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| Republican Convention Night 4: What You’ve Missed So Far | Republican Convention Night 4: What You’ve Missed So Far |
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| Night 4 of the Republican National Convention is Donald J. Trump’s night: He will appear after a speech by his daughter Ivanka. Mr. Trump’s speech — and the balloons that follow his acceptance of the Republican nomination — will kick off the final phase in his quest for the presidency. | |
| Here are highlights (or watch live video and check out our real-time analysis): | Here are highlights (or watch live video and check out our real-time analysis): |
| • “I am proud to be gay. I am proud to be a Republican.” Peter Thiel, the billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist and entrepreneur, took the Republican Party to task over what he called “fake culture wars.” He recalled that when he was a kid, the great debate was defeating the Soviet Union, but “now we are told that the great debate is about who gets to use which bathroom.” Focusing on these debates, he said, “distract us from our economic decline, and nobody in this race is being honest about it except Donald Trump.” | |
| Fact Check: Among Mr. Thiel’s claims was that “our government is broken. Our nuclear bases still use floppy disks.” That, in fact, is true, according to a report by the General Accounting Office this year. According to the report: “Department of Defense uses 8-inch floppy disks in a legacy system that coordinates the operational functions of the nation’s nuclear forces.” | |
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| • Jerry Falwell Jr., the evangelical leader of the top Christian university, made both a faith-based and populist case for Mr. Trump, calling him a “blue-collar billionaire” who he has known for over 20 years. | • Jerry Falwell Jr., the evangelical leader of the top Christian university, made both a faith-based and populist case for Mr. Trump, calling him a “blue-collar billionaire” who he has known for over 20 years. |
| His evangelical argument for Mr. Trump centered on a plank in the platform to repeal a tax law banning churches from political organizing, as well as a pledge to appoint “conservative, pro-life justices” to the Supreme Court. And he included perhaps a thinly veiled message to Senator Ted Cruz, who spoke last night and declined to endorse Mr. Trump: “If you are a conservative, a decision not to vote or to vote for a third candidate is a de facto vote for Hillary Clinton.” | His evangelical argument for Mr. Trump centered on a plank in the platform to repeal a tax law banning churches from political organizing, as well as a pledge to appoint “conservative, pro-life justices” to the Supreme Court. And he included perhaps a thinly veiled message to Senator Ted Cruz, who spoke last night and declined to endorse Mr. Trump: “If you are a conservative, a decision not to vote or to vote for a third candidate is a de facto vote for Hillary Clinton.” |
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| • Joe Arpaio’s support for Mr. Trump might be boiled down to this: You had me at illegal immigrant. Mr. Arpaio is the Arizona sheriff who became famous for his aggressive, anti-immigrant tactics in that state. And Mr. Trump started his campaign more than a year ago by focusing on the danger that illegal immigrants pose to Americans. On Thursday, Mr. Arpaio said his experience at the border convinced him that “we have terrorists coming over our borders, infiltrating our communities and causing massive destruction and mayhem.” He said Mr. Trump was the only candidate willing to confront that issue. | • Joe Arpaio’s support for Mr. Trump might be boiled down to this: You had me at illegal immigrant. Mr. Arpaio is the Arizona sheriff who became famous for his aggressive, anti-immigrant tactics in that state. And Mr. Trump started his campaign more than a year ago by focusing on the danger that illegal immigrants pose to Americans. On Thursday, Mr. Arpaio said his experience at the border convinced him that “we have terrorists coming over our borders, infiltrating our communities and causing massive destruction and mayhem.” He said Mr. Trump was the only candidate willing to confront that issue. |
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| • Representative Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee struck a mostly optimistic note amid remarks that focused on problems. She proclaimed that electing Mr. Trump would return the country to greatness and spoke broadly about Mr. Trump’s leadership qualities and record as a businessman who “has seen challenges” and “learned his lessons.” And with a turn of phrase, linked his real estate successes to the potential of a Trump presidency: “Not only can they change a skyline, they can change the world.” | • Representative Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee struck a mostly optimistic note amid remarks that focused on problems. She proclaimed that electing Mr. Trump would return the country to greatness and spoke broadly about Mr. Trump’s leadership qualities and record as a businessman who “has seen challenges” and “learned his lessons.” And with a turn of phrase, linked his real estate successes to the potential of a Trump presidency: “Not only can they change a skyline, they can change the world.” |
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| • Mary Fallin, the governor of Oklahoma, re-engaged the pattern of pessimism, but she said that Mr. Trump is the one to provide optimism — even if some Republicans might not agree with everything he says. “As Ronald Reagan said, ‘the person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and ally,’ ” she said. | • Mary Fallin, the governor of Oklahoma, re-engaged the pattern of pessimism, but she said that Mr. Trump is the one to provide optimism — even if some Republicans might not agree with everything he says. “As Ronald Reagan said, ‘the person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and ally,’ ” she said. |
| • Reince Preibus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, hammered Mrs. Clinton for a lack of personal and professional ethics. She “lied over and over and over and over” about her email server, he said. “Perhaps worst of all, Hillary Clinton has perfected the art of politics for personal gain. She reads ethics rules as carefully as Americans read their junk mail.” He accused Mrs. Clinton of using her position as secretary of state to “grease the wheels for Democrat lobbyists, special interests and political insiders connected to the corrupt Clinton machine.” With Mr. Trump, he said, “help is coming.” | • Reince Preibus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, hammered Mrs. Clinton for a lack of personal and professional ethics. She “lied over and over and over and over” about her email server, he said. “Perhaps worst of all, Hillary Clinton has perfected the art of politics for personal gain. She reads ethics rules as carefully as Americans read their junk mail.” He accused Mrs. Clinton of using her position as secretary of state to “grease the wheels for Democrat lobbyists, special interests and political insiders connected to the corrupt Clinton machine.” With Mr. Trump, he said, “help is coming.” |