LIVE THREAD:RNC National Convention Day 1 July 18, 2016

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[nikos1121]

TODAY’s SCHEDULE July 18, 2016 Monday

• 1 p.m.: Convention officially opens

• TBA: Speech by Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton

• TBA: Speech by Jamiel Shaw, father to 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw Jr., who was killed by an undocumented immigrant

• TBA: Speech by Willie Robertson, star of A&E’s hit cable show Duck Dynasty

• TBA: Speech by Gov. Rick Perry, former Governor of Texas

• TBA: Speech by Marcus Luttrell, U.S. Navy SEAL (Retired)

• TBA: Speech by Scott Baio, actor and producer (best remembered for the 80s sitcom, Charles in Charge

• TBA: Speech by Kent Terry and Kelly Terry-Willis, brothers to border patrol agent Brian Terry who was killed by Mexican drug dealers

• TBA: Speech by Antonio Sabato, Jr., actor and model

• TBA: Speech by Mary Ann Mendoza, mother of Mesa County Police Sergeant Brandon Mendoza, who was killed when a car driven by a drunk illegal crashed into his

• TBA: Speech by Sabine Durden, mother of Dominic Durden, who was killed after being hit by a truck driven by unlicensed, uninsured, and unregistered illegal immigrant.

• TBA: Speech by Michael McCaul, six-term U.S. Representative from Texas and Chair of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee.

• TBA: Speech by David Clarke, Sheriff of Milwaukee County

• TBA: Speech by Sean Duffy, U.S. Representative for Wisconsin’s 7th District

• TBA: Speech by Darryl Glenn, El Paso County Commissioner and GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate

• TBA: Speech by Karen Vaughn, mother of U.S. Navy SEAL Aaron Carson Vaughn (SEAL Team VI), who was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan

• TBA: Speech by Jeff Sessions, U.S. Senator from Alabama, members of the Armed Services, Budget and Judiciary Committees, and the first Senator to endorse Mr.Trump

• TBA: Speech by Rudy Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York City

• TBA: Speech by Melania Trump, Wife of Donald Trump and Entrepreneur

• TBA: Speech by Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, U.S. Army (Retired), former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency

• TBA: Speech by Joni Ernst, the first female U.S. Senator from Iowa and the first female combat vet in the Senate

• TBA: Speech by Jason Beardsley, Operations Army vet, entrepreneur and advisor to Concerned Veterans for America

• TBA: Speech by Ryan Zinke, U.S. Representative for Montana and former Navy SEAL

Survivors of the Benghazi attacks:

• TBA: Speech by Mark Geist, Member of Benghazi Annex Security Team and Co-Author of 13 Hours

• TBA: Speech by John Tiegen, Member of Benghazi Annex Security Team Security and Military Consultant

• TBA: Speech by Pat Smith (mother of the late Sean Smith, information Management Officer, United States Foreign Service)

[STARLIT]

MUCH BETTER! THANKS! Come here Mr. Peabody!

[Albion Wilde]

I switched to youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdm8iZeh_XY
to avoid having to listen to the CBS talking heads’ interruptions.

[STARLIT]

Thanks too. It’s much better!

[Albion Wilde]

McConnell’s nomination to chair the meeting got a lot of nays, but Reince blew past them.

[STARLIT]

WOW!

Did you-all here the No's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He laughed but it was a BIG STATEMENT I think those were TRUMP delegates!!!!!!!!!!! Boos for Mitch from Kentucky

[BigEdLB]

Ben Jacksasse is there? Who knew?

[Albion Wilde]

He really should have taken a second vote on McConnell, if that is permissible under the rules.

[STARLIT]

Turning Fox off! Going off the convention , Its convention news NOT Fox garbage time.

[Lakeside Granny]

Switched from FNC to C-Span to hear and see what is going on without all the chit chat.

Am leaving soon to have lunch with a bunch of friend school teachers. (So wonderful to have retired this past year.)

Am looking forward to catching up and all your great comments when I get back.

[JeffAtlanta]

I think it would be best if Romney and his cult stayed far away, as they scare Independents, who will decide this election.

Exactly. Independents and Reagan Democrats should be the target, not trying to appease the establishment or purists.

[hoosiermama]

Got my salads done for the week
Made a tuna salad
Potatoe
And mozzerella tomatoe

Keep me from staving till at least Wednesday.
Lots of fruits to snack on. Apple Acres peaches are ripe. And delicious as always.

[Pollard]

Anyone got clues as to what all these committees do? I’ve never watched one of these.

[STARLIT]

YES, if it's really a democratically ran convention! Mitch Mcconnell vote?

[TheNext]

Great audio download.

I hope Trump Right Side / Youtube will organize the audio in 1 or 2 hr blocks. Chop it up but keep the order.

[MEG33]

CSPAN is best!

[NELSON111]

Can anyone tell me when the actual delegate votes will be cast? When does the floor vote happen?

[nclaurel]

I was screaming nay here at home about Mitch.

[mabelkitty]

They weren’t asked, I’m sure.
They have to defend why they are not there, and attending without speaking will lead to lots of questions.

Let’s be honest here: Who really believes that Romney or Bush were asked to speak? There is no way in hell they were even considered.

[mouse1]

Hi Ray. Glad you’re back. We missed you.

[Albion Wilde]

G. E. Smith in the SNL days -- he has hardly changed, even though he is around 64 years old now. So he was 6 years younger than his first wife Gilda Radner.

G.E. Smith official web site

That means he was barely out of his teens when he started on SNL. Wikipedia says his real name is George Edward Haddad, and that he is a Lebanese American. Who knew?

I've always been a great fan of his.