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Ms McIver said Ms Trump had read passages from Mrs Obama’s speech, delivered when Barack Obama was campaigning for the presidency, over the phone to her as examples of what she wanted to tell the convention.
Then, as it became clear that Cruz would not give an explicit endorsement of Trump, some vocal members of the crowd turned on him.
In Mrs. Trump’s speech in Cleveland, she said: “From a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise, that you treat people with respect”.
CLEVELAND ― Over the course of the week at the Republican National Convention, one of the more entertaining side shows has been the battle among Republican elites to position themselves for the 2020 election.
Pence got applause with his first three words, “my fellow conservatives”.
Despite an impressive resume that includes both experience as the current governor of IN and more than a decade IN Congress, Pence is still an unknown figure – even to some IN his own party.
The governor, a dropout in the GOP presidential race who ended up on the short list for Trump’s running mate, energised the hall as he ticked through numerous accusations of wrongdoing against Clinton and implored delegates to shout “guilty”. “That could drive America down into a ditch, not make us great again”.
Watch for speakers to wax nostalgic about a time when they’ll say that the US was prosperous, free and full of opportunity.
The speech from the ex-model, watched by millions on television on Monday night, amounted to a nightmarish start for the convention and subjected her husband’s presidential campaign to withering scrutiny.
Cuomo repeatedly tried to get Manafort to admit that a part of Melania Trump’s speech plagiarized Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech.
The roll call unfolded largely according to plan after a day dominated by unwelcome attention over passages from an eight-year-old Michelle Obama speech that made their way into Melania Trump’s address to the convention, nearly word for word, the night before.
Donald Trump staffers and people close to the GOP nominee have offered conflicting reports about how the plagiarism happened. Ben Clymer Jr., a Riverside delegate, said he could relate to the support from Trump’s children. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio called Trump a unsafe “con artist” and a fraud during the primary and crudely mocked the size of his hands.
Trump’s campaign pushed back on the story in a number of ways, including that the media was blowing the situation out of proportion, but it has proven to be a distraction during the convention.
A key testament to Trump’s character will come from his son, Eric Trump.
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At a time when the campaign had planned on casting Trump as a reliable leader capable of running a winning campaign, it was instead dogged by worries about its operations and facing pressure to hold someone accountable.
