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How is the Democratic National Convention fairing on a virtual stage? Rep. Marcia Fudge weighs in

The former DNC chairwoman shares her perspective with 3News' Russ Mitchell.

MILWAUKEE — Day two of the Democratic National Convention has concluded. Former Vice President Joe Biden was formally nominated as the Democratic Nominee for President of the United States on Tuesday. 

However, prior to the start of Tuesday's virtual beginning, Former DNC chairwoman, Rep. Marcia Fudge, shared her perspective on how the convention is fairing on the virtual stage with 3News Anchor Russ Mitchell. 

Rep. Fudge reflected on night one of the newly virtual event and  where things go from here.

View an excerpt form their conversation below: 

Russ: Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, thank you for joining us on this night two of the Democratic National Convention. If you had to give night one a grade A through F, what would you give it?

Congresswoman Marcia Fudge: I give it a B+.

Russ: Why not an A?

Congresswoman Marcia Fudge: You know what, because I think that when you do something as quickly as we had to turn this whole operation around, from what we thought was going to be in-person to all virtual, and to do it so very, very quickly you’re going to always have a hitch here or there. But I thought they did very, very well.

Russ: Let me ask you, as someone who has been in the middle of these conventions, for several conventions, do you miss it?

Congresswoman Marcia Fudge: Oh, I do. I do because I mean there is an excitement you feel just being in the room with thousands of people who all believe what you believe and who want to make change and who believe that they are the champions for the working person. They believe in justice and showing everyone their value and the dignity that we all deserve. And so it is different, but it’s still good. I mean, we just find ourselves in a time that there’s nothing we can do anything about. But I think that you will see tonight just as you did last night, everywhere I turn, everyone is talking about Michelle Obama’s speech, or some other person’s speech. It has been all over, and I think it’s going to continue to be that way. I think that by the time we get to Thursday night, people will be saying, ‘what a great convention.’ Although, I will say, the convention I chaired may, in fact, be the last of its kind. So that’s a reality that we may have to deal with.

Russ: Wow, that’s interesting. You think so? You think that’s it, you think we’re not going to see those old, those old school conventions like we saw as early as four years ago anymore?

Congresswoman Fudge: I don’t think so, I mean obviously, I don’t think we’re going to be in a COVID situation forever. But I do think that something that you said makes some sense, that people are looking at the future. That may, in fact, have been a way of the past. And maybe this is giving us an opportunity to look at what can be. Because you look at younger members coming up from our party, social media is their way of life…and so maybe there has to be some hybrid of some sort going forward. But it is going to be different.

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