Official 2016 GOP Convention Thread - OVER

[Scoop]

July 18-21.

Day 2 Live Stream



Day 1 Recording



Chair: Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House

Day 1:

Monday: Make America Safe Again

Primetime Speakers

Willie Robertson, CEO of Duck Commander and Buck Commander, star of Duck Dynasty
Governor Rick Perry, Former Governor of Texas
Marcus Luttrell, U.S. Navy SEAL
Scott Baio, Actor and Television Producer
Pat Smith, Mother of Benghazi victim, Sean Smith
Mark Geist, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Fought in Battle of Benghazi
John Tiegen, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Fought in Battle of Benghazi
Kent Terry and Kelly Terry-Willis, The Brian Terry Foundation
Antonio Sabato, Jr., Actor
Mary Ann Mendoza, Immigration Reform Advocate
Sabine Durden, Immigration Reform Advocate
Jamiel Shaw, Immigration Reform Advocate
U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (TX-10)
David Clarke, Sheriff of Milwaukee County
U.S. Representative Sean Duffy (WI-7)
Rachel Campos Duffy, The LIBRE Initiative
Darryl Glenn, El Paso County Commissioner
U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas)
Karen Vaughn, Mother of fallen U.S. Navy SEAL
U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama)
Rudy Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York City
Melania Trump, Businesswoman and Wife of Donald Trump
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, U.S. Army (ret.)
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
Jason Beardsley, Concerned Veterans for America
U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke (MT)

Day 2:

Tuesday: Make America Work Again

Primetime Speakers

Sharon Day, Co-Chair of the Republican National Committee
Dana White, President, UFC
Governor Asa Hutchison, Governor of Arkansas
Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas Attorney General
Michael B, Mukasey, Former Attorney General
Andy Wist, Businessman
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin)
Chris Cox, Executive Director of NRA Institute for Legislative Action
Natalie Gulbis, Golfer, LPGA
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)
U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (WI-1)
U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23)
Governor Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey
Tiffany Trump, Daughter of Donald Trump
Kerry Woolard, General Manager, Trump Winery
Donald Trump, Jr., Son of Donald Trump and EVP, The Trump Organization
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia)
Dr. Ben Carson, Neurosurgeon
Kimberlin Brown, Actor

Day 3:

Wednesday: Make America First Again

Primetime Program, 7 P.M.

Laura Ingraham, Radio Host
Phil Ruffin, Businessman
Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida
Eileen Collins, Astronaut (retired)
Michelle Van Etten, Small Business Owner
Kentucky State Senator Ralph Alvarado, Jr.
Darrell Scott, Pastor
Harold Hamm, Continental Resources
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker
Lynne Patton, The Eric Trump Foundation
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida)
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
Eric Trump, Executive Vice President of The Trump Organization
Newt & Callista Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House and his wife
Indiana Governor Mike Pence, Presumptive candidate for Vice President

Day 4:

Thursday: Make America One Again

Primetime Program, 7:30 P.M.

Brock Mealer, Motivational Speaker
U.S Representative Marsha Blackburn (TN-7)
Governor Mary Fallin, Governor of Oklahoma
Dr. Lisa Shin, National Diversity Coalition for Trump
Reince Priebus, RNC Chairman
Jerry Falwell, Jr., President of Liberty University and evangelical leader
Peter Thiel, Venture Capitalist
Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital
Ivanka Trump, Daughter of Donald Trump and EVP at the Trump Organization
Donald J. Trump, Republican presumptive candidate for President of the United States

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/us/politics/republican-convention-speakers-donald-trump.html?_r=1

 

[Misanthrope]

Tim Tebow? When did we start letting unemployed dudes speak at the conventions?

 

[Scoop]

Tim Tebow? When did we start letting unemployed dudes speak at the conventions?

Pretty sure Tim Tebow makes 7 figures as a TV sports analyst for ESPN.

 

[Misanthrope]

Pretty sure Tim Tebow makes 7 figures as a TV sports analyst for ESPN.

I don't know what I'm more amazed by, the fact that Tim Tebow has a 7 figure job, or that my fukking cable bills help pay for this. Time to cut the cord.

 

[StatUS]

Let someone blame your father for the assassination of JFK then speak on his behalf brehs.

 

[SithLawd]

Thiel is the most interesting choice
Platform went heavy with the social conservatism
but he's a gay silicon valley libertarian

 

[King Kreole]

Thiel is the most interesting choice
Platform went heavy with the social conservatism
but he's a gay silicon valley libertarian

I think Thiel could represent the future (or at least a wing of the future) Republican party; silicon valley, tech entrepreneurship as a means to solving all of society's problems. Basically, neo-Randianism. The culture wars are over, Dems won. Republicans need to drop that shyt and find a new wave. Paul Ryan signals at this direction.

 

[Scoop]

Thiel is the most interesting choice
Platform went heavy with the social conservatism
but he's a gay silicon valley libertarian

The "party platform" doesn't really mean much. Candidates don't have to follow it.

It's also not final. Only the low level committees have had a crack at it so far.

 

[Scoop]

Trump: Palin not attending RNC because Alaska 'a long ways away'
By Nick Gass

07/14/16 01:13 PM EDT

Sarah Palin was asked to speak at next week's Republican National Convention, but apparently the roughly 3,000-mile flight is too long for the former governor of Alaska to make the trip to Cleveland.

"She was asked," Donald Trump told the Washington Examiner in an interview Thursday. "It's a little bit difficult because of where she is. We love Sarah. Little bit difficult because of, you know, it's a long ways away."

Palin, who lives in Alaska, endorsed Trump for the Republican nomination in Des Moines ahead of the Iowa caucuses and has campaigned with him on several occasions across the country, including in Florida, Oklahoma and a little closer to home in California. Palin also traveled even farther, to New York City, where the two dined at a pizza joint in 2011.

Read more: Trump: Palin not attending RNC because Alaska 'a long ways away'
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[Scoop]

OP is updated. Today is day 1

 

[King Kreole]

This is going to be a glorious mess.

 

[Tommy Fits]

Scott baio...breaking out the big guns

 

[BucciMane]

I think Thiel could represent the future (or at least a wing of the future) Republican party; silicon valley, tech entrepreneurship as a means to solving all of society's problems. Basically, neo-Randianism. The culture wars are over, Dems won. Republicans need to drop that shyt and find a new wave. Paul Ryan signals at this direction.

Agreed. You would see a lot more people that vote for Democrats right now vote for Republicans if the right backs off social issues even just a little. They would start thinking with their wallets and brains, and not their hearts.

 

[Batter Up]

Let someone blame your father for the assassination of JFK then speak on his behalf brehs.

He must've also forgotten how Trump repeatedly insulted his wife, called him a p*ssy, and added fuel to tabloids that he had an affair with 5 different women.

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Scott Baio, Pam Bondi, Dana White, Antonio Sabato Jr, Sheriff Clarke