At one point, the crowd in the packed ballroom repeatedly chanted, “Run again! Run again!”

Later, the cheers for Harris grew to such a tenor, Sharpton jokingly admonished the crowd: “This is a convention, not a revival.”

they fucking pay to live in their own IRL echo chamber.

There’s some sort of constructed social reality that surrounds popular democratic politicians. Like a halo of consultants, orbiting the politician, going beyond being a yes-man but actively encouraging delusion and shielding them from any negativity. Truley Potemkin village shit. Some psychologist should embed themselves amongst them and do a study.