Analysis: Day 1 of Donald Trump’s convention: Scattered in message, unruly in delivery
The theme of Monday’s opening night of the Republican National Convention was “Make America Safe Again.” In other words, “Make America Safe from Hillary Clinton.” Donald Trump, who will accept his party’s nomination Thursday, was barely mentioned by many of the speakers, nor were specifics of the few concrete proposals he has made. One speaker, actor Scott Baio, pointedly said that being American “doesn’t mean getting free stuff,” the precise wording that Republicans have used to characterize the government programs that they contend poor and minority Democrats abuse. “You’re damn right, exactly right,” he added as the crowd began to chant “lock her up.” Part of the problem for Republican convention planners is that most of Trump’s plans remain on the drawing board. Seconds later, after host Brian Kilmeade referred to assertions by other Republicans that African Americans often are treated more severely by law enforcement, Trump asserted that there’s “definitely something going on there also.” “And it has to do with training and it has to do with something,” he said.
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