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GOP Convention Day One: “Make America Safe Again”

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a vanquished Trump rival, planned several public appearances but wasn’t going to step inside the convention. Monday night, at the convention, domestic and worldwide security will be discussed. Ryan said the agenda is about “giving people a choice” in the election.

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Each day will be modeled around the theme “Make America _ Again”.

The Baton Rouge shooting is the kind of “awful event” that “probably helps the Trump campaign”, said former George W. Bush aide Pete Wehner, who opposes Mr. Trump. At that time, there were still remained 13 candidates, with Trump and Ted Cruz as the two frontrunners.

Manafort says Trump is on the “third or fourth draft” of the address he’ll deliver from Cleveland Thursday night. Pence will speak on Wednesday.

Winkler supported Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primaries but has had glowing comments, in the past, about Hillary Clinton.

It’s unlikely that officials will outline clearer how Trump will pay for the massive expansion in shipbuilding, new aircraft purchases and end-strength increases that he has promised in recent months.

Her campaign also put out a new digital ad Monday called “Confessions of a Republican”. I looked at him and said, ‘Mr. He adds: “I think the party is about to make a bad mistake in Cleveland”. “What kind of press coverage awaits me in Cleveland?” Rob Portman is “upset” with Gov. John Kasich and believes the governor is hurting his re-election campaign. Included among the Trump delegates selected for New Hampshire is his own campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, who hails from Windham and was active in local Republican politics before joining the Trump team.

It was earlier-than-expected arrival for a man who has shown little interest in tradition with his nominating show. Jeff Larson, the chief executive of the convention, said organizers were not concerned about the likely arrival of armed people at the protests, pointing out that previous events had been held in the state without suspending the open-carry laws.

The only living GOP nominee who will be attending is Bob Dole, who failed to defeat President Bill Clinton in 1996. Trump’s nomination is essentially automatic under the current rules, because he has far more than the 1,237 delegates required to win.

“He doesn’t have natural filters”, New York GOP Chairman Ed Cox said.

Lori Hack tries to pick up her delegate credential for the Republican National Convention on Monday, July 18, 2016, in Cleveland.

As the Republican National Convention convenes in Cleveland this morning, some delegates from Washington state are still clinging to a long-shot hope they can halt the nomination of Donald Trump.

“On a number of the issues, it’s margins, it’s not disagreement on the issues”, said Manafort. He says, “most of the Republicans who aren’t coming are people who have been part of the past”. Among Republicans, 44 percent say they’d prefer someone other than Trump, while 44 percent of Democrats say they’d rather see Vermont Sen.

“This “Never Trump” push, it’s been an interesting story, but it’s one of noise at this point, not of substance”, Alabama GOP Chairwoman Terry Lathan said Sunday. The convention will also host about 15,000 credentialed media, organizers said. The Virginia delegates are at odds over their presumptive nominee, and delegation Chairman Ken Cuccinelli has led efforts on behalf of Sen.

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