As Republicans meet in Cleveland this week to anoint Donald Trump as their candidate for president, senior aides to the outspoken NY businessman are confident they have thwarted a rebellion aimed at denying him the nomination.
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Bill Reilich, town of Greece supervisor and head of the Monroe County GOP, has been going to Republican conventions since 1992.
The state GOP will host a breakfast panel at the Renaissance also focused on national security and defense. Some Republicans complain that Trump could be ahead if he were to make a more specialized effort in the state. Only person that can change the perception of Donald Trump is Donald Trump. They include Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and former Gov. Rick Perry, and many more who can not stomach standing aside as presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton cruises to victory. “We must not be indifferent to each other”, Clinton said in a statement. Visit us on Facebook to weigh in with your questions and watch the latest videos.
At mid-afternoon delegates stood and applauded as an officer from the Fairlawn Police Department outlined security measures now in place for the convention. Cruz has since pushed back on the idea, raised by even some of his supporters, that his decision to address the convention is somehow a capitulation to Trump or tantamount to an endorsement.
Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign chairman, said on NBC’s “Today” show that he thinks very few delegates in the convention hall are anti-Trump.
The GOP nominee-to-be adds that Melania Trump’s evening speech will be about “love of the country” as an immigrant.
Trump is scheduled to deliver his own speech Thursday on the convention’s final night. Officers mistook at least one legally armed resident for a suspect, and the proliferation of guns made it more hard for them to determine who posed a threat.
U.S. political conventions, quadrennial affairs, are created to bring a party together, formally select its presidential nominee and catapult the candidate and party toward November’s election. That helped Trump win some primaries this year.
Trying to boost his standing in minority communities, Donald Trump will embark soon on a “Hispanic engagement tour”, GOP officials said Sunday. Members of several groups that will be protesting near the Republican Convention have said they plan to open carry firearms. His vice presidential running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, 57, will speak on Wednesday. In 2012, Republicans’ crossover speaker was former U.S. Rep. Artur Davis of Alabama, a black Democrat who was flirting with a run for office as a Republican.
“It’s just a deep prayer that we come out of this convention as a unified party”, Jeter-Jackson, 78, said.
Trump’s campaign dismissed the effort.
The delegates have another role. He also says the senator believes Trump is helping his re-election prospects.
“I’m not going to live my life afraid”, she said.
Republican votes translated into 155 delegates.
Priebus says Trump is calling for a temporary ban on immigration from countries that harbor and train terrorists until the US has a better vetting system. “We will adjust our strategy… but it’s not over yet”. More than 50,000 visitors, including 4,500 delegates and 15,000 credentialled media, have already packed 5,000 hotel rooms in downtown Cleveland, 16,000 more hotel rooms as far as 50km from the city, as well as many a condo and home put up for rent. “It really is, I think, presidential”.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who will speak at the convention noted the rising public anxiety after the latest shootings.
The former Texas governor, twice-failed presidential hopeful and former Trump critic has done little to hide his eagerness to serve in a Trump administration. While Perry did not make Trump’s shortlist for running mate, the billionaire has said he wants to get Perry “involved in some capacity at a high level”.
The theme was “Make America Safe Again” from a self-described law and order candidate.
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The New York Times reported that the platform calls for overturning the Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling in 2015; it also discusses appointing judges to the Court “who respect traditional family values”.
