Official RNC convention thread

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Anonymous wrote:I really wish we could find common ground with these people. That is the greatest tragedy after watching this. I’ve never really paid attention to these events before but this makes me take a step back and reassess alot of hate I’ve harbored.

There is plenty of common ground. Most Americans are somewhere in the vast middle. The extremes on either end do not represent anyone I know.

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The crowd seemed to love that Vance’s grandmother had 19 loaded guns hidden all over her house, including in the silverware drawer.

Is that how any normal family lives? How they remember their grandmother?

Seriously people, this is not the model of America we want to hold up.

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Anonymous wrote:The crowd seemed to love that Vance’s grandmother had 19 loaded guns hidden all over her house, including in the silverware drawer.

Is that how any normal family lives? How they remember their grandmother?

Seriously people, this is not the model of America we want to hold up.

Not everyone loves somewhere where they feel safe and she was an elderly woman with difficulty getting around.

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Anonymous wrote:The crowd seemed to love that Vance’s grandmother had 19 loaded guns hidden all over her house, including in the silverware drawer.

Is that how any normal family lives? How they remember their grandmother?

Seriously people, this is not the model of America we want to hold up.

It may not be the model we want but it’s the reality for many Americans to survive.

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Anonymous wrote:The crowd seemed to love that Vance’s grandmother had 19 loaded guns hidden all over her house, including in the silverware drawer.

Is that how any normal family lives? How they remember their grandmother?

Seriously people, this is not the model of America we want to hold up.

It may not be the model we want but it’s the reality for many Americans to survive.

It certainly isn't. That's the house of a nutter. Maybe many of us can relate to having family members who are nutters but it isn't the ideal.

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Anonymous wrote:Abbey Gate families. 🥲🫡

This criticism is legit. No clue why Biden didn't fire the faux wonderkid - Jake Sullivan - who keeps failing up.

Gold Star Families are notoriously protective of the memories of their loved ones. Those families would not be there unless they felt so strongly about how and why their loved ones died. The entire convention is saying their names.

This kind of thing at a political event nauseates me.

Why? Marines who gave their lives for our country can’t be represented by their loved ones and have their stories told? Why does that make you sick?

Of course they should have their stories told. They should be honored at appropriate events by people who care. Having it at this convention makes it seem gimmicky. You know these politicians don't really give two sheets about these families. They are using them for a photo op. It cheapens it. It feels...wrong.

They died due to bad decisions made by this administration. They didn’t have to die if we stuck to the plan and withdrew from Baghram instead of letting NSC and State pull the strings.

It didn’t have to end like it did.

Yea you can lay that at the feet of Trump. He's the one who set it up before he left. That makes it even more wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are we judging these women by their looks like this. Who cares. They seem like nice ladies and decent human beings.

She's not a nice lady. She's an a-hole married to an a-hole and is probably fine with him being an a-hole so she can "live her American dream" AKA get rich and brag to her parents' friends back in India.

Do you know them personally?

Not the PP, but my parents know her family (specifically her grandfather, who helped my father when he was an undergraduate student in India). They are good people.

Thank you for sharing. I’m a Dem and definitely voting for Biden but I enjoyed watching this event. There were some lovely and heartwarming moments.

I think it helps remind me that we are all human and although we don’t agree politically we are all Americans and should stand together. There must be balance and common ground.

+1 And I thought Usha looked gorgeous in that blue dress. They also seem like a genuinely loving couple.

This is all very nice, but it doesn't change the fact that neither Trump or Vance should be POTUS/VP. No way.

And most of the people at that convention would just insult and mock you if they knew you were a Dem. There is no desire to find common ground among these people. They would rather demonize you. It is very sad. They love only those in their inner circles.

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Trump has been convicted of 34 felonies. How can he be any reasonable person's choice to hold any office, much less president?

JD Vance is such an extreme flip flopper. In 2016, he called Trump the Hitler of America, conservative heroin, an idiot who knew nothing.

This is the most extreme ticket the RNC has ever put forth. Not only opposing abortion under any circumstance, but also IVF.

Please do not vote for these people. Please.

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When has the VP nominee's spouse ever been relevant in any way? Who cares what she looks like or even who she is? Did anyone here have any opinion whatsoever of Hadassah Lieberman or whoever Tim Kaine's and Paul Ryan's wives are?

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Anonymous wrote:When has the VP nominee's spouse ever been relevant in any way? Who cares what she looks like or even who she is? Did anyone here have any opinion whatsoever of Hadassah Lieberman or whoever Tim Kaine's and Paul Ryan's wives are?

She’s not relevant but the right wing is evidently freaking out about her being not White. They’re really struggling and being gross.

Meanwhile her crap politics are right there to criticize.

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Anonymous wrote:When has the VP nominee's spouse ever been relevant in any way? Who cares what she looks like or even who she is? Did anyone here have any opinion whatsoever of Hadassah Lieberman or whoever Tim Kaine's and Paul Ryan's wives are?

She’s not relevant but the right wing is evidently freaking out about her being not White. They’re really struggling and being gross.

Meanwhile her crap politics are right there to criticize.

Where is the right wing freaking out about her not being white?

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Anonymous wrote:Abbey Gate families. 🥲🫡

This criticism is legit. No clue why Biden didn't fire the faux wonderkid - Jake Sullivan - who keeps failing up.

Gold Star Families are notoriously protective of the memories of their loved ones. Those families would not be there unless they felt so strongly about how and why their loved ones died. The entire convention is saying their names.

This kind of thing at a political event nauseates me.

Why? Marines who gave their lives for our country can’t be represented by their loved ones and have their stories told? Why does that make you sick?

Probably because of the hypocrisy.

“[…]Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed.” https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/

The goldfish Republicans have also forgotten Trump attacking the Gold Star Khan family. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/politics/donald-trump-khizr-khan-wife-ghazala.html

DP. The "suckers and losers" claim you all love to recycle was never verified and you know it. No one knows if it's true or not - since it's based on ANONYMOUS "sources" - and Trump has vehemently denied saying it. You look idiotic every time you trot it out as if it's a "gotcha" moment, but I'm sure it plays well with the rubes.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/10/04/donald-trump-call-troops-suckers-losers/

Whatever makes you feel better for supporting a man who spits on the military.

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Stupidest convention ever. Non-stop ridiculous nonsense. Not a serious political party.

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Anonymous wrote:Stupidest convention ever. Non-stop ridiculous nonsense. Not a serious political party.

Keep telling yourself that at your own peril.

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Anonymous wrote:Stupidest convention ever. Non-stop ridiculous nonsense. Not a serious political party.

Independent here who is watching and will watch the Democrat one too. Conventions are huge pep rallies on both sides. I’m very impressed overall with the republican convention. The majority of the speakers have been excellent.