After the first night of the Democratic National Convention I tuned into Fox News. Laura Ingraham was on the air and, as might be expected, she was trashing the convention. I stopped watching after about forty minutes of analysis from Eric Trump, Ted Cruz, and other conservative pundits.
Cruz actually said that the reason the Democrats are pushing for mail-in-ballots and the funding of the United States Postal Service is because they know it leads to voter fraud. Cruz has no evidence for this claim. Nor is there any evidence to suggest mail-in-voting leads to voter fraud. But I digress.
Former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell was also on Ingraham’s show. He is a very patient man.
I was struck by the fact that none of the conservative, pro-Trump pundits mentioned Michelle Obama’s speech. They just couldn’t touch it.
Watch it:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9SzyjgQzU4&w=560&h=315]
Though Obama only mentioned “faith” and “God” a couple of times, this was a deeply Christian speech.
- She talked about the inherent dignity of human beings.
- She talked about truth.
- She talked about the character of a leader.
- She talked about health care.
- She talked about care for the environment
- She talked about racial justice
- She talked about the evil of racism and white supremacy
- She talked about empathy
- She talked about caring for others
- She talked about raising children with a strong moral foundation
- She talked about the coarseness of our culture under Trump
- She talked about selfishness
- She talked about greed
- She talked military violence
- She talked about using the Bible for a photo-op
- She talked about being a mother.
- She talked about being a neighbor
- She talked about meekness
- She talked about confronting “viciousness” and “cruelty”
- She talked about finding common ground based on the value of all human beings
- She talked about the need to speak truth to power
- She talked about family
- She talked about compassion
- She talked about grief
After covering Trump’s court evangelicals for the last four years, it was nice to hear such a Christian speech in this kind of public venue. I left the speech encouraged in my faith and hopeful for America’s future. Thank you Michelle Obama.