Republican National Convention 2020 Key Takeaways
The 2020 Republican National Convention seemed like a well-planned effort to construct a psychological bubble around President Donald Trump and welcome many voters into this bubble. Republicans were aware of the tumult of the last six months; this must have called for their softer tone in the second night the Republicans presented Trump as a champion of women and criminal justice reform while they laid attacks on Republican’s Joe Biden again and again.
The four days event kicked off on Monday, August 24, 2020, in what could be described best as an attempt to win back the hearts of disaffected suburbanites who are against Trump’s policies, the women who are disgruntled by his confrontational tone, and the ethnic minorities not at par with the current racial tensions across the country.
The occasion deserved some notable speeches by Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump’s campaign spokesperson. Kimberly painted a dark picture of America under Democrats further blaming them for a “cancel culture” better known as online shaming. On her side, Nikki Haley, the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations linked Joe Biden with the “Socialist left” and said that a Biden presidency would be beneficial to the interests of China and Iran while praising Trump to have had a record of strength and success.
Other speakers included Vice President Mike Pence, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, Donald Trump Jr., his Sister Ivanka, and First Lady Melania Trump who sought to convince followers that things are good and even getting better, or at least it would be worse under Democrats. Trump himself made use of his prime time to speak about his strengths, more so, regarding good economic news, and in what looked like a grave sincerity stance, he talked about the damage Covid-19 has brought to America.
However, Trump’s message was overshadowed by prior emotional speeches by parents of the slain humanitarian worker Kayla Mueller and the widow of Captain David Dorn. They painted the picture of a country where the people should win. Before and after which the Republican National Congress concentrated on delivering speeches designed to thrill MAGA devotees and ardent followers of Trump. They sold Covid-19 fight as a success story, promised economic comebacks, a racial makeover, and belief in law and orders.
As they majored on their selling points, somehow the RNC 2020, unlike the past convention, used the trappings of presidential powers including the legality of the use of the White House for campaign activities, use of videos of official acts of office like the pardon ceremony for convention program, and the inappropriateness of Mike Pompeo’s addressing a political convention while serving as the Secretary of State on a diplomatic trip, this created a possible Hatch Act of 1939 violation. Moreover, Covid-19 risks were another worry at an event within 0-person audiences. The first and second families failed to wear masks as they mingled without social distancing.
The race for the White House is officially on with Republicans’ Donald Trump scheduled to debate Democrats’ Joe Biden on September 29, 2020. Both sides seem to be set with their campaign agenda.
