“One man, Donald Trump, was not intimidated”. In a play on Trump’s campaign slogan, he added: “So let’s not just make America great again, let’s make America”.
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“When I graduated college a couple months ago, I never expected to be here tonight addressing the nation”, Trump said, noting that she spoke to classrooms and students but not at a convention. Two passages from her speech were almost identical to ones in the speech that Michelle Obama gave at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, triggering allegations of plagiarism. Hillary Clinton received close to double the number of votes in her primary victory than Trump did in his. The statement didn’t mention Mrs. Obama.
“I would think there would be a place in the Trump administration for Chris Collins because of his business background”, said John B. Long, former Republican chairman in the Town of Tonawanda and a longtime friend of Collins. McIver did not respond to requests by the Times for comment. (Trump has said in the past that both Melania and Ivanka Trump will serve as advocates for women’s health on the campaign trail, which has yet to happen). Trump adviser Paul Manafort told The Associated Press the issue was “totally blown out of proportion”.
A trio of former Trump challengers will give speeches on the floor on Wednesday.
“He is a warrior and a victor”, said Senator Jeff Sessions, who represents the Southern state of Alabama in the upper chamber of the US’s bicameral legislature.
The public address system began blasting Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” as the screens flashed the words “over the top” and the crowd exploded in applause. He said “93% of the speech is completely different than Michelle Obama’s speech”.
Entertainers who took the stage included actor Scott Baio and Willie Robertson, star of Duck Dynasty.
Just hours before a roll-call vote to name Trump the GOP nominee for president, none of the IL delegates had heard of a plan to get Texas Sen.
But they were soundly thrashed last week when the convention’s rules committee approved guidelines for this week’s gathering. The Hill’s Markos Moulitsas called the episode Trump’s “Scotland disaster”.
Clinton wasted no time seeking to capitalise on Trump’s party victory.
Trump’s campaign managed only to keep the controversy alive on Day 2 of the convention by insisting there was no evidence of plagiarism, while offering no explanation for how the strikingly similar passages wound up in Mrs. Trump’s address.
“It’s a good way to start a conversation because it’s all positive”, says Puzder, one of Trump’s California finance chairmen and the chief executive of several fast-food chains. Joni Ernst. On Monday, they heard from House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
“We can not reward incompetence and deceit”, Christie said, arguing that Clinton would bring more of the same from the Obama administration – “but with less charm and more lies”. “These votes had nothing to do with Trump”, he said. Blocks away, protesters shouted about police mistreatment. Asked by O’Reilly if BLM is a fuse lighter in the assassinations of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Trump agrees “certainly in certain instances they are”.
Security forces are on high alert in Cleveland for the convention.
The party’s platform represents the GOP’s formal policy positions for the next four years.
Trump’s lead over the Republican field actually increased on Super Tuesday.
Before Trump even accepts the nomination, Cruz’s supporters as well as critics say undercurrents in Cleveland are emboldening the senator’s band of believers and stoking his 2020 prospects, should Trump lose in November.
The focus shifts Tuesday to jobs.
Donald Trump Jr has been saved from embarrassment by one of his speechwriters after similarities were noted in his keynote speech to the Republican National Convention and an article in a conservative publication.
“He could be the go-to person for the administration on Capitol Hill”, Langworthy said. “I believe that she doesn’t want this life”, he said of the imbroglio.
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