so far I don't think a single speech during this was as effective as Michelle Obama was on the first night of the DNC convention.
I though Nikki Haley would have pulled it off by honesty he speech was a big letdown
she says America is not racist and then describes how racist the county has been to her in the past lol.
it was a surprisingly silly speech from someone who is seen as the future of the GOP
Pfft, she's the future of the GOP the same way Marco Rubio was in 2012.
Who will be in top contention for the Republican nomination in 2024 if Trump loses?
At this rate, Trump.
Why do you think so? I wouldn't be surprised if one of his children tried for the nomination, though.
I'm sure some member of the Trump family will run, yes, since this convention is making it crystal-clear that the GOP's "ideology" now basically consists in protagonism surrounding them. (On the off-chance that none of them do, there'll be at least one conventionally-telegenic fortysomething Trump orbiter like Hawley or Cotton or DeSantis in the mix instead.) The reason I'm pessimistic enough to think it might be The Donald himself is that he's already working overtime to delegitimize this election in advance; if he loses, he would be able to claim in 2024 that he was "robbed of his second term" and probably get quite a bit of the GOP primary electorate to believe him.
I think people are being optimistic to think that a Trump loss will allow the GOP to come back to its senses. Trumpism is now engrained into the party's base, and you know Don Jr. will try to run if he has any desire at all, and would likely be a favorite to win the nomination.
I mean, look at this convention. I think something like half or more of its speakers are members of Trump's family or are dating someone in Trump's family. Scott and Haley were the only ones not related, and I imagine they only did it because they have aspirations for higher office after 2020
