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The Republican National Convention will be held in Milwaukee from July 15 to 18, where former President Donald Trump is expected to be formally chosen as the party’s nominee for the 2024 election. The Democrats will gather in Chicago from Aug. 19 to 22, where Democratic leaders say they will reaffirm their support for President Joe Biden.
Watch the above video as Straight Arrow News contributor Newt Gingrich explains why it is so important this year to watch both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
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The following is an excerpt from the above video:
I’ve been to many conventions in my career, and I like going to them, because on each side, Democrat and Republican, people come from all over America. You see old friends you may not have seen since the last convention, you get a chance to find out what’s happening in their neighborhood, what do folks think back home, what’s going on, and you come together for a common purpose.
Each of the two great parties has a tradition of defining itself on a platform, and I think the platforms this year are going to be very interesting. And if you really want to know, you can put together the two side by side, because you’ll be able to get both of them online, and you’ll see how really different the two futures are based on who wins.
On the Republican side, of course, we intend to nominate Donald J. Trump, former president of the United States, and the first former president who really has a good chance to become the next president since Grover Cleveland did it in 1888. So it’s going to be pretty fascinating to watch and see, and you’ll be watching history in the making.
On the Democratic side, you’re gonna have a chance to see President Biden, in effect, given the chance to lead his party one more time. And these conventions become a symbolic moment where the party talks to itself, and talks to the country, where different factions come together and they argue out what should be in the platform, what they should stand for, what it’s really all about.
