At the end of the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump accepted the nomination as the GOP candidate for president. In the first part of his acceptance speech, Trump called for unity and healing, although he derailed into partisanship as he continued.
Critics have debated the media’s role in handling Trump’s speech. Some argued he was trying to appear less partisan to unite Americans after a political trauma. Others warned it might be a ruse, suggesting the shooting hadn’t changed his views and that he remains a threat to democracy.
Watch the video above as Straight Arrow News contributor Jordan Reid argues that Trump is still the same man he used to be and cites a specific moment in his speech as evidence. She says that Americans must now unite behind Kamala Harris if they want our republic to survive.
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The following is an excerpt from the above video:
That, right there, is a reference to the attempt made on Nancy Pelosi’s husband’s life. A man broke into their home in the middle of the night and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer. He almost died. And Trump — a man who just had an attempt made on his own life, and who one might think would have grown an empathetic bone or two in the wake of that event — he used it as a bit.
These attacks that Trump makes on his political opponents — they are personal and they are aggressive. They are specifically intended to incite violence, even if he doesn’t issue direct orders. He knows that through these attacks recreates a charged atmosphere that emboldens his supporters to turn to violence.
Remember that time back in 2016 when Trump said of a protester that he’d “like to punch him in the face”? And another time, when he waxed nostalgic about how protesters used to be “carried out on stretchers”?
I don’t think we’ve seen even a fraction of the violence that Trump’s supporters are capable of, and as the election draws closer, they’ll only become more and more activated by Trump’s calls to action.
