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Republican convention live: Trump speech excerpts released
Republican convention live: Trump speech excerpts released
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12.57am BST
00:57
Falwell:
“If you are a conservative, a decision not to vote, or to vote for a third-party candidate, is a de facto vote for Hillary Clinton...
“On the other end, a vote for Donald Trump is a vote to uphold the second-amendment right to bear arms.” Also to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons and appoint anti-abortion justices to the supreme court.
Falwell quotes his late father telling Chelsea Clinton that the three greatest threats facing the nation were “Osama, Obama and Yo Mama.” Charming.
12.54am BST
00:54
Falwell: Trump is 'America's blue-collar billionaire'
Jerry Falwell Jr, the Liberty University president, is speaking now. “Most of our nation’s leaders have a strong faith as I do in our lord and savior, Jesus Christ,” Falwell says.
Speaking to his students last year about the San Bernardino, California, terror attack, Falwell called for more guns: “I’ve always thought if more good people had concealed carry permits, then we could end those Muslims before they walked in,” Falwell said.
“We have never met such a tender and loving family. I truly believe Mr Trump is America’s blue collar billionaire,” Falwell says.
12.50am BST
00:50
In most polls Trump trails Clinton among women voters by 20-30 points. Campaign chairman Paul Manafort has just laid out how that could all change:
On MSNBC Manafort says Trump can appeal to women bc: "They can't afford their lives. Their husbands can't afford paying the family bills."
That'll get 'em! https://t.co/Xj7da0f4Ij
Turned on MSNBC right as Manafort said women will vote Trump bc they're worried about their husbands/"can't afford their lives anymore" 🙃🙃🙃🙃
12.43am BST
00:43
There’s the band. First AC/DC cover of the convention. You Shook Me. The Florida delegation is up to its usual (drunken?) hijinks. Nebraska looks bored in their matching red shirts, with one delegate definitely sleeping (and it’s loud). Who else do we see. Texas is doing the swaying cowboy hats thing. GE Smith also looks bored playing the repetitive, simple yet impossibly catchy You Shook Me riff. Here’s the solo though. Take that thing for a walk GE.
Dancing and singing at a convention does not guarantee victory in November.
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Perkins is done. Now there’s a video of Trump employees talking about how great he is to work for. The video features women executives. They say that the Trump organization is a great place for “women and minorities.”
Last night we watched one video of a Trump organization executive paying tribute to the Trump family and one video of the Trump children paying tribute to their father. Tonight’s video is another edition in the series.
“He’s tough, he’s someone who gets thing done and attacks a challenge,” says one executive.
“The man is a machine... he works harder than anyone I know,” says another.
12.35am BST
00:35
Tony Perkins, the family research council president, returns to the stage to speak. He’s not on the scheduled speakers list.
He says he’ll be voting for Donald Trump and wants to explain why. Great for Trump’s campaign for evangelical voters to have him here.
12.33am BST
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We’ve heard the national anthem and a prayer delivered in front of a projected purple sunset. (Just the prayer had the sunset.)
12.28am BST
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Family Research Council president and evangelical Christian leader Tony Perkins leads the pledge of allegiance.
Here’s what Perkins thought of Trump in March, according to a Washington Examiner report:
“I am very concerned about what may happen in a general election, especially once a lot of focus is placed on Donald Trump, his past positions, his personal affairs, conduct, various things — I think that’s going to have an impact on the way evangelicals respond in the general election,” Mr. Perkins said on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers,” which aired Sunday.
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Heavenly Joy, her name is. Five years old, Priebus returns to the lectern to announce.
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Priebus gavels final night to order
Priebus gavels final night to order
RNC chairman has gaveled the final night to a start. A super cute little girl with two gigantic white bows in her hair is singing Let There Be Peace on Earth.
RNC chairman has gaveled the final night to a start. A super cute little girl with two gigantic white bows in her hair is singing Let There Be Peace on Earth.
12.20am BST
00:20
Strike up the band. Night four is on. They’ve done Rock the Casbah and now it’s Sweet Caroline again. Boy Sweet Caroline goes over with this crowd. Is Neil Diamond even a Republican?
Whoops:
Working the phones for Obama... If I call you, don't hang up. It's really me and I need you. #OFACulver pic.twitter.com/e7oquoid
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12.17am BST
00:17
A bit of Nixon voiceover to whet your palate for tonight’s big speech:
The first civil right of every American to be free from domestic violence. So I pledge to you, we shall have order in the United States.
Opening of Trump's speech tonight is very reminiscent of Nixon's rhetoric in 1968 https://t.co/VyETymcxjZ
N.B.: while the rhetorical echo is unmistakable, the most dire comparisons between the most volatile American political year of the modern era and the current election cycle have proven to be overblown. For example, the city of Cleveland just reported that no RNC-related arrests have been made today, and protest activity this week has produced minimal violence.
12.01am BST
00:01
Trump draft omits ban on Muslim immigrants
Missing from the Trump speech excerpts, and from the entire speech draft as published by various outlets, is any reference to a marquee policy proposal that defined Trump’s run in the Republican primaries: a ban on Muslim immigrants.
In the draft version of his speech, Trump planned to say, “we must immediately suspend immigration from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism.” It’s unclear what he means by “compromised by terrorism.”
Additionally in the draft speech, Trump refers repeatedly to the need for a secure border. In one section he tells the story of a young woman from Nebraska killed by a drunken driver who was an undocumented migrant.
Trump, in the draft, places blame for the death at the administration’s door, and logically implies that drunken driving is an immigration issue (although Trump does not, in the draft, delineate the cause of death): “But to this Administration, their amazing daughter was just one more American life that wasn’t worth protecting. One more child to sacrifice on the altar of open borders.”
In a draft version of the speech published by Politico, Trump also refers to a border wall: We are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence, and to stop the drugs from pouring into our communities.”
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11.35pm BST
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Trump speech excerpts released: 'safety will be restored'
The Trump campaign has now released official excerpt of the big speech. Here are the excerpts in full as released:
Friends, delegates and fellow Americans: I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. …
Americans watching this address tonight have seen the recent images of violence in our streets and the chaos in our communities.
Many have witnessed this violence personally, some have even been its victims.
I have a message for all of you: the crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end. Beginning on January 20th 2017, safety will be restored. …
America is far less safe – and the world is far less stable – than when Obama made the decision to put Hillary Clinton in charge of America’s foreign policy.
I am certain it is a decision he truly regrets. Her bad instincts and her bad judgment – something pointed out by Bernie Sanders – are what caused many of the disasters unfolding today. …
But Hillary Clinton’s legacy does not have to be America’s legacy. The problems we face now – poverty and violence at home, war and destruction abroad – will last only as long as we continue relying on the same politicians who created them. …
As long as we are led by politicians who will not put America First, then we can be assured that other nations will not treat America with respect. This will all change when I take office. …
My message is that things have to change – and they have to change right now.
Every day I wake up determined to deliver a better life for the people all across this nation that have been neglected, ignored, and abandoned. …
Middle-income Americans and businesses will experience profound relief, and taxes will be greatly simplified for everyone. America is one of the highest-taxed nations in the world.
Reducing taxes will cause new companies and new jobs to come roaring back into our country.
Then we are going to deal with the issue of regulation, one of the greatest job-killers of them all.
Excessive regulation is costing our country as much as 2 trillion dollars a year, and we will end it. …
With these new economic policies, trillions of dollars will start flowing into our country.
This new wealth will improve the quality of life for all Americans. We will build the roads, highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, and the railways of tomorrow.
This, in turn, will create millions more jobs.
We will rescue kids from failing schools by helping their parents send them to a safe school of their choice. …
So to every parent who dreams for their child, and every child who dreams for their future, I say these words to you tonight:I’m with you, I will fight for you, and I will win for you.
11.32pm BST
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Trump to call for 'a change in leadership' – reports
Multiple media outlets – including Politico and the New York Times – and the Hillary Clinton rapid response outfit Correct the Record - have obtained a draft version of Donald Trump’s nomination acceptance speech.
The Trump camp confirmed to the Times that the speech was a draft version of what Trump plans to say - but the Trump campaign would not comment on how close the draft might be to a final version.
“This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: death, destruction and weakness,” the draft reads. “But Hillary Clinton’s legacy does not have to be America’s legacy. The problems we face now – poverty and violence at home, war and destruction abroad – will last only as long as we continue relying on the same politicians who created them.
A change in leadership is required to change these outcomes.”
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11.18pm BST
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Trump Speech Leaked (<--joke):
Whoa! Autocue inadvertently reveals 1st lines of Trump's big speech - and it's a whole new Trump! #RNCinCLE #RNC2016 pic.twitter.com/yvrYdn8nCf
11.17pm BST
23:17
Yeehaw.
Cowboys for Trump pic.twitter.com/SdnWrl35LV
11.14pm BST
23:14
During his mic check today, Trump admitted that he loves the media, in the latest flip-flop for the presidential nominee, who has also changed his positions on abortion, Hillary Clinton, trade, immigration, taxation, health care, the Iraq war, a Muslim ban, a border wall, Ted Cruz, Roger Ailes, Mitt Romney, super Pacs, charitable donations, accounts payable and the Republican party.
10.51pm BST
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No telling whether Trump can really make America great again, but 50,000 balloons raining on 2,472 delegates seems as good an opening move as any:
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10.47pm BST
22:47
Ha.
Driving down Historic Route 66 - an iconic symbol of the American West! #Arizona https://t.co/JWe7n4N7xh pic.twitter.com/NxISYawbza
It's also really far from Cleveland https://t.co/MvMM6mnqDr
