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GOP convention ends with Trump's 3rd nomination and a unified party

PBS News Hour - Segments

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🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Republicans capped off their national convention in Milwaukee Thursday night with a speech from the man who has reshaped the party in his image, former President Donald Trump. Lisa Desjardins reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Thank you, William. And now to a closer look at a momentous week in politics.

0:05.0

First to the Republicans who capped off their national convention in Milwaukee last night

0:10.0

with a speech from the man who has reshaped the party in his own image.

0:14.1

That's former President Donald Trump.

0:16.0

Lisa Desjardin has this report.

0:18.7

Balloons rained down from the rafters. And Donald Trump reigned from on stage, as Republicans cheered his third presidential nomination.

0:29.0

He is just the sixth American to achieve that for a major party but the event marking it was

0:34.8

all on his brand an unapologetic show.

0:38.5

Enough was enough!

0:41.5

And I said let Trump a mania run wild brother.

0:46.7

Left a media rule again. Let Trump a mania make America gray again. With a get Trump, America,

0:52.8

again.

0:54.0

With a get tough theme from wrestler Hulk Hogan, singer Kid Rock,

0:58.0

and ultimate fighting championship CEO Dana White. And ultimate fighting championship CEO, Dana White.

1:05.0

I'm in the tough guy business.

1:07.0

And this man is the toughest, most resilient human being that I've ever met in my life.

1:12.0

And when Trump arrived on stage,

1:16.0

the music shifted tone,

1:18.0

but the message, literally his name, was still big.

1:22.0

To a captivated crowd, the Florida Republican initially made good

1:26.3

on the promise of a unifying tone. As Americans, we are bound together by a single

1:31.8

fate and a shared destiny. bound together by a

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