Republican National Convention **live commentary thread**

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Aaaannd she's speaking at the White House.

This is ridiculous.

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

Good thing they strategically had the Rose Garden renovated this past week. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to fill those 5 seconds in the video

[KaiserDave]

No...no it was not just yesterday. I think last century perhaps.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

My dad was yelling at the tv in Arabic "JERUSALEM ISN'T JUST FOR ISRAEL, IT'S FOR ALL OF US" My father took the Pompeo stuff personally

[DrScholl]

Melania's suit is quite militaristic.

[dunceDude]

Wow ... Melania basically breaking the 4th wall by admitting post-March life has freaking sucked.

[Saint Milei]

Yall hate women.

[brucejoel99]

Wow ... Melania basically breaking the 4th wall by admitting post-March life has freaking sucked.

An RNC headlining speaker (& a literal Trump, no less) acknowledges the existence of COVID-19 - in the present tense - & expresses sympathy for the families of the dead & optimism about the work for a vaccine!? Either I've fallen into a portal to an alternate universe or I just came back from one.

[South Dakota Democrat]

Wow ... Melania basically breaking the 4th wall by admitting post-March life has freaking sucked.

An RNC headlining speaker (& a literal Trump, no less) acknowledges the existence of COVID-19 - in the present tense - & expresses sympathy for the families of the dead & optimism about the work for a vaccine!? Either I've fallen into a portal to an alternate universe or I just came back from one.

I wonder if it wasn't a subtle jab at Trump.

[South Dakota Democrat]

Yall hate women.

What a silly thing to say.

[Ferguson97]

Yall hate women.

You're anti-choice...

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Post Trump presidency, I am very curious to see what Melania does, she seemed very unhappy with being first lady compared to Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton  and Nancy Reagan

[dunceDude]

This lane—admitting mistakes, being honest, focusing on the economy and good news around the corner—was (is?) wide open and they just ... walked away from it. Once in a generation political blunder.

[Roronoa D. Law]

Yall hate women.

What are you talking about? I love Melania, all she does is dress up and throw shade. I aspire to be her. Except for the part of being in a sexless marriage with a physically repulsive egomaniac.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Yall hate women.

From Bondi to Tiffany to Melania, the RNC's sent us a lot of mommies tonight.  Not true.

[brucejoel99]

This lane—admitting mistakes, being honest, focusing on the economy and good news around the corner—was (is?) wide open and they just ... walked away from it. Once in a generation political blunder.

Yeah, this is literally the best speech of this whole convention (& I'm sure it'll remain so, even with the next 2 days still to come) precisely because she's not using any "Trumpisms." She's giving a very balanced, hopeful speech without using any partisan buzzwords. Now, this is pretty typical of First Ladies, sure, but it certainly stands the f**k out at this particular event.

[Calthrina950]

This lane—admitting mistakes, being honest, focusing on the economy and good news around the corner—was (is?) wide open and they just ... walked away from it. Once in a generation political blunder.

Yeah, this is literally the best speech of this whole convention (& I'm sure it'll remain so, even with the next 2 days still to come) precisely because she's not using any "Trumpisms." She's giving a very balanced, hopeful speech without using any partisan buzzwords. Now, this is pretty typical of First Ladies, sure, but it certainly stands the f**k out at this particular event.

I've never held Melania Trump to account for her husband's failures, given that Trump has been unfaithful to her and it is clear that theirs is a loveless marriage.

[WD]

Yall hate women.

lol

[Rand]

I really don’t care. Do you?

[South Dakota Democrat]

Pretty sure what she said about U.S. history is in direct contrast to the GOP talking point about liberals trying to erase our history.

(I don't give her a pass, as others do, though...as someone else referenced, still thinking about the "I really don't care, do you?" jacket.)

[DrScholl]

This doesn't even sound like a speech from a First Lady or candidate's spouse. She's giving a generic message that sounds like she doesn't even know him.

[soundchaser]

If she had any self-respect, she wouldn’t be speaking at this convention in the first place.

[izixs]

If she had any self-respect, she wouldn’t be speaking at this convention in the first place.

I'd add on that if she had any self-respect she'd dump her husband and get custody of Baron in the divorce.

[Ferguson97]

Melania is such a bland speaker

[big data boi]

Melania is the most reasonable out of the bunch. But seems like she inhabits a different planet.

"Mean and manipulative social media" activity? Does she know who her husband is?