The floor of the Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland roared.
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That followed a day in which Republicans scrambled to defend Melania Trump’s primetime address against charges of plagiarism.
But as the lights went up Tuesday on the second night of the convention here, and the party formally nominated Trump as its presidential nominee, signs of the internal strife that have plagued the GOP for months remain ubiquitous – an ominous backdrop as Trump looks to November.
The plagiarism accusations centered on Monday night’s well-received speech by Trump’s wife, Melania.
Mr Trump trails Mrs Clinton in many opinion polls after a bruising Republican primary season.
Ken Cope, a delegate from Midlothian, Texas, said an effort to protest Trump’s nomination would have wasted time and strengthened Clinton’s hand. Two of Trump’s children testified to his character, casting him as a man undeterred by challenges.
Trump’s oldest child, Donald Trump Jr., brought down the house with a speech that lauded his father’s business successes from a personal perspective. Cruz was more successful in such contests than in ones also open to voters who aren’t registered Republicans. But despite her declining popularity, she just needs to be slightly more likable than Donald Trump in order to win the White House.
Many Republican leaders stayed away from the convention, still wary of being associated with the divisive candidate and unsure how his nomination impacts their own political futures. In addition to lauding the country’s law enforcement and expressing disappointment with presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, Giuliani spoke of his confidence in Donald Trump. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has been a lukewarm supporter of Trump, was greeted with a smattering of boos as he took the stage. So as the convention chairman calls the roll of the states Tuesday evening – a usually formulaic ritual marked with a bit more suspense this year – the outcome is all but certain.
Republicans are also set to place in nomination Indiana Governor Mike Pence, Trump’s choice for his vice-presidential running mate. Rows of banquet chairs lined up for an event hosted by the group Women Vote Trump are empty. President Barack Obama was accused in 2008 of taking a line from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, which Obama admitted but downplayed. Jeff Sessions of Alabama. “Over the phone”, Ms. Trump “read me some passages from Mrs. Obama’s speech as examples”.
“Weakness, decline, and ultimately, chaos and oblivion”. Famously, George W. Bush moved to Washington in 1987 to work on his father’s presidential campaign full time. “But, ladies and gentlemen, that is about to change”. “Over The Top” was splashed across the convention’s big screens, and the convention band began playing “New York, New York”. Four of his children joined the state’s delegation on the convention floor for the historic moment and appeared overwhelmed with emotion.
Dole said he believes that “People are angry”. She praised his “simple goodness” and his loyalty to and love of family – while noting the “drama” that comes with Trump in politics.
Donald Trump, a real-estate developer, TV personality, and political novice, was formally nominated as the 2016 Republican presidential candidate Tuesday night in Cleveland after his campaign and party officials quashed the remnants of a movement to block his ascension.
The delegates who had for weeks pushed to overthrow Trump at the convention saw their last attempts end with a whimper. Campaign officials invested significant time arguing to delegates about the importance of presenting a unite front during the televised convention.
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Underscoring the problems Trump has faced with U.S. allies overseas, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Trump threatened USA and world security with his “politics of fear and isolation”.
