What Went Down On Night 2 Of The RNC

Kim Reynolds is, I believe, the most populous state governor speaking at the RNC, and Iowa ranks just 32nd in population. The absence of Greg Abbott of Texas, Brian Kemp of Georgia, Mike DeWine of Ohio and Ron DeSantis of Florida is pretty noteworthy.

Tiffany Trump shared some memories of her father in her RNC speech in 2016 — but as I recall, it came off a little stilted. Maybe that’s one reason they went another direction this time?

I think that’s true, Galen. It would be interesting (and I haven’t done it) to see how different Trump’s 2016 coalition was from Romney’s voters, versus how different Romney’s was from McCain’s, and so on. The shifting racial dynamics of the party go back to the 1980 election, and even before.