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

Trump says Biden’s polling numbers “are going down like a rock in water” amid the racial-justice protests. As Perry Bacon Jr. wrote today, that’s just not true. (Biden’s lead has actually held incredibly steady at around 8 percentage points.)

Worth remembering Perry’s piece about how Black Lives Matter’s declining popularity suggested that there’s significant daylight between what voters think of BLM and Biden.

When Trump says his administration is trying to punish criminals to the fullest extent possible, he’s not joking. Under Trump, the federal government has resumed the federal death penalty after a long hiatus. Four people on federal death row have been executed so far this year, including a man who was executed last night. Definitely a contrast with all of the talk earlier about Trump’s commitment to criminal justice reform — and an example of the way he’s trying to thread the needle between being seen as a compassionate leader who gives second chances, and the president of law and order.