Of 71 prime-time speakers scheduled to speak at the four-day convention in Cleveland, Politico said only seven are black.
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“Disgraceful” is one of the kinder words that Trump supporters are using to describe Ted Cruz’s speech before the National Convention on Wednesday night, in which he pointedly refused to embrace the party’s standard-bearer.
At an overall level, Trump’s rise may appear linear, his support increased in the aggregate with each survey over the course of the primary but in actuality, voters’ preferences over this period were remarkably fluid, it said.
Ivanka Trump, who says she does not affiliate herself with a particular political party, has been considered a close adviser to her father. He promised a “simplified” tax system for the middle class and businesses, fewer regulations and renegotiation of trade deals that he says have put working class Americans at a disadvantage. But instead of sucking it up and moving on, the Trump forces made a decision to orchestrate a demonstration against the candidate they had invited on to the stage. Ted Cruz’s dramatic refusal to endorse him from the convention stage.
Trump’s wife, Melania, foreshadowed it all on opening night, noting, “It would not be a Trump contest without excitement and drama”.
The party most divided leaving the conventions nearly always loses in November, and the Clinton campaign tweeted out Cruz’s signature line from his speech – “Vote your conscience” – within minutes of its being delivered.
Ivanka Trump, a businesswoman and former model, is Donald Trump’s daughter from his first marriage to Ivana Trump. The next president takes office on January 20.
He fed the crowd self-deprecating jokes and a clear conservative message, defending Trump as a man “who never quits, who never backs down” in a message given a standing ovation. “Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it”, he will say.
Confidently addressing the finale of his party’s less-than-smooth national convention, the billionaire businessman declared the nation’s problems too staggering to be fixed within the confines of traditional politics. Trump allies were furious.
Baldasaro laughed off reports the Secret Service is looking into his comments, saying it was because they probably wanted a photograph with him.
Democrats, Republicans and worldwide partners warned of the risks of backing away from North Atlantic Treaty Organisation obligations. “The Clinton years are way over”, Ryan said.
But the former federal prosecutor may still have his eye on the job of attorney general and slipped comfortably into the role of Trump’s convention attack dog, finding in Clinton a useful target on which to vent his anger and frustration.
As Trump wrapped up his convention, Clinton was closing in on her selection of a running mate. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine has emerged as her top choice.
Trump’s not winning Almeida over.
These earlier convention speeches have even launched careers.
Trump, he contended, offered an inspiring an alternative because he was unafraid, wanted to lead and understood the frustrations of his fellow citizens.
“They signed a pledge saying they will abide, saying they will back the candidate of the party”, Trump said at a ME campaign stop in June.
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“America was shocked to its core when our police officers in Dallas were so brutally executed”, Trump said.
