Tuesday’s session was meant to focus on the economy, but few speakers hewed to the theme.
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Tiffany stepped out in a blue frock and admitted to the large crowd that she’s a bit nervous, telling the audience, “When I graduated college a couple of months ago, I never expected to be here tonight addressing the nation”.
Donald Trump Jr., his eldest son and an executive vice president at The Trump Organization, cited his father’s business acumen and said his father approaches business projects the same way he has approached his campaign and life in general.
On the national level, numerous differences were planned. “The distraction gets you off message a little bit this morning, but I think we’ll get back to action this afternoon”, he said, as he praised the speech as a “great immigrant story” and “very inspirational”. Scott Baio, of “Happy Days”, conceded Trump is not a “Messiah”.
“So, because all candidates other than Trump dropped out, all of the former candidates’ delegates were reallocated to Trump”, said CNN delegate analyst and former Rubio staffer Will Holley. “Nor does Queen want ‘We are the Champions” to be used as an endorsement of Mr. Trump and the political views of the Republican Party”, the statement continued.
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The governor, a dropout in the GOP presidential race who ended up on the short list for Trump’s running mate, energized the hall as he ticked through numerous accusations of wrongdoing against Clinton and implored delegates to shout “guilty”.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. But the convention secretary overruled the delegation, ordering that all 19 delegates be awarded to Trump. Her speech and demeanour were absolutely incredible.
Melania Trump’s 10-minute speech on Monday night was largely well received until it was noted that a couple of sentences appeared to be similar to those in Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic convention speech in Denver.
Supporters and campaign officials for Trump and Kasich have exchanged criticisms.
Queen, the British rock band, tweeted that its song had been used “against our wishes”. The senator’s scheduled prime-time address will be keenly watched as a barometer of the party’s fighting spirit as the GOP turns to the fall campaign against Democrat Hillary Clinton, who accepts her nomination next week.
There was “lots of sound and fury, even a fog machine”, Clinton said.
Trump became the first New Yorker to clinch the nomination since Richard Nixon.
“It will probably blow over and be forgotten by the time the campaign starts in earnest”, Khachigian said. You never know when Bill is going to get some bit of pop culture stuck in his craw, and he takes it out on us until he shakes it out.
Though Trump carried Johnson’s 18-county district – from the southern portion of Mahoning County to the southern part of the state – “by a wide margin”, the congressman said, “John Kasich still won the state of OH”. “At the end of the day, no, I don’t think it has an impact”, Creed said.
On Monday, Donald Trump Jr.is to be the featured guest at a Houston fundraiser, the first solo appearance at such an event by any of the Trump children.
His supporters clung to hope that that the convention would adopt rules that would free delegates to disregard the results of state contests and swing behind Cruz at the 11th hour.
Cruz, in winning the poll, picked up 12 Alaska delegates. Saragosa said he had “absolutely zero interest about going this year”. Schwarzenegger and Whitman stayed away, too.
“They’re being disruptive to be disruptive”, Brady said of the Cruz mavericks.
Jon Fleischman, a conservative activist, blogger and political consultant from Orange County, usually hosts almost two dozen conservative delegates on his convention live blog. This summer, he chose a family vacation on Maui over the “authentic, African-themed” accommodations at the Kalahari resort in Sandusky.
“I’ve had one candidate, and that’s been Donald J. Trump”, said Glazer, “I’ve been with the campaign since January”. He was a distant fourth in the overall delegate count. One Illinois delegate said the apparent plagiarism was emblematic of the Trump campaign’s disorganization.
If there were setbacks or odd moments, California delegates were undaunted.
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Cleveland, Ohio and the GOP prepare for the upcoming 2016 Republican National Convention. “Trump isn’t anxious about being “outlandish” to attract attention”, Fife said. He made the rounds of an empty arena Tuesday morning, going between television sets on the convention floor as he made his case, looking exhausted and insisting that the plagiarism was being overstated and overplayed.
