The night of the Republican National Convention ended on a more positive note than the first night.
Tuesday is the time for the first girl, Melania Trump, to not only offer a more non-public and kinder portrait of the commander-in-chief, but also to expand President Donald Trump’s appeal among women.
His speech also an opportunity for redemption.
“Donald and I are also encouraged by the millions of Americans who wake up every day with an undeniable but courageous purpose of supporting and protecting their families,” he said. “You are the backbone of the country. They are the other people who continue to make the United States of America what they are.”
On Tuesday, between highly choreographed segments and long-standing non-compliance, culminating in Ms. Trump’s speech at the White House on Tuesday, the president was still close.
Trump gave the impression sporadically to the production: granting a pardon, performing a rite of naturalization in the White House, and once back when his wife rose to the level to advocate for re-election. His “surprise” appearances have been a reminder of how much this year’s rally revolves around him, it’s his exhibition, just four years after the interruptions in the conference room, and public presentations of discord have undermined his first celebration.
These are the main problems from the time of night of the RNC:
Melania Trump is in the spotlight
Four years after her debatable 2016 speech, which eclipsed through party plagiarism accusations from the 2008 conference speech of former first girl Michelle Obama, and the dark tenor that ruled the first night of this year’s conference, Ms. Trump has delivered a much more positive speech.
“As first lady, I was lucky enough to see the American dream come true over and over again,” she said from the newly renovated rose garden. “After many experiences, I don’t know if I can completely how many other people I take home with me at my center every day.”
Ms. Trump was the headliner of the night, a departure from the low profile that the first girl regularly maintains, to focus on why her husband, the Republican nominee, is re-elected.
“I don’t want to use this precious time to attack the other side. We saw last week that this kind of communication only serves to divide the country further,” Trump said. “I’m here because we want my husband to be president and commander-in-chief for 4 years. It’s the most productive thing for our country.”
She also used recent protests against racial inequality to urge the country to be informed from beyond, another technique of her husband, who has a penchant for stoking racial divisions.
“Like all of you, I have reflected on the racial riots in our country. It’s a raw truth that we’re not proud of parts of our history. I inspire them in the long term as they learn from the past,” he said. I.
The first girl also made the highest direct appeal to the women of the country, asking Trump for another four years.
“For moms and parents all over the world, you are warriors. In my husband, you have a president who won’t help fighting for you and your families,” she said. “If you tell him it can’t be done, he just works harder.
A ‘personal capacity’ and official affairs
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the Republican demonstration beyond the boardwalk, a move that no other active secretary of state has made in fashion history that attracted scrutiny even before the pre-recorded speech was published.
“I’m talking about beautiful Jerusalem, with a view of the Old City,” he said, nodding to the complaint about his unprecedented speech from foreign soil at the convention. “I have a great Task Array … like Susan’s husband and Nick’s father! They are safer and their freedoms safer because President Trump has put his vision of “America first” into practice. This probably wouldn’t have made it popular in all countries. foreign capital, but it worked. “
During an official abroad, Pompeo’s participation in perhaps the ultimate political occasion of the election season generated considerations about him, blurring the barriers between his official office and his non-public affairs.
For the most sensible American diplomat, it hasn’t been for a long time that it’s been about taking part in openly component events. The last six secretaries of state did not even attend the conference of their constituents to avoid sounding political.
A RNC official told ABC News before the start of Tuesday night’s festivities that “Pompeo’s private attorneys, state, RNC and White House attorneys have worked on this appearance to make it legal and appropriate, adding the variety and approval of the comments. . “
The official added that “no taxpayer resources were used to film or produce the speech” and that “all related prices are paid through the RNC.”
House Democrats, led by Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat, a senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, have opened an investigation into Pompeo’s participation in the Israel conference and are seeking more on any internal legal oversight of the decision. whether a staff member was concerned in preparing his speech and whether his participation had an effect on planning his vacation in the region.
Trump, leading the small
Despite his wealth, ivy League education and celebrity standing before the White House, Trump was promoted through speakers Tuesday night as someone who not only understands the demanding situations Americans face, but is the best fighter on his behalf.
Tiffany Trump, the president’s youngest daughter, said her father has assumed “the establishment” and “doesn’t shy away from challenges.”
Eric Trump, the president’s eldest son and executive vice president of the Trump organization, echoed his sister’s comments saying, “My father got away, not because he needed the job, but because he knew that the workers on the other side this wonderful country was left behind.”
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said he was surprised at how much the president seemed to be a “normal guy” when he first met him: he has his own plane and helicopter.
He said he witnessed the president’s empathy first-hand at Dover Air Force Base when the bodies of two were brought back to the United States to be reunited with their families.
“I’ll never do that night. I can tell you that the president has not only felt the pain of these families, but that the president is committed to ending this war,” the senator said.
Speaking of the devastation that Iowans recently suffered after a right-handed coup, which destroyed millions of acres of crops and caused the loss of strength of thousands of people, Gov. Kim Reynolds said that not only were Iowans there for everyone else, but it also counted on the assistance and president.
“The people of Iowa did what is expected of the people of Iowa: they helped each other. But someone else also supported us: our president,” he said. “When the winds stopped burning and the cleanliness was just beginning, he appeared.”
Jason Joyce, an eighth-generation lobster fisherman in Maine, said no Trump in 2016, but since the president reached an agreement with the industry to end Maine’s lobster tariffs, Joyce is convinced that Trump is following at least one of his cross phrases: “Promises made, promises fulfilled.”
“As long as Trump is president, the families of fishermen like mine will have a voice,” Joyce said. “When he sees something is wrong, he’s afraid to fix it. Listen to the workers.”
Openings for the black vote
Republicans are gambled timidly as they try to destroy the main district of Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s base: black voters.
Early in the evening, Jon Ponder’s pardon sought to highlight the president’s history of criminals, who was the signing of the First Step Act, to attract African-Americans at a time when the country is reflecting on its tenuous history with racial equality.
After an evening with several black speakers, Daniel Cameron, Kentucky’s attorney general (and the first African-American to hold office), joined the ranks Tuesday to reject the concept that the black electorate has its roots in the Democratic Party.
“I think of my ancestors who fought for freedom. And thinking of those giants and their broad shoulders, I also think of Joe Biden, who says, “If you don’t vote for me, you’re not black,” Cameron said. “Who said there is no ‘diversity’ of idea in the black networkArray … You can’t tell me how to vote for the color of my skin.”
He also sought to contrast Trump’s record with Biden’s statements about the race, for which the former vice president has since apologized. But Trump’s own rhetoric overshadows his achievements in unscrupulous justice, describing protesters in the past as “thugs” and “an angry mob” seeking to “erase our history.”
Cameron’s presence at the conference renewed the complaint of his central role in overseeing the investigation into the death of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old black EMT, who died when Louisville police shot him at his home. Cameron has faced increasing tension in imposing rates that oppose officials amid national protests spurred in part by Taylor’s death.
But the rising goP star, which won the task across the state in 2019, the same year Democrats outperformed Republicans in major suburbs, served to counter considerations about suburban voters opposed to the REPUBLICAN Party and continue Trump’s campaign efforts to woo the black electorate. a Base of the Democratic Party.
Cameron has portrayed Trump as the presidential candidate capable of advancing the country, especially for black communities.
“Joe Biden is a retrograde philosopher in a world that yearns for forward-thinking leadership. There is no wisdom in his record or in his plan, just a trail of discredited concepts and offensive statements,” he said. “I ask you to issue a judgment on the record of corrupt judicial reform: Joe Biden was unable to do so, but President Trump did.”
Everyday Americans at the forefront of introducing new beginnings
The theme of the night of the republican conference was “America: Land of Opportunity,” and it was the Americans who most personified it.
At the beginning of the evening’s programming, the President witnessed a pre-recorded video in which he extended his absolute power, forgiveness, to give a new beginning to Ponder’s life.
Ponder, a convicted felon who was arrested for a series of bank robberies, described how a sentence handed down to him from a 23-year sentence in a maximum-security federal prison, opting to impose a less serious sentence. Since then, Ponder said he had worked to replace his life.
Ponder has introduced a nonprofit called HOPE for Prisoners, which seeks to help men and women like him return to life after his incarceration. But even after prison, Ponder still thought of him as a convicted felon, until the president acted and stripped him of that etiquette.
“As Jon says, HOPE for Prisoners is a motion that like a dream in a small crime cell, and now makes a difference in the lives of thousands of people,” Trump said. “Jon, we honor your determination to make them look like returning citizens so they don’t forget.”
Chris Peterson, a Midwest milk producer, said Trump “became president of the Great Depression for Wisconsin’s milk producers.”
Peterson, focusing on Trump’s economy before COVID, said the president had brought an “economic boom” and, with it, a new hope for milk producers like her and her family.
“As a businessman, President Trump understands that agriculture is a complex, capital-intensive and complicated business. More than any president in my life, he identified the importance of farmers and agriculture,” he said.
“You followed the rules, you obeyed the laws. They learned their story, embraced our values and proved they are men and women of integrity,” Trump said in a pre-recorded video of the ceremony. “It has earned the most valuable, valuable, valuable and invaluable asset in the world: it is called American citizenship.”
The evening also highlighted the president’s movements in the face of the opioid crisis.
Ryan Holets, a police officer from Albuquerque, New Mexico, talked about answering a call at the beginning of his shift and reuniting a very pregnant homeless woman named Crystal who was about to inject heroin, a moment that not only replaced her life but replaced her and her long-year-old daughter’s. Crystal collapsed, told Holets that she “loved her unborn baby” and sought a circle of relatives to adopt her, and Holets said her circle of relatives would.
“Today, our daughter, Hope, is 2 years old in full swing. Crystal is fast reaching 3 years of recovery,” Holets said, congratulating the president on the steps he has taken to combat america’s opioid epidemic and presenting it as a beacon. opportunity for the country.
“We are fortunate, United States, to have a president who cares deeply about the oppressed and works tirelessly to find solutions,” he said. “President Trump is the leader we’ve wanted for the last 4 years, and he’s the leader we want for the next 4.”
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