MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN
Posted on 07/16/2024 7:03:40 AM PDT by Lakeside Granny
Thanks for the thread and ping, Gran ... seeing RPOTUS, with his bandaged ear and strong resolve, made for such an emotional Day One closing. ❤️
The former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina governor was the last major rival against Trump in this year's primary contest. She waited two months after dropping out in March to say she would vote for him. Then last week, she announced she would instruct her convention delegates to vote for Trump but wasn't planning to attend the convention.
It wasn't until Sunday — hours after the shooting — that her office reversed itself and said she would speak.
It's likely that she will call on her party to show cohesion in the face of this fall's general election battle against President Joe Biden.
Many of the speeches Monday focused on economic policies and claims that Biden had mishandled the economy.
On Tuesday, the overview shifts to immigration and crime, according to Trump's campaign and the Republican National Committee, with the theme of “Make America Safe Once Again.”
Be on the lookout for speakers to argue that they have been damaged by Biden-era immigration policies. Trump and Republicans believe the border debate is among their strongest issues.
As part of a broader attempt to blame crime on border policies, expect speeches from family members of slain people in cases where immigrants in the U.S. illegally face criminal charges. Trump has repeatedly brought up the issue at rallies this year.
Last week, the Trump campaign and the RNC announced that the brother of Rachel Morin — a Maryland woman whom prosecutors say was killed and raped by a fugitive from El Salvador — would be one of the speakers at the convention. Officials say the suspect, Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, entered the U.S. illegally after allegedly killing a woman in his home country.
He was arrested last month in Oklahoma and charged with first-degree murder and rape in Morin's death.
The RNC hasn't released the day's full schedule
Convention organizers are not expected to announce who will speak on the event's second day until later Tuesday morning...
Not one scintilla of bias in that AP article./s
I can’t believe they’re letting Nimratta in the door.
She kept trying to get her guests to just dump on Trump, but these hard core liberals were all impressed with the production, particularly Trump's entrance. They were basically conceding that they have no hope of matching this at the DNC.
She kept trying to rile them up, like Belushi rallying the Deltas to go get the Germans, but she was on her own. They were sadly impressed by the event, and just beaten.
My friends, like many of you last month, I watched that giant masquerade ball up at Madison Square Garden – where 20,000 liberals and radicals came dressed up as moderates and centrists – in the greatest single exhibition of cross-dressing in American political history.
[5] One by one, the prophets of doom appeared at the podium. The Reagan decade, they moaned, was a terrible time in America; and they said the only way to prevent worse times is to turn our country’s fate and our country’s future over to the party that gave us McGovern, Mondale, Carter and Michael Dukakis. Where do they find these leaders?
I know! 🙃
Did she bring up the broken teleprompter?
That was the ONLY thing that went wrong one day one.
It was a glorious event/night made even more special with the appearance of our beloved President.
Nimratta came in 2nd place during primaries. That is a lot of voters! If Trump wants to win in 2024, he would be unwise to exclude any voting block, because the election will be close with lots of cheating in big cities.
Tuesday Night Gig, as always. However, I will be with you in spirit.
Maybe I’ll get cancelled tonight. Who knows. (see my new tagline)
Bfl
Thanks! I think the historic speech by the Teamster president was the highlight of the speeches yesterday, and portends well for Trump, even if he doesn’t get there endorsement, he clearly has their support. I have been reading more about Vance, had not been giving him much attention until he was nominated yesterday. The more I read, the more I like.
I think she will play nice. She has more self-respect and recognition of the unity required for the event than Ted Cruz back in 2016. She will not pull a Cruz.
I don’t understand the lack of a daily schedule. Surely they have it scripted out already.
Any recommended livestreams?
The Teamster guy should have closed his Pie Hole about 1/2 way thru this Speech!!!
I don't know about you all, but wow my energy has been drained the past few days with the emotion of this all... Not that it is BAD..lol.. The convention was a " GOD experience" yesterday!! I expect the same today.
At least she’s not speaking on a day focusing on foreign policy.
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