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

In hearing Alice Johnson speak earlier about her pardon, and considering that Republicans did successfully pass a criminal justice reform bill in 2018, do you think that undercuts some of Biden’s track record on the criminal justice reform? I’m just thinking about how unpopular the 1994 crime bill has become not only among Republicans but among Democrats as well, as it gave us some of the current sentencing guidelines that many see as unfair and part of the problem with American’s corrections system.

As we see a shot of many of Trump’s Cabinet members looking on, I wonder: Is there a designated survivor for this speech the way there is for the State of the Union?

Yes, Galen, one of the underappreciated challenges of Trump’s political position is that his low approval and favorability ratings make it harder for him to deliver credible messages himself.