The 1968 DNC protests gave us Nixon. We don't need a 2024 repeat.

The 2024 Democratic Convention, which begins today in Chicago, will be almost uniquely without suspense.

Vice Pres. Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz have already been nominated for president and vice president in an online vote, so we will not see the usual state-by-state floor tally. Inside the hall, the event will be a celebration of Harris’s historic nomination, along with spirited denunciations of the election deniers on the other side.

Outside the hall, however, things may be different.