2016 republican national convention
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Polman: Donald Trump’s fact-free marketing of fear
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I knew it would be a long night when Donald Trump launched his acceptance speech with a promise to speak “honestly,” telling the crowd, “There there will be no lies. We will honor the American people with the truth, and nothing else.” As if. When a con man offers to sell you Arizona land with…
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Littwin: Trump is right. This is a dark and frightening time in America
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Donald Trump is right. This is a dark and frightening time in America. How else to describe the moment in which thousands of Republican delegates were deliriously cheering the notion that Trump, alone, can solve all our nation’s problems, including those that exist only in an alternate cable-TV-news universe? Trump, the gold-plated salesman, used his…
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Micek: The reluctant embrace of Trump
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U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc) wanted to talk about a bunch of stuff during his primetime address at the Republican National Convention. But Donald Trump wasn’t high on that list. He barely mentioned him at all. Instead, the ever-wonkish Ryan focused on the House GOP’s legislative agenda. He hammered home how important “a conservative…
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Reagan: We can’t elect a liar in chief
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The stunt Ted Cruz pulled at the GOP convention in Cleveland Wednesday night may someday become known as his “Mistake on the Lake.” By making a point to not endorse Donald Trump in his speech and telling people to vote their “conscience” in the fall Cruz did his own political future and his conservative principles…
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Dems lash Coffman with site tying Republican to Trump
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State Democrats launched an attack tying U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday – just hours before the former reality TV star is set to accept the GOP nomination – but Coffman says he’s the only candidate in the race who will stand up to whoever wins the presidency. “Congressman…
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Littwin: Cory Gardner opts out of Trump’s coronation
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I have to give Cory Gardner credit. When faced with a choice, he stood up – or actually ducked out, but still pretty much the same thing – for principle. OK, he wouldn’t say what the principle was exactly. And, being Cory Gardner, he didn’t feel the need to explain any of it to voters.…
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Colorado delegate vows ‘more insurgency’ after anti-Trump tumult
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The Colorado delegate heading a movement aimed at keeping the GOP from nominating Donald Trump for president vowed that the Republican National Convention will see “more insurgency” from Trump critics after a rancorous afternoon of procedural votes. “We don’t live in a dictatorship, we don’t live in a banana republic,” Castle Rock Republican Kendal Unruh…
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Everett: Musings of an RNC delegate in Cleveland
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Before we get into the politics, let’s talk about Cleveland the city. Obviously, my preference was for the Republican National Convention to be held in Denver, but I’ve been pretty impressed by Cleveland in the first of two weeks I’ll be here. Clevelanders are very friendly (even when I bring up “The Drive” from the 1987…
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Colorado Republicans praise Pence pick, though some say it isn’t enough
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Top Colorado Republicans and delegates to the Republican National Convention lauded Donald Trump’s choice of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate Friday, although some said the announcement, by itself, wouldn’t sway their opinion of Trump. “That’s a responsible choice, and I’m surprised Donald Trump selected Mike Pence. Clearly, Donald Trump needs to do…
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Tim Tebow, Darryl Glenn, Libby Szabo and Benghazi vets tapped to speak at RNC
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UPDATED: Tim Tebow made clear in a Facebook post on Thursday night that he won’t be speaking at the Republican National Convention, about 12 hours after Donald Trump’s campaign leaked that he would be a featured speaker in Cleveland. “It’s amazing how fast rumors fly,” he wrote. “And that’s exactly what it is, a rumor.” _____ …