Anderson Cooper Scoffs at DNC Claim Biden Delay Caused by ‘Raucous Applause’

Anderson Cooper laughed off the excuse from Democratic National Committee organizers that the delay in starting Joe Biden’s speech was because of all the “raucous applause.”

It looked for a while that the president’s speech on Monday evening could be pushed past midnight on the East Coast, but a DNC statement saying the “electric atmosphere” in the convention hall was partly to blame caused some mirth among the CNN panel kept waiting to deliver their verdicts on the opening night highlight.

“By the way,” said CNN anchor Cooper, chuckling, “I see a report that convention officials are saying that the reason went it long is because of all the ‘raucous applause.’

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