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

I love the rampant regionalism in political events. South Jersey, Cleveland — at an American political event, we pretend like they’re all their own little nation-states.

Fun fact: Van Drew initially endorsed Cory Booker for president.

As Van Drew is explaining, he was a conservative state senator in New Jersey for a long time, and Democrats kept trying to recruit him to run for Congress. He finally took the plunge in 2018 — and won! — but he quickly changed parties, a decision precipitated by his refusal to vote for Trump’s impeachment. Now he’s running a tough reelection campaign as a Republican.