Day 3: Fanfare for the common folk — Taking the pulse of America outside the convention

by Joe Dworetzky, Bay City News July 18, 2024July 18, 2024

Bay City News reporter and cartoonist Joe Dworetzky is covering this week's Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. (Joe Dworetzky/Bay City News)

BACK IN 2020, Alex Thomas of The Daily Dot wrote that “Donald Trump’s most innovative quality is undoubtedly his ability to bestow nicknames upon his political opponents.” While Thomas did not know then of Trump’s prowess as a poet, he can be forgiven for that oversight because he correctly observed that Trump’s skills in onomastics — the science of names — are formidable.

The lineup of the Tuesday evening speaker fest provided a great example. There was Lyin’ Ted Cruz and Little Marco Rubio. Sleepy Ben Carson and Ron DeSanctimonious. Even the Birdbrain (Nikki Haley) took the stage to speak in support of Donald Trump and his vision for America.

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Joe Dworetzky, Bay City News

Joe Dworetzky is a second career journalist. He practiced law in Philadelphia for more than 35 years, representing private and governmental clients in commercial litigation and insolvency proceedings. Joe served as City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia under Mayor Ed Rendell and from 2009 to 2013 was one of five members of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission with responsibility for managing the city’s 250 public schools. He moved to San Francisco in 2011 and began writing fiction and pursuing a lifelong interest in editorial cartooning. Joe earned a Master’s in Journalism from Stanford University in 2020. He covers Legal Affairs and writes long form Investigative stories. His occasional cartooning can be seen in Bay Area Sketchbook. Joe encourages readers to email him story ideas and leads at joe.dworetzky@baycitynews.com.

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