What Went Down On Night 1 Of The RNC

We’ve heard a lot of criticism of the GOP lately, that they don’t have a platform or an agenda. This evening hasn’t really refuted that, but the speakers have made it very clear what they are against: the Democratic nominees and their socialism/anarchism/political correctness.

I think that’s right, Perry. I noted the sometimes-tense relationship between the Democratic Party and the Black Lives Matter movement in last week’s live blog.

If Nikole Hannah-Jones was the Democratic nominee, some of this convention would make more sense. Casting America as having a history of racism, criticizing the Founders — that’s not really the view of the official Democratic Party, but the view of people who are fairly critical of the official Democratic Party. The Black Lives Matter protesters who are being cast as allied with the Democratic Party often hate the Democratic Party.