What Are Some Take Aways from the RNC?

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….