GOP leaders say that while the United States has always been an exceptional nation, eight years of bad policies and poor leadership under President Barack Obama have weakened the nation overseas and limited opportunities at home.
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It fell to Trump’s home state of NY, represented by a coterie of the candidate’s adult children, to hand him the majority-plus-one needed to clinch the nomination.
After Trump introduced his running mate – in a much shorter statement than the one he gave Saturday – Pence thanked his patron and added: “I’m convinced what begins in Cleveland will end in the White House”. The traditional alphabetical roll call of the states reached a crescendo when Trump’s home state of NY was slipped in out of order – also a tradition – put him over the 1,237 needed to claim the GOP crown. “We are so proud of him”.
As large and challenging as political conventions are, they pale in comparison with the scope of a president’s responsibilities, and sloppiness in Cleveland could hint at what a Trump presidency could look like. But their angry jeers triggered recriminations from other delegates.
“I’m disappointed”, said Senator Mike Lee of Utah. “But it is what it is”.
“In an unbelievable campaign field of 17 talented, dynamic candidates, we beat 15 of those candidates”, Cruz said.
But some delegates who supported others in the primaries were already lining up behind Trump.
Cruz’s comments sparked the NY delegation – those who clinched the nomination for their home state choice on Tuesday – to boo and chant “We Want Trump”, showing a bit of the dissension among the packed arena.
This comes after a series of denials and lies from the campaign and Republican surrogates that nothing was wrong, as Republican Party officials shook their heads at the Trump campaign’s hard-headedness.
Former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson commended Mr. Trump’s performance thus far and also offered a few suggestions.
“The Obama years are nearly over”.
The Independent has written about growing speculation McIver is simply an alias, a fictional name for the Trump campaign. Iowa delegate Cecil Stinemetz said he continues to believe Trump is “the worst nominee that we have put forward for the Republican Party in the history of the Republican Party”.
Donald Trump Jr., his eldest son and an executive vice president at The Trump Organization, cited his father’s business acumen and said his father approaches business projects the same way he has approached his campaign and life in general.
Before Trump emerged victorious, it had been a brutal week for the candidate.
His glamorous wife Melania Trump brought some pizzazz to the proceedings on opening night.
Frustrated with the party rules process binding them to vote for the candidate that won their state’s primary or caucus, a majority of delegates in ten states tried to force a state-by-state roll call vote in the hopes of changing those rules. It also once again raised questions about the competence of the Trump team.
Cruz’s speech comes after a vicious primary battle that saw the Texas senator, Trump and Ohio Gov. John Kasich fight for the nomination until early May and the IN primary, where Trump clinched the number of delegates he needed to win the nomination.
The married father of five touched on themes of economic inequality, job creation, promised healthcare for “our most vulnerable citizens” and to improve public education.
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McIver wrote them down and they were later incorporated into the speech given to the convention on Monday.
