He said “most of the Republicans who aren’t coming are people who have been part of the past”.
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Protests are widely expected outside the Quicken Loans Arena, where the city’s police chief, Calvin Williams, said Sunday it seemed everyone was arriving to “exercise their First Amendment rights”.
Along with Melania Trump, Monday’s opening night speeches include a mix of figures linked broadly under the theme of “Make America Safe Again”.
Then later in the lineup, soap opera star Antonio Sabato Jr. – a veteran of “General Hospital” and “The Bold and the Beautiful” – will also take the stage. Jamiel Shaw, whose son was killed by a man living in the US illegally, will also speak. Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who served in the top job in New York City during the September 11, 2001 attacks, will also speak. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Trump’s vice presidential pick, will headline the Wednesday session that focuses on how “Make America First Again”.
The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action clarifies further: “People who are of age and want to buy handguns, rifles or shotguns don’t have to get permits to do so”.
GOP standby celeb Willie Robertson, of “Duck Dynasty” fame, is also among the speakers. He’ll be speaking, too.
Why do they want this?
Presumptive nominee Donald Trump is making an early visit to Cleveland on Monday to catch his wife’s speech at the convention. Delegates could also symbolically walk off the floor during the nomination roll call, though per the rules approved on Thursday that would not affect vote totals.
Barbara Hauser of Texas has her party shades on as she waits to enter a gathering on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention on Sunday.
The lack of raw enthusiasm for Trump is nothing new: Ohio Gov. John Kasich won the state during his presidential bid, and thus won all 129 of the delegates who came to the convention.
“Somebody’s got to do something”, union President Steve Loomis said. “What we have now is completely irresponsible”.
Speaking of the OH governor, he’s playing coy with his plans.
Openly gay tech entrepreneur Peter Theil’s sexual preference has nothing to do with his role as a speaker at the convention, Mr. Manfort said.
Thousands of protesters are expected to descend on the city with marches and speeches planned from morning through night Monday.
Area businesses are anxious about possible disruptions, but they are also looking forward to the extra customers.
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“It’s all hands on deck – we’ve cancelled all vacations, ordered in extra stock of alcohol, food, everything …” He is trying to put weeks of distracting feuds and staff turnover behind him and demonstrate to the country that he is the best-qualified candidate for the White House. As we discussed last week, that creating a broad zone around the convention site in which a variety of items have already been banned, including “water guns, toy guns, knives, aerosol cans, rope, [and] tennis balls” among other things. The last two Republican nominees, former MA governor Mitt Romney and Arizona Sen. “They had a more than ample chance to make their case at the Rules Committee and were spectacularly unsuccessful”. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
