He talked of the recent killings of police officers in Dallas and in Baton Rouge, saying an attack on law enforcement is “an attack on all Americans”.
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But in this case, I suspect the reason was simpler and more personal.
“See, now, if I don’t win, I’m going to blame Mike, right?” “Beginning on January 20, 2017, safety will be restored”, Trump will say.
The Trump campaign indeed knew what Cruz would say before he went onstage, the campaign said.
“Over the years, on too many occasions to count, I saw my father tear stories out of the newspaper about people he had never met who were facing some injustice or hardship”, she said. The parties broadcast their conventions to households across the United States to tell people how they would change their lives for the better, and to offer a glimpse as to how their party would govern.
He claimed to be the “voice” of the people who had been “ignored, neglected and abandoned” and renewed his promise to “build a great border wall” along the USA border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
“Middle-income Americans and businesses will experience profound relief, and taxes will be greatly simplified for everyone”.
He would roll back federal regulations that he said cost the country $2 trillion a year, providing new wealth that will allow an upsurge in spending to fix roads, bridges, airports and tunnels. “We all understand it was a mistake, and they owned up to it”. With the last week belonging to the Republicans, Hillary Clinton’s camp is gearing up to take the spotlight. She added, however, that she would reluctantly vote for Trump in November.
Those divisions were laid bare when Trump’s last major challenger for the nomination, U.S. Senator Cruz of Texas, urged Republicans to “vote your conscience” and pointedly did not endorse Trump.
Thursday’s festivities kicked off with a more energized mood.
The 70-year-old tycoon’s get-tough speech went down a storm with the crowd at the giant sports arena in Cleveland, Ohio, who responded with chants of “USA, USA, USA”.
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr., and Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio both spoke early on.
Before Trump took to the stage Friday, his daughter Ivanka tried to warm up the crowd and soften her father’s image.
“I didn’t start anything with the wife”, Trump said, eliciting a loud gasp from one reporter at the back of the hotel ballroom.
He is expected to renew his vow to build a wall on the southern border, to crack down on illegal immigration and to renegotiate or throw out trade deals with foreign nations like China that he says have fleeced USA workers.
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“All of the people telling you that you can’t have the country you want, are the same people telling you that I wouldn’t be standing here tonight”.
