CHICAGO — You wouldn’t know it from inside the United Center, the arena where the 2024 Democratic National Convention was held, but for viewers at home, the opening night stretched on for far too long.
Inside the packed stadium, thousands of amped up Democrats met each speaker with raucous cheers — including a surprise brief speech by the nominee herself, Vice President Kamala Harris. But as Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) took the stage around 10 p.m. CT — after 11 p.m. for those watching on the East Coast — viewers on social media began to object to an event that was, by that point, an hour behind schedule.