He’ll deliver his acceptance speech Wednesday night.
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Mike Pence, on the other hand, has never wavered so much as a hair in his commitment to doing everything he can – including alienating anti-abortion Republicans – to deny women our bodily autonomy.
The theme of the entire day will be “Make America First Again”.
Pence has made a name for himself as a prominent anti-LGBT figure in United States politics, having previous year signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act which would have allowed businesses in IN to deny service to LGBT people.
Pence’s selection has helped reassure Republicans who are skeptical that Trump will govern as a true conservative.
Trump’s home state of NY put the billionaire over the top, a day after a final bid to unbind the delegates and deny Trump the nomination.
The convention has had moment’s of Trump’s NY flair: On Monday, he literally emerged from the shadows to introduce his wife as Queen’s “We Are The Champions” blared from the arena speakers.
Also speaking at the convention tonight, Trump’s former Republican rival and Texas Sen.
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Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who ran for governor in 2014, said he hopes Trump’s speech is inclusive and not geared only at his fiercely Republican audience in the arena. “It’s a big tent and I know in his heart he wants to talk to every single American”.
