After watching Republicans invoke Hillary Clinton’s name almost 300 times in just four days last week at their convention, Democrats returned the favor on day one of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
The terms “Donald,” “Trump” or “Donald Trump” appeared in an ABC News transcript of the DNC 138 times unique times on Monday, including references to the Republican nominee as well as buildings, the university named for Trump and even the businessman’s line of steaks.
Among notable speakers during the evening session of the convention, Trump was extremely popular. Major speakers such as New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker -- who used Trump’s name nine times -- and Minnesota Sen. Al Franken -- 13 -- repeatedly referred to the rival candidate as they compared his campaign to that of Hillary Clinton. Franken humorously noted he was a student of Trump University.
“The pride of Trump University, of course, is its library, located on a shelf in a closet on the third floor of Trump Tower,” said Franken. “All of Mr. Trump’s bestsellers are available for sale at a special rate.”
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren made the most total mentions of Trump, with 22. Warren is a frequent combatant of Trump’s on Twitter and she wasn’t afraid to call him out during her nearly 20 minutes behind the microphone.
“You're struggling to put your kids through college, and Donald Trump thinks he needs a million dollar tax break,” said Warren. “Trump's entire campaign is just one more late-night Trump infomercial.”
Warren’s 22 references to Trump were just one shy of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s 23 references to Hillary Clinton, the highest number of mentions of the other party’s nominee so far through both conventions.
Absent from the list of speakers who mentioned Trump was First Lady Michelle Obama, who refrained from specifically referring to the Republican candidate. Obama did speak of Trump's signature slogan however.
"Don't let anyone ever tell you that this country isn't great, she said. "That somehow we need to make it great again, because this right now is the greatest country on Earth."
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