Trump finally livening things up and getting laughs introducing graphs on illegal immigration that he’d been in the midst of using when he was shot. Cracking jokes about how the last time he brought this chart out, he didn’t even get to use it, but he wouldn’t be here if he didn’t turn to look at it.
‘I never got to see that chart!’ Trump says of the graphic that inadvertently saved his life when he turned to reference it in Butler, Pa. and the bullet grazed his head.
Crowd goes nuts.
My patience is running out. And I get paid to do this.
Best moment after the riveting open was crediting the chart with saving his life.
After a demoralizing several weeks, this rambling low-energy speech has to feel like a booster shot to Democrats. If they replace Biden with a younger candidate, this version of Trump is very beatable.
Milwaukee — Pro-life activists stand outside the RNC perimeter. The two moms and the half-dozen kids between them are protected by a German Shepherd. We discuss the Republicans’ retreat on the abortion issue, both nationally and in Wisconsin, even with a strong Republican majority in the Wis. legislature.
Democrats are running millions in ads about a 900-page think tank white paper, and Trump says he got the idea to end taxes on tips from talking to a waitress.
This speech could have been and should have been 20-minutes long.
“The leader of the United Auto Workers should be fired immediately,” Trump says – a sharp turn from what has been a largely pro-organized labor convention.
Trump just called for the firing of the head of the UAW.
Milwaukee — The Village Church, a progressive Lutheran church one block from the RNC perimeter, is handing out food and water to police officers, passerby, and bar patrons. The congregation makes their bathrooms available to police. Inside, a young woman plays the piano. The starving writer accepts a piece of pizza and a seat before moving on.
