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

It’s definitely been a bit harder to remember which Republican speakers are politicians and which are ordinary Americans. They’ve all been presented in the same manner (dressed up, at a podium, in front of flags), while during the DNC we saw those ordinary Americans in their home or work setting in more casual dress.

McConnell goes through a litany of attacks on Democrats, and he even mentions that Democrats want to make “the swamp” — the District of Columbia — the 51st state. I think that’s the first time that issue has come up.

McConnell probably doesn’t need to worry much about losing his election this fall, but nonetheless he begins his speech with a pitch for himself. He says he’s the only leader in Washington who isn’t from New York or California and that he’s a representative of “flyover country.”