Republicans are wrapping a nominating convention that has celebrated former President Donald Trump not just as a party leader but a living martyr who survived a would-be assassin’s bullet and is ready to work for everyday Americans after a sweeping victory in November.
Trump arrives at Republican convention ahead of accepting GOP nomination for president again. His campaign says Trump will watch a few speeches from the friends and family box before returning to a hold room to greet his wife, Melania, when she arrives.Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump attends the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee.
On Thursday, ahead of Trump’s nomination acceptance speech, his personal friend Steve Witkoff described a lover of music, “a man whose truth is marching on ... a man who in the darkest hours shows up, listens and always acts.”Pastor Lorenzo Sewell talked of Trump visiting his mostly Black congregation: “He came to the ‘hood because he cares about average, everyday Americans.”
The delicate balance for Republicans was illuminated in the middle of all those speeches hailing a softer Trump, when a video and voice of the 45th president filled the arena. “We must use every appropriate tool available to beat the Democrats,” a stern-looking Trump said. “They are destroying our country. ... They do cheat. And, frankly, it’s the only thing they do well. ... Swamp them — they can’t cheat.
But there’s a difference in selling Trump as someone who leverages his aggressiveness on behalf of those “everyday Americans” and one who uses hyperbolic attack lines on whole classes of Americans and is still fighting over a presidential election that he lost. Voters who believe Trump’s false assertions about 2020 and relish his attack lines are already in his corner.
Trump, giving his first speech after the assassination attempt, chose Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White to introduce him before his party’s presidential nomination. That’s a sharp departure from the typical choice of a family member or prominent politician. Thursday’s lineup also included figures from the world of wrestling, including retired wrestler Hogan, Linda McMahon, the former president and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., and a musician Kid Rock, who has ties to WWE and was inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame.
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