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Takeaways from the Republican National Convention

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  • JFoster
    2020-08-27 05:48:14 PM
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    Every convention has a motive and a message they are trying to get across to Americans. They're not really speaking to the delegates as much as they're talking through them to the people watching at home. I think that was even more evident with both the DNC and the RNC being watched online more than they would have been in previous years, due to the current circumstances. Each speech has felt very stiff, coordinated, and too alike. It's almost as if everyone got one part of a very long speech, and each speaker was merely saying their part.

    Here are some moments that have stuck out to me each night:

    Night 1: Mark and Patricia McCloskey

    They're St. Louis attorneys who brandished guns at protesters this year. I couldn't see a more polarizing move on the GOP's part for having them there. They made false claims that Biden wanted to "abolish the suburbs", and really made a boogeyman out of their opposition in a very underhanded wink wink, nudge nudge sort of way. Too close for comfort, if you ask me.

    Night 2: Naturalization ceremony

    It was a pre-taped ceremony that featured 5 citizenship applicants from diverse backgrounds. Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf officiated it. According to the New York Times, no president has ever used such a ceremony as a campaign event. One last, but most important thing to point out is that the Government Accountability Office determined that Wolf was breaking the law because he was never lawfully appointed. So these citizenship papers may be null and void.

    Night 3: Lara Trump misquoting Abraham Lincoln in her speech.

    "Abraham Lincoln once famously said: 'America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves,'" Mrs Trump said, who is married to Donald Trump's second son, Eric Trump.

    Fact checkers at both the New York times and USA Today found no records of the 16th president saying those words. It mostly came from a meme that has been widely circulated online.

    Night 4: TBD

    We'll see how the final night turns out. I'll update with my takeaway from night 4. What moments stood out to you the most?

  • PentagonWall
    2020-08-27 06:00:08 PM
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    JFoster Wrote:

    We'll see how the final night turns out. I'll update with my takeaway from night 4. What moments stood out to you the most?

    Ok.... I normally try to understand that giving speeches is hard. People mess up. They stumble and present themselves in awkward ways sometimes. That said, this was the most bizarre and surreal speech I've ever seen (in today's world).

    Kimberly Guilfoyles speech..

    I feel like she only watched speeches of dictators throughout the years and mashed them all together to deliver them with the same pizazz and loudness of all of them mixed together. I couldn't keep a straight face and barely wanted to finish it because I felt so awkward.

    Fast forward and start watching at the 4.45 minute to get the idea. You'll get the jist of it. It's even worse when you remember she's talking to an empty room. Bizarre.

  • J.K.Logic
    2020-08-27 07:39:47 PM
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    PentagonWall Wrote:
    JFoster Wrote:

    We'll see how the final night turns out. I'll update with my takeaway from night 4. What moments stood out to you the most?

    Ok.... I normally try to understand that giving speeches is hard. People mess up. They stumble and present themselves in awkward ways sometimes. That said, this was the most bizarre and surreal speech I've ever seen (in today's world).

    Kimberly Guilfoyles speech..

    YES! This so reminded me of this and I am really happy someone put this short version mash up together:

    Full version, watch her speech, then Dwight's, back to back. Pretty funny. Happy

  • PentagonWall
    2020-08-28 01:09:27 PM
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    I couldn't place what her speech reminded me of. That's exactly it!! I haven't laughed that hard at a video in a long time. Thanks for that.
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