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Opinion: Eight years late, Trump finally gets his coronation | The party loved Reagan, but what it has come to feel for Trump is closer to religious veneration.
The Washington Post ^
| July 17, 2024 at 5:37 p.m. EDT
| Karen Tumulty
Posted on 07/17/2024 4:23:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
MILWAUKEE — When the Republicans put the final gavel to the wreckage of their convention in Cleveland eight years ago, they were in a state of nuclear meltdown.
Yes, they had a nominee in reality television star Donald Trump. But the party itself was a collection of warring factions that agreed on little by way of principles, beyond their collective desire to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House.
Strategist David Urban, who helped organize the 2016 convention for Trump, recalls that the floor of Quicken Loans Arena felt like “enemy territory.” Tensions were thick between Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee. Even the normally rote process of passing a set of rules led to screaming matches between pro- and anti-Trump forces in the hall.
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As one Colorado delegate
told The Post: “I think the party is either in a major transition or in the throes of self-destruction.”
Now we know the answer: It was both.
At this week’s convention, voices of dissent are almost nowhere to be heard. Roaming the floor, I caught up with South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who was one of
Trump’s earliest backers in the GOP establishment. The governor has been to nine of these gatherings before, and “the spirit and enthusiasm in this one is the greatest I have ever seen,” he told me. “I don’t recall one quite like this one ever.”
On Thursday, when Trump formally accepts the Republican nomination for the third time in a row, the atmosphere on the convention floor will be euphoric. The ultimate showman will finally have the coronation that was denied him eight years ago and that had to be curtailed to an unsatisfying virtual event because of covid in 2020.
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The Washington Post is a specious source of information. Every word it publishes is either a lie or projection. Article presented for entertainment purposes only.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They’re so skeeeered!
FJB (Jeff Bezos)
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posted on
07/17/2024 4:26:06 PM PDT
by
right way right
(“May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope”)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Thanks for posting. I always am interested in what the other side is saying.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The GOPe leadership colluded with leftist democrats to hamstring President Trump. We all know who they are and the #NeverTrump traitors need to be ridiculed and marginalized for the next 4 years.
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posted on
07/17/2024 4:30:06 PM PDT
by
wildcard_redneck
(He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
To: All
They call Trump voters a cult but I can think of a few times where even his strongest supporters disliked some of his decisions.
Now leftists with Obama? They worshipped the ground he walked on.
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posted on
07/17/2024 4:31:23 PM PDT
by
escapefromboston
(Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Nobody worships a politician like a Democrat.
Roosevelt, anyone with the last name of Kennedy, Clinton and Obama.They slobber all over themselves.
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posted on
07/17/2024 4:31:27 PM PDT
by
CaptainK
("If life's really hard, at least its short")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They are scared to death.
They are about to lose their cushy anti American job and they know it!
They MISSED and it’s KILLING DEM!
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posted on
07/17/2024 4:38:15 PM PDT
by
Harpotoo
(Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
07/17/2024 4:39:40 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
(Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
07/17/2024 4:41:11 PM PDT
by
cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Karen has not enjoyed the MAGA infiltration of the Swamp R team
..
She’s got lots of company
To: E. Pluribus Unum
One thing that few people seem to take in context is that concept of the right man for the right time. I had a very high regard for Ronald Reagan and I think he was the best man for the job at that time. I also think he was one of our greatest presidents.
I think Donald Trump is vastly different from Ronald Reagan and yet he is the right man for the right time. And I think that if he has learned some lessons from his first tenure as president, that he will also be one of our greatest presidents.
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posted on
07/17/2024 4:45:04 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
("If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there")
To: escapefromboston
Yeah if Trump voters were such a cult why is that the people who were most against the Fauci ouchie probably Trump voters?
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Reading an article from the Washington Post is similar to being poked in the eye with a lit cigar.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
So say the WP cult members who knelt and grovelled at Obozo’s feet. Lolol.
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posted on
07/17/2024 4:51:56 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: escapefromboston
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posted on
07/17/2024 5:08:27 PM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Go away, “Karen” whoever…
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posted on
07/17/2024 5:08:27 PM PDT
by
exinnj
To: CaptainK
Just look at the cult of Obeyme.
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posted on
07/17/2024 5:09:28 PM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: Huskrrrr
>> Sad day at the ComPost.
“Thank you for calling the DC suicide hotline. Your call is important to us. Please remain on the line for the next available counselor. Current wait time is ... three ... hours...”
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posted on
07/17/2024 5:18:06 PM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Actually the GOPe hated Reagan, but the people so loved him they had to acquiesce to him.
The Republican Party is no the Reagan Party, as Trump has become the standard bearer for the direction of the party
I hope the change is a permanent one.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
“I think the party is either in a major transition or in the throes of self-destruction.”
That’s a fair statement. Fortunately, it was mostly the transition.
Sarah Palin types, Tea Party types, conservatives, evangelicals, and patriots have had a rough time. Trump was like an enema to the Republican Party. Messy and stinky but finally... some relief! The Bushes and the Neocons have been just about flushed away. If elected, maybe a second ‘flush’ will be in the works!
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