Jon, Jon, Tommy, and Dan break down Donald Trump’s acceptance speech and discuss how the Republican National Convention will shape the final 67 days of the 2020 campaign.

Show Notes

Trump’s speech

• WaPo: Chants, marching and music in D.C. as demonstrators protest Trump speech
• NYT: Trump Stomps on the Rules, but the Pandemic Isn’t as Easily Trampled
• Politico: Read Trump’s prepared remarks at the 2020 RNC
• Politico: Trump hits back at Biden’s accusation of ‘darkness in America’: Key moments
• WaPo: Trump attacks Biden and casts himself as an insurgent in his acceptance speech
• NYT: Trump casts the election in ominous terms, lobbing misleading attacks at Biden
• NPR – Trump’s Address To The Republican Convention, Annotated
• Politico: The Days of Finely Crafted, Elevated Political Speech Appear to be Numbered
• Vox: The 3 charts that disprove Donald Trump’s convention speech – Trump wants to take credit for something he didn’t do, and dodge blame for something he did do.
• Politico: Trump: Biden ‘is not a savior of America’s soul’
• Axios: Trump casts Biden as vessel for “wild-eyed Marxists” in 70-minute RNC speech
• NYT: Trump brags about his handling of the virus crisis and says Biden would ‘surrender’ to it.
• Vox: Trump used the RNC to gaslight America on Covid-19
• WaPo: Few masks, little distancing: Trump celebrates at crowded White House party largely devoid of coronavirus precautions
• The Atlantic – White House, Petri Dish

Final Night

• Vox: Thursday’s Republican National Convention speakers, explained for people who don’t watch Fox News
• WaPo: 3 takeaways from the final night of the Republican National Convention
• Transcript of Cotton’s Remarks
• The Week: Tom Cotton’s strength fetish
• Axios: Tom Cotton accuses Biden of aiding China’s rise for 50 years
• NYT: G.O.P. Convention Skims Over Trump’s ‘Unfinished Business’ in Foreign Policy
• Yahoo News: Tom Cotton attacks Biden with critique that’s been outpaced by events
• The Hill: Tom Cotton rips Biden on foreign policy in convention speech
• Politico: The Trump Show finale: Takeaways from RNC Night 4
• Transcript of Ivanka’s Remarks
• Politico: ‘I love you for being real’: Ivanka Trump lauds her father in personal terms
• WSJ: Ivanka Trump Tells RNC, ‘The Results Speak for Themselves’
• HuffPo: RNC Speakers: Sure, Trump Can Be A Jerk. But He’s Not That Bad. Really.
• Axios: Ivanka Trump says she’s seen “the pain” in father’s eyes during COVID briefings
• Vanity Fair: The Problem With Ivanka Trump’s Attempt at a Heartwarming RNC Anecdote

The RNC

• WaPo: GOP convention spins alternate reality with torrent of falsehoods aimed at rebooting Trump’s flagging campaign
• WaPo- The Trailer: The Trailer: The message coming from the Republican convention
• NYT: Republicans Insist Only Trump Can Stop This Chaos. But He’s in Charge Now.
• Politico: The GOP’s pandemic health plan: Everything is fine
• Vox: Why so few Republican senators in competitive races spoke at the RNC
• The Atlantic: This Isn’t the Convention Trump Really Needs
• FiveThirtyEight: Could A Backlash Against Black Lives Matter Hurt Biden? The Two Don’t Appear Linked So Far.
• Mediaite: WATCH: Biden Campaign to Run 2 Minute Ad on Broadcast Networks and Fox News Trolling Trump Ahead of RNC Speech
• Daily Beast: Fox News Cuts Into Dan Scavino’s RNC Speech to Air Biden Campaign Ad
• Politico: ‘It’s not supposed to be about him’: Harris scorches Trump in prebuttal of acceptance speech
• CNN: Kamala Harris slams Trump’s handling of coronavirus: ‘He was scared’
• NBC News: Biden, Democrats focus their RNC counterattack on Trump’s ‘failed’ COVID-19 response