporting what someone says.

That's not journalism... that's stenography.

[Drunken Irishman]

14. This is silly.

Matthews was as harsh of a critic on Trump as any mainstream journalist. If you're going to suggest he speak, then throw in Rachel Maddow as well.

[emulatorloo]

23. Matthews hates birtherism with a passion

And often talked how despicable it was.

[Bev54]

16. It is my understanding that Blagojevich is going to speak. LOL

[Proud Liberal Dem]

17. He was the recipient of a Trump pardon

and for all intents and purposes disavowed by the Democratic Party at this point. Anybody......credible?

[Bev54]

24. Nobody credible would watch it, let alone be there.

[donkeypoofed]

13. That'd be a career killer !

[Trumpocalypse]

15. The ghost of Woodrow Wilson will make an appearance.

[maxrandb]

26. Followed by Frederick Douglas and Susan B Anthony

To tell us all how wonderful Donnie Dipshit is.

[brooklynite]

20. There a handful of Democratic State Leg members who are supporting Trump

[Proud Liberal Dem]

21. From where?

[brooklynite]

22. Here are some

Georgia state lawmaker bucks Democrats with Trump endorsement

DETROIT DEMOCRATS PLAN TO CENSURE LAWMAKER WHO CREDITED TRUMP FOR COVID-19 RECOVERY

[Proud Liberal Dem]

25. The Georgia one isn't that surprising

Not sure what's in the water in Michigan. Glad that Michigan Democrats are censuring that person.