What Went Down During President Trump’s Closing Speech At The RNC

We now hear from Jeff Van Drew, who had a pretty liberal voting record before switching to the GOP over impeachment.

I have no real idea, but I’d guess these sorts of videos (Democrats for Trump/Republicans for Biden) are a relatively effective use of time, creating a permission structure for people who are thinking of a cross-partisan vote.

This convention has involved a number of current White House staff as speakers, including Ja’Ron Smith, Kellyanne Conway, Kayleigh McEnany and Larry Kudlow. As I noted last night, it’s unclear whether the Hatch Act prevents such speeches — the guidance from the Office of Special Counsel is a bit contradictory on this. But it’s highly unusual for modern presidential conventions to include employees of the nominee as speakers. And it tends to undermine their message.