That’s A Wrap
Well, after two weeks of live blogging, this is it. The last night of the RNC has come to a close and the main event of this evening was, of course, President Trump’s speech. Throughout the evening, Republicans built on a series of themes they’ve been coming back to all week: The Republican Party is also a party that celebrates diversity and is not racist, there is no room for socialism in the Republican Party, and a “law and order” agenda will be the main guiding principle moving forward.
But as with all things of this nature, it’s really hard to assess what the impact this will have in the polls and on the race. Remember, we’ve still got weeks to go before November, and even though Biden currently has a healthy lead over Trump nationally, that could change. We’re not entirely sure what to expect concerning the convention bounce this year, given the event’s virtual format.
Anyway, thanks for joining us for the last two weeks. If you scroll below, you can see the team’s final takes in addition to the live blog in all its chronological glory. If that’s too much work, though, here are the team’s headlines for the evening:
- Dan: Trump Gives Conventional Speech At Unconventional Moment
- Julia: Trump Eliminates The Border Between The White House And The Republican National Convention
- Seth: Trump Uses White House Lawn And Dense Maskless Crowd To Deliver Standard Stump Speech
- Kaleigh: Trump Gives Nomination Speech From The White House Lawn
- Amelia: Trump Gives Lengthy Convention Speech In Front of Mostly Maskless Crowd
- Galen: Trump Didn't Make News With His Speech, So The Takeaway Is That He Held A Nearly 2,000-Person Event On The White House Lawn During A Pandemic. (Is That Too Long? So Was The Speech)
- Geoffrey: The GOP Convention Ends With A Bang Full Of Fireworks After A Fairly Tame Speech By President Trump
- Emily: RNC Closes Out With Fireworks, But Not Much Else
- Micah: You'll Forget About Both Conventions Within A Week
- Meena: Is It Still 2020? (*Somehow, The Answer Is Yes.)