GOP convention casts Trump as a caring pugilist who fights for ordinary people
by W. James Antle III, Politics Editor |
| August 28, 2020 12:30 AM
The Republican National Convention spent four days trying to reassure voters that a second term for President Trump is a decent and moral choice, whatever their misgivings about his temperament, tweets, and personal tendencies.
Trump’s likelihood of winning a second term will depend, in part, on whether the convention not only succeeded in rallying a conservative base that has remained loyal to the president for four years, but also whether suburban voters end their exodus from the GOP. The programming sought to portray Trump as a defender of every person, not just the rich, white, and powerful.
Each night, Trump was shown helping ordinary people. He celebrated pardons and commutations, not of his political allies but of offenders who had turned their lives around. An immigration hawk who vowed to control the country’s borders, he presided over a naturalization ceremony for legal immigrants. Hammered for the coronavirus death toll in America, he met with first responders and medical professionals risking their health to combat the pandemic. Whatever the propriety of using the White House in this fashion, each act was intended to smooth over Trump’s rougher edges.
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