After the notorious sellout, Hulk Hogan, spoke in favor of Trump at the RNC, Donald Trump gave his nomination speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Many people questioned whether Trump would go forward and give a conciliatory speech or a more divisive one. Well, the latter is true. Trump at first gave an account of the assassination attempt against him in somber terms. He at first gave a message of unity, and then he was giving the same old divisive, hateful, and habitually lying speech. Trump claimed to want to be President for all of America, not half of America. Yet, he has called his opponents vermin, promised mass detention camps, and claimed that undocumented immigrants and migrants are "poisoning the blood of our country." Trump claimed in his speech that he will not criminalize dissent or demonize disagreement, but he said that he will prosecute his political opponents in a June 2024 interview with Sean Hannity. Trump said that he is the one saving democracy, but he has promised to be a dictator on day one. Trump was indicted by many grand juries, all made up of regular Americans. Trump attacked Pelosi, Biden, and the UAW President. Trump claims that massive crime is in America when crime rates have declined in the past 2 years. Trump claimed that Biden wants to raise your taxes four times. The truth is that the President Joe Biden has no plans to raise taxes on Americans earning less than $400,000. Trump has spoken for 90 minutes being the longest Republican National Convention speech in American history. Trump claimed to want to lower prices, but Trump has proposed blanket tariffs on goods that will cost families an estimated $2,500 extra per year. At the end of the day, the Republican National Convention is not about promoting a softer, more moderate tone. It is about bashing immigrants, scapegoating progressives, declaring political opponents the enemies of the state, and denigrating other minorities.
J.D. Vance claims to ally with the interests of the poor and working-class people, but he grew up in a 4-bedroom suburban home in Ohio. His family earned almost $200,000 a year in today's dollars and the family paid for his golf lessons. J.D. Vance's book of Hillbilly Elegy represents his views. The book showed that Vance grew up in Jackson, Kentucky, and Middletown, Ohio. By the end of the book, Vance shows hostility to the working class and the poor. In his book, he blames those in poverty for spending giant TVs, IPads, nice clothes for kids, and other loans that leave people in poverty. He believes that hard work can cure laziness and poverty. We know that doesn't work all of the time, because poverty is systematic, and the poor are amongst many of the hardest working people in the world.
The 2024 RNC guests include many 2020 election deniers. The Republican Party is now not the Party of Lincoln. It is the Party of Trump filled with extremists and being unapologetically xenophobic. Fascist movements always hated socialism, promotes extreme nationalism, advances the subordination of the will of the people to one person, and expresses a hatred of a separation of church and state. Campaign signs in the RNC have the message of "Mass Deportations Now" which means they want 10-20 million people to be rounded out and leave America by force (sending them into camps and splitting up tons of families in a vindictive fashion). These actions don't represent true unity but hating one's neighbor. Such an act would be impossible to accomplish unless an authoritarian state existed. Back decades ago, the Nazis and Hitler promoted Jewish people being vilified. In our time, the modern-day neo-fascists demonize black people, Jewish people, immigrants (especially undocumented immigrants, many of whom qualify for legal asylum), women, and other minorities. The GOP promotes a perversion of Christianity that view Trump as a Messianic figure who can save the soul of America (Many Evangelicals have been deceived to unconditionally support him when he has been found legally liable of rape, convicted of many felonies, sells Bible for tons of money, and advances hatred against those who disagree with his repugnant views). Tax cuts for the super-wealthy are the agenda of the RNC that refutes the claim that the Republican Party is a populist party. Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Marco Rubio, and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis all align with the Trump agenda. Hulk Hogan joining Trump in the RNC Convention is not shocking. Hogan is something else.
We will always oppose fascism and injustice. Republican Governor Jim Justice of West Virginia said that wild comment that they will become unhinged if Trump loses the 2024 election by November. One important point is to see how Robert Kennedy Jr. is talking and collaborating verbally with Donald Trump. This can't be understated. Both of these people are extremists, expressed skepticism about vaccines, and are dangerous to our way of life. Trump wanted RFK Jr. to support him when Robert Kennedy Sr. was the opposite of both men. Robert Kennedy Sr. back in the 1960's opposed apartheid, supported civil rights, wanted gun control, endorsed international cooperation to solve complicated foreign policy issues, and believed in ending the Vietnam War. President Joe Biden wants major Supreme Court reforms. It could include term limits for Justice and an enforceable code of ethics. Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro spoke at the Republican National Convention hours after leaving jail for refusing to submit to a legal subpoena.
There were many events at the Republican National Convention on its third day. This time saw Donald Trump's running mate J.D. Vance giving his speech to the general public. Vance introduced himself showing a right-wing populist message. The Republicans in the convention criticized Biden's foreign policy from his handling of the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal (with Gold Star families and kidnapping victims of Hamas). Trump's 17-year-old granddaughter gave remarks. Vance criticized Biden saying that a rural area in Ohio is a place that is forgotten by America's ruling class in Washington. Vance forgets that he is part of the Silicon Valley wealthy crew and funded by them. Vance criticized Biden for supporting the Iraq War. The Iraq War was an unjust war obviously for a litany of reasons, but Ukrainians gave the God given right to defend their lands from Russian military invasion. Vance is blatantly isolationist. His wife Usha gave words too on the stage. Vance blamed Biden for giving China a few passes when tariffs against China could cause a trade war increasing prices of American goods and harming the American economy directly. Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn shouted at Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle accusing her of not giving real answers to the public about what took place involving the assassination attempt against Donald Trump. North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum gave his speech that the war on energy hurts people, but massive pollution hurts all people from increased diseases, increased community destruction, and lead pipes. We should have energy, but it must be developed in the right fashion, and clean energy is energy too especially in the rise of climate change in our world. What we see here is that the agenda of fascism is alive in America, and the corporate media (from CNN, FOX, and even some in MSNBC) care more to criticize Biden than to criticize the real threat of Trumpism is a profound double standard (like they or some in the corporate media did to Bernie Sanders years ago).
By Timothy
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