The Note: The Curtain Comes Down on the RNC
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--TRUMP TELLS RNC ‘SAFETY WILL BE RESTORED’ WHEN HE’S SWORN IN: Donald Trump "humbly and gratefully" accepted his party's presidential nomination on last night, capping off the Republican National Convention and Trump's year-long campaign to win the GOP contest. "Who would’ve believed that when we started this journey on June 16th last year, we, and I say "we," because we are a team, would have received almost 14 million votes, the most in the history of the Republican party and that the Republican party would get 60 percent more votes than it received eight years ago, who would’ve believed this, who would’ve believed this," Trump said. All told, his speech clocked in at about 75 minutes -- one of the longest in recent history -- during which he lambasted his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, took aim at the Obama administration and vowed to restore safety to the country at home and abroad amid what he said were a myriad of threats to its very fabric, ABC’s MEGHAN KENEALLY reports. http://abcn.ws/29YEwMS FULL TEXT of his remarks: http://abcn.ws/2a01BST
--RNC DAY FOUR IN A MINUTE, courtesy of ABC’s ALI DUKAKIS and KIRK REID: http://abcn.ws/2ad5XWk
--ANALYSIS --TRUMP TAKES ROLE AS ANGRY SAVIOR FOR NATION’S ‘DISASTER’: He’s been an entrepreneur and an entertainer, a provocateur and, most recently, a politician. Now comes Donald J. Trump, angry savior, ABC’s RICK KLEIN writes. In wrapping up a convention that was unmistakably his, delivering an extra-long speech very much in his own staccato, Trump combined elements of all of his former careers to try the role of a lifetime -- ready to fix a country he believes to be deeply broken, and that he believes he is uniquely suited to mend. “Nobody knows the system better than me -- which is why I alone can fix it,” Trump said in his acceptance speech. http://abcn.ws/2azBaSA
--RNC FACT-CHECK: Trump last night offered a stinging indictment of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, as well as the legacy of the Obama administration. He made several claims about both, so ABC News decided to fact-check them, as well as the claims made by other speakers on prior days of the convention. Here are some of the claims and how they stack up from ABC’s CHRIS GOOD, JOHN KRUZEL and NOAH FITZGEREL: http://abcn.ws/2a9Vyh4
--5 WAYS THE CLINTON CAMP RESPONDED TO THE RNC: The RNC was filled with nonstop attacks against Hillary Clinton. And in response, her campaign has been laying on the snark. The Clinton camp -- which has at least two dozen staffers in Cleveland for the week -- has been trolling the Republicans’ every move in real time, sending out press releases, tweets, Snapchats and gifs. Here are five ways the presumptive Democratic nominee and her team have responded to the events this week, courtesy of ABC’s LIZ KREUTZ: http://abcn.ws/2a1BnwT
THIS WEEK ON ‘THIS WEEK’: Ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, George Stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook and Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sunday on “This Week.” Plus, the Powerhouse Roundtable debates all the week’s politics, with ABC News contributor and Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minnesota.
YESTERDAY AT THE RNC with ABC’s VERONICA STRACQUALURSI and ADAM KELSEY
TRUMP BECOMES FIRST GOP NOMINEE TO MENTION LGBTQ CITIZENS IN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. For the first time in history, a Republican nominee has mentioned the LGBTQ community in a GOP nomination acceptance speech, writes http://abcn.ws/2a9Vyh4. "Only weeks ago, in Orlando, Florida, 49 wonderful Americans were savagely murdered by an Islamic terrorist. This time, the terrorist targeted our LGBTQ community. No good. We are going to stop it," said Donald Trump, the Republican Party's presidential nominee. http://abcn.ws/2ae3IDh
NOTED: PAYPAL CO-FOUNDER PETER THIEL SAYS HE'S 'PROUD TO BE GAY.’ Peter Thiel, an early investor in Facebook and a co-founder of PayPal, announced onstage at the Republican National Convention that he is gay. "Every American has a unique identity. I am proud to be gay. I am proud to be a Republican. But most of all, I am proud to be an American," Thiel said, to applause, writes ABC’s MEGHAN KENEALLY. Thiel, who made news recently for admitting that he was helping fund lawsuits against Gawker, said that Americans have to focus on the larger issues rather than "fake culture wars." http://abcn.ws/2adRCtS
IVANKA TRUMP INTRODUCES HER FATHER DONALD: HE IS 'THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION.’ Ivanka Trump called her father "a political outsider" and "a fighter" while introducing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention. "For more than a year," she said of his run for the presidency, "Donald Trump has been the people's champion." Ivanka Trump, 34, described her father as the type of leader who transcended politics and said she personally didn't consider herself "categorically Republican or Democrat," reports ABC’s MICHAEL EDISON HAYDEN. http://abcn.ws/29ZTZQg
REINCE PRIEBUS TEARS INTO CLINTON. After helming a tumultuous convention, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus brought GOP delegates to their feet Thursday with a blistering attack against Hillary Clinton, ripping into her record at the State Department and accusing her of using politics to enrich herself. “Hillary Clinton has perfected the art of politics for personal gain,” Priebus said. “She reads ethics rules as carefully as Americans read their junk mail.” More from ABC’s BENJAMIN SIEGEL: http://abcn.ws/29PsJpe
SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO STUMPS FOR TRUMP. Joe Arpaio, the 84-year-old Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, and a controversial opponent of undocumented immigration, said that "my most important mission is to elect Donald Trump," citing his willingness to build a wall and secure American borders. Arpaio, who walked onto the stage at the convention to resounding applause, has been a lightning rod for scandal since his election in 1993, largely because of his staunch policies, which many view as anti-immigrant, ABC’s MICHAEL EDISON HAYDEN notes. http://abcn.ws/2a4jm3I
REFERENCES TO CLINTON DOMINATE RNC SPEECHES. On the final night of the convention, Republican speakers turned the attention more towards Trump, and focused less on Clinton, http://abcn.ws/2a9Vyh4 and http://abcn.ws/2a9Vyh4 note. The former secretary of state's name was invoked a total of 28 times Thursday night, 11 times by the Republican nominee himself. In comparison, New Jersey governor Chris Christie mentioned her name 23 times in roughly fifteen minutes two nights ago. Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus also said Clinton's name 11 times throughout his remarks, mentioning her even before he mentioned Trump. http://abcn.ws/29U82U4
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
TRADING UP: WHAT A PAPER CLIP WILL GET YOU AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. With a red paper clip in hand, ABC News attended the Republican National Convention this week. The goal was to see how far up the paper clip could be traded with delegates and people at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The first swap was for a pin from North Carolina. Not everyone was willing to part with their political swag, especially delegates from Texas who refused to give up their cowboy hats. Watch the video above by ABC’s OLIVIA SMITH and RONNIE POLIDORO to see what ABC News wound up with by the end of the week. http://abcn.ws/29SMYOk
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
360 VIEW OF THE BALLOON DROP AT THE RNC. The final night of the Republican National Convention concluded with a traditional ending for an unconventional candidate. Some 125,000 red, white and blue balloons and 1,000 pounds of confetti that were tied up at the ceiling for the week were finally released on the Quicken Loans Arena crowd. Fireworks erupted outside the "Q." On the Jumbotron read "Trump Pence Make America Great Again." http://abcn.ws/29Sue1q
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