Trump leaned into his usual talking points during his RNC speech.
On the fourth and final day of the Republican National Convention, former President Donald Trump gave a highly anticipated speech, which he said beforehand would call for unity following his assassination attempt.
However in his first speech since the incident, Trump leaned into his usual talking points, slamming President Joe Biden, Democrats and other critics on a wide variety of issues from the economy, immigration and crime.
For over an hour, Trump went off script much to the crowd's delight. The former president told them he was grateful for their support after his brush with death but argued that the country needed to be fixed due to Biden's policies.
The night also included wild speeches from guests such as Hulk Hogan and Eric Trump, who echoed some of the former president's rhetoric bashing Biden and the Democrats.
Several RNC attendees got into the Wisconsin spirit, sporting cheesehead hats.
The headwear has been a tradition at big Wisconsin events events, including Green Bay Packers games.
Some of the cheeseheads were modified with pictures of Trump and his campaign logo.
Mike Pompeo, who served as secretary of state under Trump, addressed Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan during his remarks.
"I'm disgusted by the Biden administration's incompetent pullout from that country," he said.
To those who served, he said, "Know that your service was honorable."
In other jabs at Biden, he said the president talks a "big game" about American values but has "put woke" into the military and schools, and claimed he "can't handle that 3 a.m. phone call."
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Linda McMahon, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration under Trump, spoke about the former president's economic policies during his first term, specifically his tax cut plans.
"He knew that small businesses are the engine of the American economy, and the Trump tax cut proved to be like rocket fuel for them," she said.
McMahon, the co-founder and former CEO of WWE, said that if reelected, Trump would make those tax cuts permanent.
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National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina made his case to increase the GOP majority in the House.
"We need backup to save America," he said.
Hudson claimed Democrats would "hold sham investigations and hearings to bog down" Trump's agenda if he's elected.
The congressman vowed that a Republican majority would rebuild the military, "stand up to communist China" and "finish the wall."
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