The Democratic National Convention takes place this week in Chicago, and it appears it will be chaotic.
A few days ago, anti-Israeli protesters clashed with the NYPD following a rally for Kamala Harris. And apparently anti-Israeli protesters will be in Chicago for the DNC, as will Antifa (and possibly other radical groups). Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood announced it will be at the DNC to provide abortions and vasectomies.
With these protesters planning to show up for the DNC in Chicago, and Old Joe Biden announcing that he is not seeking re-election, it seems that history could be repeating itself, i.e. the 2024 DNC might end up like the 1968 DNC.
1968 was a terrible year in American history. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, as was Robert Kennedy (who was running for President that year).
Anti-war protests were taking place across the nation, as were race riots. And
Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not seek re-election.
With LBJ pulling out of the race and the assassination of RFK, the Democratic field was down to two candidates- Eugene McCarthy and Hubert H. Humphrey. And
thus the stage was set for the DNC in Chicago.
McCarthy was an anti-war candidate, supported by the