She believes that Trump has a lot of qualities needed in a first lady and said that if parts of her speech resemble Michelle Obama’s, it was likely an “error”.
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Twitter users have been tweeting about the Slovenian-American and former model under the hashtag #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes.
Against the backdrop of her husband’s staunchly anti-immigrant campaign, Mrs Trump, the billionaire’s third wife who rarely speaks publicly, talked of her own immigrant background and how becoming an American citizen a decade ago was “the greatest privilege on planet Earth”.
The anti-Trump forces wanted to change the party’s nominating rules to allow delegates to support alternative Republican candidates over Trump.
Anti-Trump forces, having failed to “unbind” delegates in a long-shot bid to dislodge the nomination from the NY billionaire’s hands, sought a roll-call vote on convention rules to register their displeasure.
Patricia Smith stood on the stage of the Republican National Convention and emotionally blamed the death of her son in Benghazi, Libya, on Hillary Clinton.
For almost 11 minutes on Monday night, Trump overshadowed his party’s convention with a telephone interview that provided no major news but allowed him to brag about his primary victories, attack the news media and plug his wife’s upcoming speech.
The roll call vote on the nomination is expected Tuesday, with Trump scheduled to close the convention with an acceptance speech Thursday night.
Mrs Trump made her speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, after an introduction from her spouse.
The evening’s Make America Safe Again theme took on new resonance given the nation’s unsettlingly violent summer.
“If you want someone to fight for you and your country, I can assure you, he is the guy”, Mrs Trump told delegates in her highest profile appearance of the presidential campaign. He repeatedly told the crowd that “we’re going to win so big”. “He is tough when he has to be, but he is also kind and fair and caring”, she said.
It was a rare warm moment on a day when Republicans were focusing on what they see as threats to America under a Democratic White House – and when the party’s infighting was on display in a clash between Trump’s supporters and opponents at the Cleveland convention.
Robertson proceeded to play the divisive card, talking about southern roots and saying “they don’t know how to talk to folks like us”, people who “hunt, fish, pray and actually work for a living”.
Ms. Trump noted that, “from a young age, my parents impressed the values upon me that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond, that you do what you say and keep your promise, that you treat people with respect”.
We’re not sure how slamming reporters from both sides of the aisle gets Trump votes, but hey. She was speaking in front of 35 million people last night. Trump hopes the day will cast him as the successful businessman who can create jobs for the whole country.
Despite speculation that the first day of the RNC could hold the same violent protests that have followed the Trump campaign across the nation, the protestors kept things peaceful.
Luntz said Ohio Governor John Kasich helped him write his father’s eulogy and brought him “back to life”.
The line-up of speakers and no-shows for the four-night convention was a visual representation of Mr Trump’s struggles to unify Republicans.
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Gun control advocates carry anti-NRA signs and effigy of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Monday July 18, 2016, in NY.
