What Went Down On Night 2 Of The RNC

Hardly a new tack for Republicans, but it’s interesting how they’re still testing out “socialism = democratic socialism” in the RNC with someone like Biden — and not Sanders — at the top of the ticket. We discussed this a little last night, as well on the live blog, but it’s hard to see how this lands as an effective attack on Biden even if he signaled more in the DNC that he might push an ambitious, progressive agenda in the mold of FDR.

Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Núñez is now speaking, but as Nate mentioned earlier, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — a close Trump ally — will not.

As the clock strikes 10 p.m. Eastern, we are officially in prime time. We kick things off with the lieutenant governor of Florida, who is referencing Reagan and laying out a case against socialism based off Cuba’s experience.