“On night one of the Democrat convention, we saw lots of boos, infighting, steamrolled votes and controversy, but amid 61 speakers, we heard not one mention of the greatest terrorist threat facing America today”, said Raj Shah, a spokesman for the Republican national committee.
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It’s worth noting that the first night was not meant to have a specific focus on foreign policy, leaving the Democrats with three days left to discuss the issue. Bernie Sanders protested in the streets and on the delegate floor.
Trump earlier Tuesday criticized the Democratic Party for failing to mention ISIS during its convention’s opening night.
“You didn’t hear about it”.
On July 26, Pence and GOP nominee Donald Trump addressed the veterans group in Charlotte, North Carolina. A PolitiFact analysis confirmed that none of the speakers at the DNC said the words “ISIS”, “Islamic”, “terror”, “terrorist” or “terrorism” on Monday.
“Because in a very true way, they really established ISIS because of weakness”, the NY businessman continued.
“Not one of them named ISIS by name”.
Some of the most impassioned speeches from the Republican’s convention focused on terror, including Rudy Giuliani’s who stressed the phrase “Islamic Radical Terrorism” saying, “You know who you are, and we are coming to get you”.
“Hillary Clinton invented ISIS with her stupid policies”, Trump said.
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It is not the first time that the 70-year-old businessman has accused President Obama and Mrs Clinton, the Democratic nominee and former secretary of state, as being responsible for the rise of ISIS. “This man”, Pence said, motioning toward Trump, “will name our enemies without apology and he will defeat them”.
