Donald Trump made a triumphant entrance to cap the first day of the Republican National Convention, receiving a raucous ovation from the party faithful days after surviving an assassination attempt that has reshaped the presidential contest.
The former president walked into the Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee to an uproarious response, his ear heavily bandaged from having been grazed by a bullet, hours after he was officially nominated to be the party’s 2024 standard-bearer.
“Fight! Fight! Fight!” the crowd chanted while pumping their fists, a reference to Trump’s own response in the moments after he was shot. Uncharacteristically subdued, Trump waved from a box where he sat alongside his newly anointed running mate, U.S. Senator J.D. Vance.
The attack at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, which killed a supporter, underscored the nation’s deeply fractured political landscape ahead of the Nov. 5 election between Trump and Democratic President Joe Biden.
Biden, who has portrayed Trump as a threat to U.S. democracy, condemned the shooting and urged Americans to rely on the ballot box, not violence, to resolve their differences…..
……..The four-day convention will culminate with Trump’s prime-time address on Thursday, when he formally accepts the party’s nomination to face Biden in a rematch of their 2020 race.
The assassination attempt, followed by the convention, has pushed Biden to the background after weeks of speculation about whether he might drop out of the race following a disastrous debate performance last month.
Biden again rejected the notion on Monday when pressed by NBC’s Lester Holt, focusing instead on the myriad falsehoods Trump unleashed during the debate. The president has stepped up his unscripted appearances to try to demonstrate his capability but has yet to assuage some Democrats’ fears about his reelection chances.
Trump’s selection of Vance, the 39-year-old author of the best-selling “Hillbilly Elegy,” completed the Ohio senator’s transformation from an outspoken Trump critic to one of his most loyal supporters.
Vance, who shares Trump’s affinity for political brawling, is likely to energize core Republicans, but it is less clear whether he can broaden the ticket’s appeal to moderate and independent voters wary of another Trump term.
…….Monday began with the latest in a string of recent legal victories for Trump, when U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon threw out federal charges in Florida accusing him of illegally retaining classified documents.
The Dem cabal started persecuting Donald Trump the day he came down the escalator at Trump Towers and declared his candidacy.
There’s a two-tiered system of justice in America; The Dem criminal conglomerate continues to use their positions to abuse power and commit crimes. When squalling she-ass Nancy Pelosi declares “No one is above the law”, it flies in the face of reality. If it were true, Hillary and Bill Clinton, Joe and Hunter Biden, B. Hussein Obama, Eric Holder, Nancy Pelosi, James Comey, and James Clapper, would have been indicted, convicted, and jailed.
The endless campaign against him by Dem malfeasants is illegal and unconstitutional. Every one of those scumbags should be held accountable. But the GOP doesn’t have the guts and the Dems will never prosecute one of their own.
President Trump has been through the gauntlet of illegal and unconstitutional tactics by the Dems’ weaponized agencies. And he still remains unscathed.
He will be the 47th President of the United States in spite of the Deep State.
JD Vance made a great speech:
Vance praised Trump, stating, “For the last eight years, President Trump has given everything he has to fight for the people of our country.” He highlighted Trump’s resilience, mentioning the incident where “a woody assassin coming a quarter of an inch from taking his life” and how Trump responded with “defiant fist in the air.”
Vance emphasized party unity, saying, “We have a big tent in this party on everything from national security to economic policy.” He stressed the importance of free speech and open exchange of ideas within the party, noting, “We love this country and we are united to win.”
Reflecting on his own experiences, Vance said, “I grew up in Middletown, Ohio, a small town where people spoke their minds, built with their hands and loved their God, their family, their community, and their country with their whole hearts.” He pledged, “I will be a vice president who never forgets where he came from.”
The biggest surprise: Teamsters Union president Sean O’Brien made a speech praising Trump and declared: “Today, the Teamsters are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party,” O’Brien said. “We will create an agenda and work with a bipartisan coalition, ready to accomplish something real for the American worker. And I don’t care about getting criticized.”
That is a big departure from the die-hard teamster Dem coalition.