Lynn Hart, a South Dakota farmer who is both Black and a member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, would have been in Milwaukee, the original site of the convention, as a first-time delegate. While disappointed about the change, he said there have been perks. The video conference format allows him to network with other Democrats while moving seamlessly between a lineup of meetings.
“I can sit here in my shorts, T-shirt or my pajamas and pick and choose who I listen to,” he said.
But some delegates missed the in-person action.
Jackie Craig, a Minnesota delegate, watched from her home — sometimes from a closet so she wouldn’t distract the rest of the family. A self-described “obnoxious extrovert,” she said it was a “little deflating” missing the in-person experience.
“I would have been like one of those dogs who wags its tail so hard it probably passed out,” Craig, 49, said.
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