Takeaways from the third night of the Republican National Convention
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Two days after being tapped as Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance introduced himself to voters in a speech that highlighted the populist direction the two aim to take the Republican Party — and the nation.
Two days after being tapped as Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance introduced himself to voters in a speech that highlighted the populist direction the two aim to take the Republican Party — and the nation. Vance’s Republican National Convention speech capped a night Republicans spent prosecuting what they see as President Joe Biden’s biggest foreign policy failures and their consequences. Gold Star families hammered Biden’s handling of the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal. The parents of a Hamas kidnapping victim led chants of “Bring them home.” A Jewish Harvard University graduate who is suing the school over claims of antisemitism, said that “the far left-wing tide of antisemitism is rising.” “America is still worth fighting for,” said Sgt. William Pekrul, a World War II veteran nearing the age of 100 and recipient of two Bronze Stars and a Silver Star. “With President Trump as the commander-in-chief, I would go back and re-enlist today.” Republicans also spent much of their prime-time lineup attempting to show Trump’s human side — including remarks by his 17-year-old granddaughter Kai Trump, who described the former president bragging that she had made the honor roll and peppering her with questions about her golf game. Here are seven takeaways from the Republican National Convention’s third night:
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