RNC 2024 Day 3 updates: JD Vance touts working class roots in debut as VP nominee

Multiple speakers tonight have taken President Joe Biden to task for his handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Well, Americans agreed with their assessment: In an Aug. 13-16, 2021, poll from Morning Consult/Politico, only 31 percent of voters approved of Biden's handling of the situation. Even worse for Biden, the withdrawal was the event that really seemed to catalyze the collapse in his approval rating. On Aug. 15, 2021, the day the Taliban returned to power, Biden's net approval rating was +8 points in the 538 average. But by Sept. 3, his disapproval rating was higher than his approval rating, which has been true every day since.

-538's Nathaniel Rakich

Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former 2020 campaign staffer and Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancée, got the crowd fired up in her speech on the floor.

Guilfoyle claimed that under President Joe Biden, the country "is more dangerous, vulnerable and impoverished than anyone had thought possible."

"We are closer to World War III than any time in my life," Guilfoyle said.

She said Republicans would "restore an era of national pride where freedom of speech is respected and cancel culture is ended, [and] where high school girls only compete with other girls, not biological men."

Two veterans billed by the RNC as "everyday Americans" addressed what they saw as failings of the Biden administration.

Sgt. David Bellavia, a Medal of Honor recipient who served in Fallujah, Iraq, argued that Biden has demoralized America's military.

"Military recruitment has plunged. Confidence in the armed forces has reached a 20-year low," he said. "Under President Donald Trump, our enemies will know that American power is as decisive as it is overwhelming."

Scott Neil, a Green Beret veteran, criticized Biden over the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

"We want to prove that America remains the land of opportunity for those brave enough to reach out and grab it. But tragically, almost three years ago, my fellow veterans and I recoiled at the bloody anarchy of President Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan," he said, with the crowd booing. "We saw weakness and chaos. We saw 13 of our brothers and sisters lose their lives."

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Trump arrives at convention

Trump has walked out on the convention floor to the James Brown song "It's A Man's Man's Man's World."

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Trump has walked out on the convention floor to the James Brown song "It's A Man's Man's Man's World."

He is wearing a bandage on his ear again and is raising his fist as the crowd cheers.

Seen in the VIP box with Trump are Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and others.