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Trump's Convention Day 2 Sets Record for Lies
Yesterday was the second day of the 2020 Republican National Convention and the event was full of non-stop lies. Mary Ann Mendoza, whose police officer son was killed by a drunk driver, had been included in a list of expected speakers according to the Trump campaign earlier Tuesday evening. When it became known that she had retweeted a thread promoting anti-Semitic conspiracies, they pulled her from the evening's program. Instead we were left to hear about corruption from one of the most corrupt Attorneys General in Florida’s history, Pam Bondi. Two of Donald Trump’s children, Eric and Tiffany, also gave milquetoast speeches.
The night was capped off with a speech from First Lady Melania Trump. Melania’s speech was less political and less fawning of the president than other speeches. Still there were cringey moments, like when she called on the nation to stop the violence, looting, and racism without laying out a plan as to how. The First Lady’s speech didn’t really have a coherent narrative or tie into why she thinks her husband should be reelected.
Viral C-SPAN Caller Says He Switched to Trump After RNC
A man called into C-SPAN yesterday after watching night one of the Republican National Convention. The caller said he’s a lifelong Democrat but after watching the RNC, he’s decided to vote for Donald Trump this time. He said he liked “the heartfelt way [the Republicans] came across to the American people and [he] was really touched by the number of times [the Republicans] used the word ‘God.’”
There are some hints from the call that it’s not actually genuine. For example, he uses the right-wing vernacular “Democrat” as the adjective for the party, rather than the grammatically correct, “Democratic.” The bottom line is that it really doesn’t matter if this caller is genuine. Presidential candidates typically get a bump after their conventions. Even if this caller wasn’t convinced to go from Biden to Trump after the RNC, thousands or even millions of people might actually do that. It’s a real indictment on the country that people are convinced by this gong show.
From yesterday’s show:
Melania Caught on Tape Attacking Trump & His Kids
In addition to speaking at the RNC yesterday, First Lady Melania Trump also made news yesterday for getting caught on tape making disparaging comments about her husband Donald and his kids. The recording was reportedly made by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff , who is a former adviser to Melania, and she is going to put out a book in September called Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with The First Lady. While this can be dismissed by some as just gossip, it’s still an interesting peek behind the curtain as to what is going on in the Trump family.
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--This week's edition of Hatriot Mail
--Hillary Clinton says that Joe Biden should not conceded the November election "under any circumstances" until the results are absolutely and completely definitive
--Donald Trump's FDA chief Stephen Hahn admits that he oversold the benefits of convalescent plasma as a treatment for coronavirus during a propaganda press conference earlier this week
--Coronavirus cases explode at schools, as well as at colleges and universities, exactly as expected and completely predictably
--Black Lives Matter protesters in Washington DC surround and intimidate a random woman having dinner in a total misstep and dimwitted gift to Donald Trump
--Voicemail caller confirms that she indeed will "crawl over broken glass" to vote for Joe Biden in November
--On the Bonus Show: Protests erupt again, pediatricians call for school to end active shooter trainings, CDC removes 14-day quarantine recommendation, much more...
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