Republican National Convention **live commentary thread**

[Pulaski]

Haley seemed a bit all over the place.

"America is not a racist country. Now let me tell you about how my family were discriminated against and a white supremacist shot up a black church in my state"

Regardless of that, I do think she's a strong orator generally speaking.

[SInNYC]

Until today, I thought Haley was the front runner for 2024, as somebody who can appeal to Trumpistas as well as traditional Rs. No more. She sounded like she was talking to first graders.

[dunceDude]

Can't wait to watch Nikki Haley try to take the high road in her '24 campaign, then turn heel and try some low hanging race baiting after five months of trailing Don Jr or Carlson in the polls, then finish in 4th place in Iowa and MWAH! Book tour in '25.

[John Dule]

Haley seemed a bit all over the place.

"America is not a racist country. Now let me tell you about how my family were discriminated against and a white supremacist shot up a black church in my state"

I think her point was that a few racist individuals don't necessarily make a racist country. But yeah, it was not a well-constructed speech.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

BEIJING BIDEN

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

The McCloskey speech was by far the best. Calm, measured, and speaks directly to the bedroom communities of America.

I’m pretty sure they plagiarized Trump’s tweets for their speech.

[Kuumo]

And now we're back into Bizarro World after somewhat good speeches from Alvarez and Haley.

[brucejoel99]

Christ, he's terrible at the fundamentals of public speaking: he's ranting & all over the place & just bad.

[Horus]

Christ, he's terrible at the fundamentals of public speaking: he's ranting & all over the place & just bad.

Worked well enough for his father.

[Ferguson97]

Nikki Haley is intelligent, has a nice speaking voice, and could appeal to moderates an independents. She would be a strong general election candidate.

Which is why she will never win a Republican primary, so we don't need to worry about her.

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

Christ, he's terrible at the fundamentals of public speaking: he's ranting & all over the place & just bad.

This was scripted, if you can believe it

https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1298081728217718784?s=19

[Roronoa D. Law]

Haley seemed a bit all over the place.

"America is not a racist country. Now let me tell you about how my family were discriminated against and a white supremacist shot up a black church in my state"

I think her point was that a few racist individuals don't necessarily make a racist country. But yeah, it was not a well-constructed speech.

Says the Sikh women who converted to Methodism and calls herself Nikki Haley. Nimrata is a bad as name why did she change it.

[brucejoel99]

Is Biden also the Sasquatch of the forest that is the American political landscape? What the f**k even is this anymore?

[dunceDude]

Says the Sikh women who converted to Methodism and calls herself Nikki Haley. Nimrata is a bad as name why did she change it.

We're up 9 points in the polls, you don't have to go after a woman for taking her husband's last name and converting religions LMAO.

[brucejoel99]

Christ, he's terrible at the fundamentals of public speaking: he's ranting & all over the place & just bad.

Worked well enough for his father.

"Watch me, daddy! Watch me act like you! Do you love me yet, daddy?!"

[darklordoftech]

The single-family zoning line turned Pat McCloskey from “generic Fox News guest” to “embodient of why I’m not proud to be an American”.

[brucejoel99]

He read like a robot & he looked like he was gonna either burst into tears or suddenly nod off. What a bizarre performance, & that's not even considering the craziness he was actually saying spewing.

[Brittain33]

What's up with Don Jr's eyes? Either he was crying or doing something else

Maybe he prepared with a "convention bump."

[John Dule]

Says the Sikh women who converted to Methodism and calls herself Nikki Haley. Nimrata is a bad as name why did she change it.

We're up 9 points in the polls, you don't have to go after a woman for taking her husband's last name and converting religions LMAO.

Really. If a comment that distasteful had been directed towards Kamala Harris, red avs would not have tolerated it for a second. Personal attacks should all be allowed, not moderated selectively depending on the party of the person being criticized.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The single-family zoning line turned Pat McCloskey from “generic Fox News guest” to “embodient of why I’m not proud to be an American”.

You can always emigrate, you know.

[Coastal_Elite]

What's up with Don Jr's eyes? Either he was crying or doing something else

Maybe he prepared with a "convention bump."

I think that should be "convention bumps."

[dunceDude]

The single-family zoning line turned Pat McCloskey from “generic Fox News guest” to “embodient of why I’m not proud to be an American”.

You can always emigrate, you know.

We're locked out of the vast majority of countries because of our terrible covid response.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

"THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS OPEN FOR EVERYONE"

DJTJ

Lol says the member of the party that demonized Muslims and Arabs for 20 years, that treats Hispanic and Latino immigrants as destroying American worker salaries and that black people are criminals....

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I'm not watching this, but my impression is that so far it's been two hours of "NIXON'S BACK, BABY" appeals with the occasional low-energy sop to pedo-hunting moral panic?

[Pulaski]

The single-family zoning line turned Pat McCloskey from “generic Fox News guest” to “embodient of why I’m not proud to be an American”.

You can always emigrate, you know.

I don't know if you've noticed, but they really can't.