Trump opening GOP convention with call for law and order
The passages in question focus on lessons that Mrs. Trump, the wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said she learned from her parents and the relevance of their lessons in her experience as a mother.
Republican leaders hope the convention centers instead on the glue that does unite the party’s factions: disdain for Hillary Clinton. Mike Lee, a key Cruz supporter as delegates on both sides of the row tried to work out of happen, amid roughly 10 minutes of uncertainty in which a jazz band played on stage, amid scenes of seething anger and confusion on the convention floor. “He will never, ever let you down”, she said.
A auto carrying some of Donald Trump’s campaign staff was involved in a minor accident on the way from Trump Tower in NY to LaGuardia Airport. Trying to quash the rebelling delegates, his son and adviser Donald Trump Jr said on Twitter, “Your careers are over”.
“You have turned this unlikely campaign into a movement that is still gaining in strength and number. the primary season and its toughness is behind us”.
In scenes of disorder not seen in a Republican convention in several decades, hundreds of delegates, most opposed to Trump, waved their fists and angrily screamed for a roll call vote on the convention rules. Watch for the most die-hard anti-Trump delegates to cause a ruckus, and expect plenty of corny references to a state’s famous foods or prized natural wonders.
Trump’s team, working with the Republican National Committee, attempted to broker a deal with anti-Trump forces during the Rules Committee meeting last week. The Buckeye State also played host to the 1876, 1924 and 1936 Republican National Conventions in Cincinnati (’76) and Cleveland (’24 and ’36).
“Who would trust Hillary Clinton to protect them?”
Convention organizers have also been seeking to prevent problems outside the hall.
“If Hilary Clinton can’t give us the truth, why should we give her the presidency”, Pat Smith said.
Over angry and prolonged objections from anti-Donald Trump forces, Republican Party leaders approved rules for their national convention on Monday and rejected a demand for a state-by-state roll call vote, a discordant start to a gathering created to project unity. The spokesman says Trump has given to other New Jersey charities, including a foundation dedicated to the governor’s mansion.
Convention speakers relentlessly cast the troubling times as a result of ineffective leadership by President Barack Obama and Clinton, who spent four years in his administration.
Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort said the roll call push “was not about Trump”. “Her judgment and character are not suited to be sitting in the most powerful office in the world”, said Sen.
Her speech also drew attention after the discovery that two passages of her remarks matched almost word-for-word the speech that first lady Michelle Obama delivered in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention.
The Cliff’s Notes version of Monday evening’s near-three-hour parade of speakers: Hillary Clinton can’t be trusted, can’t keep Americans secure.
Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan waves a “Terrible Towel” during a breakfast with Pennsylvania delegates during the first day of the RNC. The Democrats stage their own convention next week in Philadelphia.
A spokesman for Chris Christie says the New Jersey governor was mistaken when he referred to a donation made by Donald Trump to Superstorm Sandy relief efforts.
The vote is sought by anti-Donald Trump delegates who want the ability to vote for someone other than Trump.