What Went Down On Night 3 Of The RNC

The “kept his word” line about Trump is obviously very debatable, but it’s a more plausible defense than a lot of what we’ve heard this week, and I wouldn’t be surprised to hear more of it tomorrow night.

Maybe Pence’s speech will remedy this as he gets going, but tonight has felt very light on second-term policy. That’s consistent with the argument by Matt Grossman and David Hopkins: that the Democratic Party is more focused on concrete policies, while the Republicans are more interested in symbolic assertions of ideology.

That stood out to me, too, Geoffrey. “I’ve seen him when the cameras are off,” Pence said. Multiple people have spoken of acts of kindness involving Trump, but all behind the scenes — a recurring theme of this convention.