Editor’s note: Essex Porter has more than 30 years of political reporting experience at KIRO 7 and will be reporting live from the Republican National Convention from July 18-21 and from the and Democratic National Convention July 25th- 28th.
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“I think it was very poor form by her”, delegate Eric Minor said.
The speech was also a cavalcade of racist dreck, so blatant that former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke tweeted, “Couldn’t have said it better”, right after the Republican presidential nominee finished speaking.
Other Alabamians harshly criticized the Texas senator.
“Cruz’s broken pledge to support the will of the people tonight was one of those career-ending “read my lips” moments”.
We could feel the restlessness on the floor as the speech went on without an endorsement.
This was clearly Ivanka’s moment to convince American women that Donald Trump is their candidate, and she seized it. It remains to be seen whether American women will be convinced.
But portraying Donald Trump as a champion of women’s issues and childcare won’t turn him into one. “We have a lot of work to do” in terms of electing more women to office, Hagan said.
“All I did was point out the fact that on the cover of the National Enquirer there was a picture of him and insane Lee Harvey Oswald having breakfast”, the GOP nominee said.
Hutchison said Cruz looked surprised, and that his wife, Heidi, told Hutchison she was wrong. Yaudas came into the convention with deep misgivings about whether Trump is a true conservative, and she said she found some reassurance in the speeches by Trump’s children.
“My father not only has the strength and ability necessary to be the next president, but also the kindness and compassion that will enable him to be the leader that this country needs”, said the elegant blonde. So have comments he’s made throughout the campaign, like alluding to Fox anchor Megyn Kelly’s period, or his admission that he’d date his daughter if they weren’t related. The invite-only event, billed as a thank you reception for supporters and staff at Trump’s Cleveland hotel, at first looked like it would simply consist of Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence, making perfunctory remarks saluting the convention and pledging to win in November.
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But she is still not on board the “Trump train”. “There are things that he has said that I don’t agree with and that I wish he had not said”.
