Posted on 07/18/2024 10:17:01 PM PDT by bitt
Former President Donald Trump took the stage in the final hour of the Republican National Convention Thursday and delivered a deeply heartfelt, and harrowing, address just days after he miraculously survived an assassin’s bullet — vowing to heal and unite the country.
The powerful speech, which he wrote after his terrifying near-death experience, was a departure from his usual bombastic and brazen rhetoric. He only referred to his political foe, President Biden, by name once — but avoided any of the sneering nicknames he has used to denounce the president in the past, such as “Crooked Joe.”
Instead, he spoke to the nation about the need for “unity” and recounted how Saturday’s events impacted him as he laid out a path forward for America. It was his first public address since surviving the assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania last Saturday.
“I stand before you this evening with a message of confidence, strength, and hope,” Trump began. “Together, we will launch a new era of safety, prosperity and freedom for citizens of every race, religion, color, and creed.”
“The discord and division in our society must be healed. As Americans, we are bound together by a single fate and a shared destiny. We rise together. Or we fall apart,” he said, noting that he’s running for “all” of America in his unification call.
“I am running to be president for all of America — not half of America, because there is no victory in winning for half. So tonight, with faith and devotion, I proudly accept your nomination for president.”
His entrance onto the stage was marked with rapturous applause from the RNC delegates, who were packed in tight into the convention hall.
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AT TIMES, YOU COULDN’T HEAR A PIN DROP.
Wow! Excellent!
Best speech ever
It was an awesome speech. No blips, stutters, but only confidence and resolve. Also, thankfulness. It was about we and us, not him.
It was a wonderful night. Tears.
Trump is a different man now.
“None of us knows God’s plan, or where life’s adventure will take us. But if the events of last Saturday make anything clear, it is that every single moment we have on earth is a gift from God. We have to make the most of every day for the people and country we love,” he continued.
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One of the best parts of his speech, in my opinion.
Sorry, Mr. President.
Your unity speech was delusional.
350 million hugely divergent people cannot be peacefully governed as one nation.
In addition, the USA Political Left is pathologically dishonest.
Unless planned parenthood’s big money maker, the chemical abortion denies you another moment. So murder in the womb is the new conservative. #GodlessGOP #WalkAwayChurch
Trump accepts GOP nomination with meandering RNC speech, his first since assassination attempt
Yes, now is the time for unity.
But in 2025, with a clear mandate, the extermination of the Deep state can proceed.
Unity in this country is a fool’s errand, and besides, who wants unity with filth?
Glad our Founding Fathers didn’t think that way.
Deep State and their allies are our enemy.
Not fellow citizens we happen to disagree with on a variety of subjects.
Think about this for a moment...
If enough Americans were willing to go along with Deep State’s plans for our nation...
THEN WHY IN HADES DOES DEEP STATE HAVE TO STEAL OUR ELECTIONS?!
Jeez louise, there was always the chance that we would someday vote ourselves into extinction.
But that is NOT what has happened.
We did NOT vote for this ****.
We all can, should, and absolutely need to unite around Trump and MAGA.
And I’m happy to stand should to shoulder with everyone willing to do so.
Restoration of the republic comes first.
We can sort the rest out later.
Yeah he meandered away from the lectern to show the firefighting uni of the murdered father Corey Comperatore. /sarc
:NeverTrumpin':
Do not waste time....for it is the very thing life is made of.- Ben Franklin.
Trump talked way too long. Should have been 45 min tops. So many awesome speakers at RNC, Kai, WWII vet, Teamsters Pres, Madeline Brahm. Vance was good. Trump started off great then on and on people falling asleep.
Barron noticeably absent? Not a good look. Melania again?
If they feel asleep, then they saw the part of the speech that President Trump wanted them to see,
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