With Donald Trump’s RNC 2016 nomination, the Republican Party is dead. And all the conservative activists here in Cleveland know it.
CLEVELAND — It seemed possible that the balloons would never drop.
This was not, after all, the celebration that the Republican Party had waited four years for.
This was a reading of last rites.
The Republican brand is now permanently sullied by the victory of a former reality television star with an adversarial relationship with the truth and a fluorescent rodent adorning his head.
Donald Trump accepted his nomination as the Republican candidate and finished his speech, yet thousands of red, white, and blue balloons briefly remained suspended in the air in patriotic protest.
He lingered onstage, greeting each member of his family and his running mate, Mike Pence. They smiled and waved, but the celebration did not begin on cue.
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Trump’s convention speech was adapted from the same stump speech he’s given at dozens of rallies across the country–from Manchester to Biloxi–in the last 13 months.
It was not a broad appeal to Americans who do not already support him. It was not designed to make him more palatable to those who remain skeptical of him.
It was a convention heavy on fear and short on facts, with no discernable economic, social, or national security message.
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— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 22, 2016
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