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DAY 2: MAKE AMERICA WORK AGAIN
CLEVELAND - The Republican National Convention is hurtling into its second day, with another sampling of Trump family testimonials, attempts at party pseudo-unity and scorching critiques of Hillary Clinton. A few things to look for on Tuesday (and scroll through Monday’s best photos):
How will the Trump campaign respond to questions about Melania Trump’s speech?
Early reviews of Ms. Trump’s speech on Monday were positive. Then came a look at the fine print.
As the Trump campaign faces down accusations of plagiarism, given the striking similarities between her speech and one delivered by Michelle Obama at the Democratic convention in 2008, Donald J. Trump and his top aides will face intense pressure to account for the overlapping content.
Just before 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning, a senior adviser, Jason Miller, issued a statement that clarified little, saying that Ms. Trump’s “team of writers took notes on her life’s inspirations, and in some instances included fragments that reflected her own thinking.”
It is safe to assume the questions will not end there, jeopardizing the party’s planned focus on jobs as the day’s motif.
Can the peacemakers salve the party’s wounds?
Long before a Trump reached the stage, the opening ceremonies had their blemishes.
On Monday morning, Mr. Trump’s chief adviser, Paul Manafort, said that Gov. John R. Kasich was “embarrassing his party in Ohio” by withholding his support. In the afternoon, a group of delegates staged a last-ditch public revolt on the convention floor. By nightfall, Mr. Trump was on television blasting Mr. Kasich again, interrupting his own convention by calling in to Fox News.
On Tuesday, the party’s star-crossed efforts to project harmony will fall to some of its best-known leaders in Washington. Chief among them: Paul D. Ryan, the House speaker from Wisconsin, whose embrace of Mr. Trump has been halting at best. Though he said as recently as Monday that Mr. Trump was not “my kind of conservative,” Mr. Ryan will take the stage to make the case that the alternative, a second Clinton administration, would be far worse.
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, is also expected to lend a dutiful hand, keeping Republicans’ near-universal disdain for Mrs. Clinton front and center.
Will an unlikely cast pull off its economics lesson?
The stated theme of Tuesday’s slate is “Make America Work Again” - a potential challenge of tone for speakers eager to sully Mrs. Clinton on a topic as sober as job creation, a night after blistering attacks on her foreign policy.
And as Mr. Trump seeks to present himself as a fiscal wizard of the highest order, he has assembled an eclectic cast of validating voices to attest to his business savvy. Voters will hear from Dana White, the swaggering president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Natalie Gulbis, a professional golfer who once appeared on Mr. Trump’s reality show “Celebrity Apprentice.”
Some speakers come from more traditional industries.
Kerry Woolard - a 15-year veteran of winery management, according to convention organizers - oversees operations at a 1,300-acre estate in Virginia: Trump Winery.
Then there is the headliner who serves as an executive vice president of his family’s business, with experience in real estate and retail. That would be Donald Trump Jr.
Will viewers get a flavor of Trump-as-Dad?
The younger Mr. Trump and his half sister, Tiffany Trump, would seem capable of carrying off a difficult task: bringing some texture to a man whose public persona can border on caricature.
It is not clear, of course, that Mr. Trump wants this.
Often in their public remarks, family members of Mr. Trump have relayed less-than-personal anecdotes, eagerly hailing his deal-making and foresight, but dwelling little on any fatherly flourishes.
On Monday, the work fell to Ms. Trump.
Will Chris Christie be able to help himself?
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey wanted to be president.
O.K., fine, vice president?
He’s getting a Tuesday speaking slot alongside two Arkansas officials and Ben Carson.
OP insert:
Now, a few days after being bypassed for a spot on Mr. Trump’s ticket - and four years after addressing the convention for Mitt Romney, in a speech that critics broadly panned as self-serving - Mr. Christie has an opportunity for at least a measure of redemption.
In an interview with CNN on Monday night, he reminded viewers that he remained the chairman of Mr. Trump’s transition team.
He was asked what people could expect from him on Tuesday.
“I hope to be charming,” he said, before raising an eyebrow playfully. “Charming and absolutely disarming.”
Just who isn’t speaking at the convention stands out ... a lot.
Often Heard From at Republican Conventions
Just four of the most-frequent speakers at Republican conventions
since 1992 are scheduled to speak this year, according to the
C-SPAN transcripts and the convention schedules released so far.
Go to the source for the chart of the usual speakers, it's not an image and I'm too lazy to screenshot, crop, and insert it
Here are some of tonight’s speakers:
Dana White, U.F.C. president
Mitch McConnell, senator of Kentucky
Paul Ryan, speaker of the House
Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey
Tiffany and Donald Trump Jr., two of Donald J. Trump's children
Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon
Source
DAY 2: MAKE AMERICA WORK AGAIN
CLEVELAND - The Republican National Convention is hurtling into its second day, with another sampling of Trump family testimonials, attempts at party pseudo-unity and scorching critiques of Hillary Clinton. A few things to look for on Tuesday (and scroll through Monday’s best photos):
How will the Trump campaign respond to questions about Melania Trump’s speech?
Early reviews of Ms. Trump’s speech on Monday were positive. Then came a look at the fine print.
As the Trump campaign faces down accusations of plagiarism, given the striking similarities between her speech and one delivered by Michelle Obama at the Democratic convention in 2008, Donald J. Trump and his top aides will face intense pressure to account for the overlapping content.
Just before 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning, a senior adviser, Jason Miller, issued a statement that clarified little, saying that Ms. Trump’s “team of writers took notes on her life’s inspirations, and in some instances included fragments that reflected her own thinking.”
It is safe to assume the questions will not end there, jeopardizing the party’s planned focus on jobs as the day’s motif.
Can the peacemakers salve the party’s wounds?
Long before a Trump reached the stage, the opening ceremonies had their blemishes.
On Monday morning, Mr. Trump’s chief adviser, Paul Manafort, said that Gov. John R. Kasich was “embarrassing his party in Ohio” by withholding his support. In the afternoon, a group of delegates staged a last-ditch public revolt on the convention floor. By nightfall, Mr. Trump was on television blasting Mr. Kasich again, interrupting his own convention by calling in to Fox News.
On Tuesday, the party’s star-crossed efforts to project harmony will fall to some of its best-known leaders in Washington. Chief among them: Paul D. Ryan, the House speaker from Wisconsin, whose embrace of Mr. Trump has been halting at best. Though he said as recently as Monday that Mr. Trump was not “my kind of conservative,” Mr. Ryan will take the stage to make the case that the alternative, a second Clinton administration, would be far worse.
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, is also expected to lend a dutiful hand, keeping Republicans’ near-universal disdain for Mrs. Clinton front and center.
Will an unlikely cast pull off its economics lesson?
The stated theme of Tuesday’s slate is “Make America Work Again” - a potential challenge of tone for speakers eager to sully Mrs. Clinton on a topic as sober as job creation, a night after blistering attacks on her foreign policy.
And as Mr. Trump seeks to present himself as a fiscal wizard of the highest order, he has assembled an eclectic cast of validating voices to attest to his business savvy. Voters will hear from Dana White, the swaggering president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Natalie Gulbis, a professional golfer who once appeared on Mr. Trump’s reality show “Celebrity Apprentice.”
Some speakers come from more traditional industries.
Kerry Woolard - a 15-year veteran of winery management, according to convention organizers - oversees operations at a 1,300-acre estate in Virginia: Trump Winery.
Then there is the headliner who serves as an executive vice president of his family’s business, with experience in real estate and retail. That would be Donald Trump Jr.
Will viewers get a flavor of Trump-as-Dad?
The younger Mr. Trump and his half sister, Tiffany Trump, would seem capable of carrying off a difficult task: bringing some texture to a man whose public persona can border on caricature.
It is not clear, of course, that Mr. Trump wants this.
Often in their public remarks, family members of Mr. Trump have relayed less-than-personal anecdotes, eagerly hailing his deal-making and foresight, but dwelling little on any fatherly flourishes.
On Monday, the work fell to Ms. Trump.
Will Chris Christie be able to help himself?
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey wanted to be president.
O.K., fine, vice president?
He’s getting a Tuesday speaking slot alongside two Arkansas officials and Ben Carson.
OP insert:
Now, a few days after being bypassed for a spot on Mr. Trump’s ticket - and four years after addressing the convention for Mitt Romney, in a speech that critics broadly panned as self-serving - Mr. Christie has an opportunity for at least a measure of redemption.
In an interview with CNN on Monday night, he reminded viewers that he remained the chairman of Mr. Trump’s transition team.
He was asked what people could expect from him on Tuesday.
“I hope to be charming,” he said, before raising an eyebrow playfully. “Charming and absolutely disarming.”
Just who isn’t speaking at the convention stands out ... a lot.
Often Heard From at Republican Conventions
Just four of the most-frequent speakers at Republican conventions
since 1992 are scheduled to speak this year, according to the
C-SPAN transcripts and the convention schedules released so far.
Go to the source for the chart of the usual speakers, it's not an image and I'm too lazy to screenshot, crop, and insert it
Here are some of tonight’s speakers:
Dana White, U.F.C. president
Mitch McConnell, senator of Kentucky
Paul Ryan, speaker of the House
Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey
Tiffany and Donald Trump Jr., two of Donald J. Trump's children
Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon
Source