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RNC Tuesday: Part 1
In the first part of our Tuesday coverage of the Republican National Convention:
Ruben Navarrette, Daily Beast columnist, and Mary Jordan, Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist covering the presidential campaign for The Washington Post, talk about what's going on at the Republican National Convention.
- Republicans at the National Convention in Cleveland are referring to it as the joyless convention, citing disunity. The happiest of the bunch? The Christian evangelicals, who feel that he’s much stronger against abortion, some issues they're are most passionate about.
- Melania Trump was criticized for lifting parts of a Michelle Obama speech, but she also made a politically important point of humanizing Donald Trump, describing him as a family man.
- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani gives a fiery speech, a sharp contrast to his post-9/11 reaction.
@BrianLehrer FDR "Only Thing We've to Fear Is Fear Itself". Giuliani "They fear for their children and they fear for themselves". Progress?
— stefano giovannini (@stefpix) July 19, 2016Then:
Ying Ma, deputy director and senior strategist of the Committee for American Sovereignty, discusses the Committee for American Sovereignty super PAC's proposal to make America's streets safe again.
And, Dr. Kelli Ward, running against Senator John McCain in Arizona, joins us live from the convention center in Cleveland to talk about why she supports Trump.