CLEVELAND – A great darkness has descended on America. Poverty and violence increase across the land. Armed gangs roam the streets. Illegal immigrants pour across cross our borders. Some of them harbor wicked schemes. Others simply want to steal American jobs.
Overseas, death and destruction reign. The long shadow of ISIS spreads across the Middle East. Iran marshals its strength and hatches plots. Civil war rages in Syria, chaos rules in Iraq and Libya. America has abandoned her allies. Her name has become a byword among the nations.
But there is hope. A great man, wealthy and wise, has pledged to save us. He alone will ensure that “the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves.” He alone will bring back our jobs, take care of our veterans, and destroy our enemies. He has promised to be our voice, to make us strong and proud and safe again. To make America great again.
That’s the picture Donald Trump painted in his acceptance speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. It was cartoonish and Nixonian, and it will likely be remembered as a kind of eulogy for the GOP.
But for the occasion of his coronation as leader of a doomed political party, it was entirely appropriate. After all, Trump has tapped into the anger and frustration of so many Americans in part by exaggerating their problems and the troubles facing America.
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A eulogy for the old GOP, now dead. Sad! https://t.co/NomhbCW68E
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) July 22, 2016
Don't try to spin this as anything but Chavismo with a Queens accent and stupid pinky gestures. https://t.co/Fe2DOT71IW
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 22, 2016
Trump's "I'm the only one who can fix it" marks descent of the Republican Party from republican Constitutionalism to demagogic Ceasarism.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 22, 2016
I've seen GOP nominee speeches in person in 1988 92 2000 2004 2008 2012. This is the very darkest, ever.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 22, 2016
Shorter Donald Trump: Everything is terrible. Everyone is going to die. Vote for me.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 22, 2016
This may be the most pessimistic speech ever given by a major party Presidential candidate at his convention.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 22, 2016
John Feehery , a Republican political strategist, said Trump’s ascendancy says “a lot about the voters and their frustration with the status quo, and with politicians, and anyone with elected experience.”
His takeover “is the revenge of the low-information voter, meaning people who are extremely frustrated with the political class…”
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