The moment Donald Trump entered the #GOPConvention https://t.co/rBRl8OGoqo pic.twitter.com/th6VcowmfM
— CNN (@CNN) July 19, 2016
Washington Post lists winners and losers from last night:
Watching Melania Trump speak, it was hard for me to imagine that anyone would leave her address feeling anything but more favorably inclined toward her husband. That’s a big win for Team Trump. [Update: Or at least, it was a big win for the brief stretch between that genuine convention speech and the moment much of the internet realized they’d heard a good chunk of that same genuine convention speech before. Eight years before, to be precise.]
* Rudy Giuliani: Sure, the former New York City mayor shouted most of his speech. But I found him to be a very effective advocate for Trump; he talked about Trump’s anonymous charitable giving, he talked about Trump as a father and a friend. Giuliani’s broadside against the threat posed by terrorism and the need for Trump’s strength had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand. In what was a generally sleepy night, Giuliani brought it.
* Donald Trump’s entrance: I have always wished that politics was more like pro wrestling. Increasingly, I am getting my wish. Trump’s entrance into the Republican convention — he offered a brief introduction for Melania — was epic. Backlit. Fog/smoke machine. “We are the champions” blaring through the speakers. It had everything.
* Marcus Luttrell: The former Navy SEAL — and subject of the book and film “Lone Survivor” — delivered an impassioned and raw appeal to patriotism during the first hour of the nighttime program. It’s hard to command a room at that hour — people are shuffling around and just getting settled in for the night — but Luttrell did it.
