The National Republican Convention (RNC) is meeting this week in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Yesterday, there were two big events: the announcement of Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as Donald Trump’s pick for vice president and the appearance of Trump at the convention. Fred Lucas and Tyler O’Neil authored an article that was published in The Daily Signal today, and their article discussed ten key takeaways from Day 2 at the RNC.
1. The Haley Endorsement
[Nikki Haley was a fierce competitor with
Trump for the Republican votes, but he asked her to speak to the convention in
the name of unity.]
She said her message to Trump’s critics is
this: “You don’t have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him.”
“I haven’t always agreed with Trump, but
we agree more often than we disagree,” Haley added….
“We agree that Democrats have moved so far
to the left that they’re putting our freedoms in danger,” she added.
2. Steve Scalise’s Brush with Death
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise
recalled his own brush with death seven years ago in remarks at the Republican National
Convention on Tuesday night, just three days after an assassination attempt on
former President Donald Trump….
“Many of you know I was the survivor of a
politically motivated shooting in 2017,” the Louisiana lawmaker said. “Not many
know that while I was fighting for my life, Donald Trump was one of the first
to come and console my family in the hospital.” …
“That’s the kind of leader he is.
Courageous under fire, compassionate toward others,” Scalise said….
3. ‘Thorough Investigation’
House Speaker Mike Johnson pledged Tuesday
night that the House of Representatives would conduct an “immediate and
thorough investigation” into security failures by the Secret Service prior to
the assassination attempt Saturday evening on former President Donald Trump….
The House Oversight and Accountability
Committee, which oversees the U.S. Secret Service, has already announced it
would investigate what mistakes the agency made in its efforts to secure the
rally….
4. Division, Exclusion, Indoctrination
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted
Democrats for their support of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” policies in
schools, the military, and other institutions.
“They stand for DEI, which really means
division, exclusion, and indoctrination, and it is wrong,” DeSantis said….
“They mandated that you show proof of a
COVID vaccine to go to a restaurant, but they oppose requiring proof of
citizenship to cast a vote.” …
DeSantis … [was a presidential challenger
to Trump.] He quickly endorsed Trump upon dropping out….
5. GOP Governors
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stirred the Milwaukee audience of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday
night, as she touted GOP governors nationally and asserted that former
President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt by divine providence….
6. Vivek’s Message for Black Americans
Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek
Ramaswamy spoke directly to groups of Americans often considered liberal and
Democratic: blacks, immigrants, millennials, and Gen. Z….
“Our message to black Americans is this: The
media has tried to convince you for decades that Republicans don’t care about
your neighborhoods, but we do … We want for you what we want for every American:
safe neighborhoods, clean streets, good jobs, a better life for your children,
and a justice system that treats everyone equally, regardless of your skin
color, and regardless of your political beliefs.” …
“Our message to every legal immigrant is
this: You’re like my parents,” Ramaswamy said. “You deserve the opportunity to
secure a better life for your children in America.”
“But our message to illegal immigrants is
also this: We will return you to your country of origin, not because you’re all
bad people, but because you broke the law, and the United States of America was
founded on the rule of law,” he declared….
7. Carson Quotes Isaiah
Former Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Ben Carson referenced the Old Testament book of Isaiah when speaking
about both Democratic lawfare and an assassination attempt against former
President Donald Trump.
“It says, ‘No weapon formed against you
shall prosper,’” Carson, a world-renowned former neurosurgeon, said Tuesday at
the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
“Let me tell you the weapons they tried to
use: First, they tried to ruin his reputation, and he’s more popular now than
ever,” said Carson …
“Then they tried to bankrupt him, and he’s
got more money now than he had before,” Carson said to a roar of approval from
the crowd. “Then they tried to put him in prison, and he’s freer and has made
other people free with him.” …
“Then, last weekend they tried to kill
him, and there he is, over there, alive and well,” Carson said to the former
president in the audience….
8. Trump’s Daughter-in-Law
Lara Trump told delegates and others in
the audience at the Republican National Convention that she initially had
prepared a “very different speech” than the one she delivered Tuesday night.
The daughter-in-law of former President
Donald Trump and co-chairman of the
Republican National Committee shared the
shock of the assassination attempt on husband Eric Trump’s father late Saturday
afternoon.
“Our family has faced our fair share of
death threats,” she said….
“If Donald Trump has shown us anything, it’s
that when it feels impossible to keep going, those are the times we must keep
going.”
9. Haley Praises Trump on National
Security
… “I had a front row seat to his national
security policies. We sure could use those again,” said Haley….
10. Rubio’s Tribute to Slain Fireman
Sen. Marco Rubio paid tribute to the
former fire chief killed Saturday afternoon in the assassination attempt on
former President Donald Trump in remarks Tuesday….
Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief in
Buffalo Township in Pennsylvania, was killed at the Trump rally in Butler,
Pennsylvania. He was attending the rally with his family….
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