Afrigather The second evening of the Republican Nationwide Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, facilities on the theme of securing America with an apparent emphasis on securing the border – a difficulty that has been a centerpiece of former President Donald Trump’s agenda ever since he descended the golden escalator in 2015.
Tonight’s speaker line-up features a slew of politicians previous, current, and (presumably) future, together with:
- Vivek Ramaswamy
- Former UN ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio
- Florida Sen. Rick Scott
- Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton
- Texas Sen. Ted Cruz
- Tennessee Gov. Invoice Lee
- Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt
- Former HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson
- Home Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana
- Home Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota,
- Home Majority Chief Steve Scalise of Louisiana
- Home Republican Convention Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York
- Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey
We may also hear from quite a few Republican Senate candidates, together with Kari Lake (Arizona), Eric Hovde (Wisconsin), Bernie Moreno (Ohio), Mike Rogers (Michigan), Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania), Jim Banks (Indiana), Jim Justice (West Virginia), Sam Brown (Nevada), Tim Sheehy (Montana), and Hung Cao (Virginia).
However maybe an important and shifting testimony tonight shall be from the audio system the RNC describes as “on a regular basis Individuals,” together with the household of Rachel Morin, a younger lady who was murdered by an unlawful immigrant.
Outdoors of the RNC, the information continues to concentrate on the disturbing revelations trickling out concerning the Secret Service’s failings throughout final Saturday’s assassination try towards Trump.
The opposite huge information right this moment was a jury discovering New Jersey Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez responsible on all 16 counts in his federal bribery trial. No phrase but on whether or not he’ll heed Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer’s name to resign—or if Schumer will pressure him to.
The Democrat Media Complicated is starting its vetting feeding frenzy towards Trump’s vice-presidential decide Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance. The standard suspects are declaring Vance harmful, scary, and really dangerous. However the American public–which made Vance’s 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy a bestseller–appear to be embracing the Rust Belt senator. Gross sales of Hillbilly Elegy and viewership of Netflix adaptation of the e-book skyrocketed after he was introduced at Trump’s VP decide yesterday. Vance’s e-book topped Amazon’s bestseller checklist Monday; and the movie, which was launched by Netflix 4 years in the past, grew to become the six most watched film on the platform in the US yesterday.
The truth is, based on an anecdote shared on-line right this moment by a university classmate of Joe Biden’s granddaughter, the Biden household patriarch himself was reportedly a fan of Vance’s e-book.
This is a enjoyable little JD Vance/Joe Biden story:
I began undergrad at Penn in 2017. The summer season earlier than I arrived, the college organized the Penn Summer season Studying Mission, the place each incoming freshman was requested to learn the identical e-book earlier than they received to campus. It was Walter Isaacson’s…
— Sam Oshay (@samueloshay) July 16, 2024
Trump and Vance will reportedly be in attendance on the conference tonight, and their marketing campaign introduced that they are going to be holding a giant rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday.
The Democrats nonetheless haven’t fairly settled on their anti-Vance messaging. One New Hampshire Democrat lawmaker discovered an attention-grabbing line of assault. New Hampshire state Rep. Wendy Thomas (D) claimed that the notorious “Mission 2025” agenda (which Trump has declared he is aware of nothing about) would “deport” Vance’s spouse, Usha Chilukuri Vance, who’s an American citizen and was born in San Diego.
In the meantime, the Democrats proceed to maintain hope alive of their effort to interchange Joe Biden as their nominee. We want them properly.
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4:26 p.m. PT
Dave McCormick, who’s operating for Senate in Pennsylvania, takes the stage. McCormick was on the rally on Saturday and witnessed the tried assassination. He says that he “witnessed firsthand from a entrance row seat in Butler” how “the president rose to the problem.” And that’s all he says about that. It’s attention-grabbing that we’ve got not heard extra from the audio system concerning the assassination try. It’s feels just like the elephant within the room.
4:22 p.m. PT
Subsequent up is the Nice Lake State’s personal Mike Rogers, who’s operating for Senate. He provides a shout out to the laborious working individuals of Michigan. And, in fact, the person operating within the state that’s house to the Motor Metropolis calls out Biden’s idiotic electrical automobile agenda and the Democrats’ efforts to present U.S. tax {dollars} to a Chinese language EV firm in Michigan. He will get an enormous cheer when he dunks on EVs.
4:16 p.m. PT
Bernie Moreno, who’s operating for Senate in Ohio, takes the stage. Moreno is well-known to common Breitbart readers. He’s one other Rust Belt populist within the mould of J.D. Vance, who he touts tonight, calling Vance his good friend. He talks about securing the border, ending the wars, and being peace.
4:10 p.m. PT
MAGA favourite Kari Lake, who’s operating for Senate in Arizona, takes the stage. And she or he instantly calls out the “pretend information media” for mendacity about all the pieces from Trump, to the economic system, to the open borders, to the Hunter laptop computer, and even Joe Biden’s well being. She slams her Democrat opponent’s stance on the open border. She begins a “construct the wall” chant.
“And whereas we’re constructing the wall, lets lick the Bidenomics to the curb and produce again the MAGAnomics,” she says.
Lake then cribs a line from former Alaska Gov. and Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin by speaking about mama bears defending their cubs. She says she heard someplace that “probably the most harmful place on planet earth is between a mama bear and her cubs.” (She heard it from Palin. Take it from this author, who was a Palin speechwriter.)
