Here’s what Dems did — and didn’t — mention on night one of their convention

PHILADELPHIA — There were eight major speeches at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, given by Cory Booker, Bob Casey, Al Franken, Kirsten Gillibrand, Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders, Sarah Silverman and Elizabeth Warren. Among the eight speakers, almost 10,000 words were spoken.

Not once was “ISIS” said, nor “terror,” “Islam,” or “radical.” The speakers never mentioned Syria, Iraq or Iran. China and Turkey were mentioned, but only as the locations where Donald Trump’s furniture and neckties are made.

Veterans were mentioned only once, while Muslims were mentioned three times.

So what did they talk about? Mostly, Hillary Clinton. “Hillary” was said 66 times, compared to the 63 times “Trump” was said. Mike Pence was never mentioned, while Tim Kaine came up four times.

“Bernie” was said 13 times, including once by Sanders himself. But one of those mentions was actually a reference to Bernie Madoff.

“Republican” was said 14 times, while “Democrat” came up 16 times.

“Washington” was referred to eight times.

“Jobs” was mentioned 17 times, as was “wage.” “Economy” or “economics” came up 15 times. “Workers” were mentioned 13 times.

“Equal” was said 14 times, but there was only one instance of “inequality.” “Wall Street” was said six times.

“Education” came up five times, while “school” was mentioned 13 times. Some form of the word “child” came up 36 times, in addition to 24 references to “kids.”

“Health” was spoken 15 times.

Unsurprisingly, there were no mentions of “Benghazi,” “emails,” “leaks” or “servers.”

Jason Russell is a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner.

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