Bay Area Houston

Yeow! It’s hard to describe the excitement in the United Center but I’ll try.

AOC
I’m not a fan of AOC but she brought her A game. The audience loved her. I thought it was absolutely brilliant to put her on prime time. She gave a very good, rousing speech. I am assuming you watched the convention so I won’t rehash it. Hillary received a very loud and long welcome as did Joe. It was so deserving. We just couldn’t stop.

Elected officials
Sitting on the aisle I was able to see a number of elected officials as they walked by. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg walked right past me with his security detail. He is short! I’m not one to ask for a selfie so pics are few.

SIgns
Prior to each speech the staff would pass out signs. For Joe we were given the long We Love Joe signs. That was really cool. I would bring one home but I cant get it in my suitcase. Other signs were for labor, Jill Biden, and specific slogans such as When we fight, we WIN! When we fight. The crowd was well prepared to chime in with WE WIN! It’s loud!

Lock him up.
We were never instructed to refrain from chanting LOCK HIM UP. It started during Hillary’s speech. It was subdued…..for a while….then we all joined in. Hillary attempted to stop it but we were not being denied. I wonder if they showed that on TV. It was funny. We all were shaking our heads at first then we joined in, louder and louder.

We Love Joe.
Everyone stood for Joe’s speech. We never sat down. We didn’t want to. We were tired on the way back to the hotel but we were still excited. Everyone on the bus was still pumped up all the way to the bar in the hotel which stayed open till 2:00.

Protest and security.
There was a protest a few blocks away but we never heard it. Someone in the upper rows of the convention center attempted to unfurl some kind of banner. The delegates helped fold it up for him. It lasted a few seconds nothing more. Security is very tight! Some delegates walked about a mile from an event to the United Center. They were escorted by security. No one could get within a few blocks of the center unless you had credentials. We were bussed into the convention and you had to have credentials to get on the bus.

I spent too much time at the bar last night. LOL Imagine that. More later.

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