Philadelphia day two: History made

Tonight, the Democrats made history. It was a remarkable evening. Members of Congress, mothers, celebrities, and yes, even a former president, shared their personal stories of working, praying, loving and fighting alongside Hillary Clinton. Each speaker made clear that the Democratic Party hadn’t just nominated the first woman in the history of this country. The delegates had nominated Hillary Clinton, a change maker who has spent her entire life working to make a difference in people’s lives.

• Really one headline today: The Democratic Party just nominated the first female presidential nominee in the 240-year history of the country.

  — Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) July 26, 2016

• Shards of glass ceiling falling all over inside WF Center.

  — tomfitzgerald (@tomfitzgerald) July 26, 2016

• History.

  — Lynn Sweet (@lynnsweet) July 26, 2016

• I’ve seen women on floor w/ tears in their eyes as they watch a roll call that will lead to 1st female pres. nominee of a major party.

  — David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 26, 2016

• Arizona just had a 102-year-old woman cast their votes for Hillary. When she was born, women didn’t have the right to vote. #DemsInPhilly

  — Sean Walsh (@SeanCWalsh) July 26, 2016

• Democrats having disabled people give pledge, sing national anthem to open Day 2 of #DemsInPhilly. Serious shade @realDonaldTrump

  — Emily Cahn (@CahnEmily) July 26, 2016

• Key difference between DNC and RNC conventions: Deafening cheers here at 7 p.m. vs no speaking program there at 7 p.m.

  — Annie Linskey (@AnnieLinskey) July 26, 2016

• Not surprising that people (ok, more than normal) attest to HRC’s character at #DemsInPhilly. But–no one no one did it for Trump in CLE.

  — Cathleen Decker (@cathleendecker) July 27, 2016

• Andrew Kaczynski @BuzzFeedAndrew:  Fusion did the numbers: RNC had 18 black delegates.
  DNC has 1,182 black delegates .http://fusion.net/story/330193/dnc-rnc-women-people-of-color-numbers/ … [7/26/16 7:22 p.m. EDT]

UNITY:

• This is what party unity looks like. Sanders moves to nominate HRC by acclimation. pic.twitter.com/jp5MAQpxxS

  — Annie Linskey (@AnnieLinskey) July 26, 2016

• The room is just electric as Sanders moves for Clinton

  — Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) July 26, 2016

• – Great by Bernie!

  – Great for HRC!
  – And whole party.

  The contrast with RNC-CNL, in the faces and sentiments ..

  — James Fallows (@JamesFallows) July 26, 2016

TOM HARKIN:

• Very powerful to see Senator Tom Harkin give his Democratic National Convention speech simultaneously in sign language.

  — (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) July 26, 2016

ROLL CALL:

• This roll call is a great rolling state history, civil rights and women’s right lesson. #DNCinPHL

  — Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) July 26, 2016

• Through South Carolina, this roll call is considerably kinder and seems to be more unifying than the GOP’s last week. #DemConvention

  — Henry J. Gomez (@HenryJGomez) July 26, 2016

SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI:

• Classic. Career cap moment: Retiring @SenatorBarb puts Hillary Clinton’s name into nomination.#DemConvention

  — Lisa Mascaro (@LisaMascaro) July 26, 2016

REP. JOHN LEWIS:

• Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis joins longest-serving woman in Congress-Sen. Barbara Mikulski-in nominating Clinton. #DemsInPhilly

  — Amrita Khalid (@askhalid) July 26, 2016

• Electrifying John Lewis at DNC, reminding us all what it means to fight for rights and against injustice! #DemsInPhilly

  — Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) July 26, 2016

DONNA BRAZILE:

• Huge applause for Donna Brazile (who replaced Debbie Wasserman Schultz) #DNCinPHL

  — (((Ron Kampeas))) (@kampeas) July 26, 2016

• People, @donnabrazile is holding some church. I have my fan out. #DemsInPhilly (also why does she look 28 years old?)

  — shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) July 26, 2016

ERIC HOLDER:

• Cheers for Eric Holder as he speaks to Clinton’s social justice causes #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/jtwMBaWI69

  — Tal Kopan (@TalKopan) July 27, 2016

MOTHERS OF THE MOVEMENT:

• This is a pretty profound moment. The “Mothers of the Movement” on stage at the DNC. pic.twitter.com/SrMyPOSGms

  — Trymaine Lee (@trymainelee) July 27, 2016

• So moved by the loss, strength, courage, determination of all the Mothers of the Movement. #DemsInPhilly #BlackLivesMatter

  — Mary Anne Hitt (@maryannehitt) July 27, 2016

REP. JOE CROWLEY:

• Aside from the fact that that was a highly damning attack on Trump, this is a tremendously powerfully delivered speech by Crowley.

  — emily nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) July 27, 2016

LAUREN MANNING:

• 911 survivor Lauren Manning giving the most powerful personal testimonial yet for @HillaryClinton: “She took my bandaged hand into her own.”

  — (((Cameron Joseph))) (@cam_joseph) July 27, 2016

• More stories about Clinton in one speech than in Trump’s entire convention. https://t.co/Ot6Mk8byL9

  — James Downie (@jamescdownie) July 27, 2016

• Lauren Manning, who suffered horrific burns on 9/11: Hillary Clinton “had my back.” pic.twitter.com/fLtXDvxPcR

  — Jim Roberts (@nycjim) July 27, 2016

SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR:

• Great to have Sen @amyklobuchar speak about human trafficking here in the US before the Dem Convention! So much more to be done on this.

  — Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) July 27, 2016

MADELEINE ALBRIGHT:

• Madeleine Albright earns one of the biggest rounds of applause of the day. #DNCinPHL

  — Ed O’Keefe (@edatpost) July 27, 2016

HOWARD DEAN:

• I was really struck by Dean making fun of himself. What a great moment—and what a contrast to Trump, who is entirely incapable of that.

  — emily nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) July 27, 2016

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON:

• Bill is managing the neat trick of butchering Trumpism without mentioning Trump and staying all positive and good feelings.

  — Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 27, 2016

• Everyone should be lucky enough to do their spouse a solid like that.

  — Franklin Foer (@FranklinFoer) July 27, 2016