GOP Spirits High as Republican National Convention Enters Final Stretch

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🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The GOP is expressing confidence that the presidential election will break in its favor as the Republican National Convention draws to a close on Thursday. The event has been organized around MAGA themes, including “Make America Safe Again” and “Make America Strong Again,” with speakers taking aim at familiar targets like President Biden, crime and border security. Meanwhile, Democrats remain deeply divided over whether President Biden should end his candidacy, after Los Angeles Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday publicly called on Biden to leave the race. We’ll get the latest with KQED’s politics team, which is on the scene in Milwaukee. Guests: Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED; co-host, KQED's Political Breakdown Guy Marzorati, correspondent, KQED's California Politics and Government Desk Scott Shafer, senior editor, KQED’s California Politics and Government; co-host, Political Breakdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.6	Tonight's final night of the Republican National Convention will see former President Trump
1:23.7	accept his party's nomination and address a crowd that's excited and confident about his victory.
1:30.5	GOP delegates are uniting behind Trump's VP pick J.D. Vance, whose speech last night included a touching moment of honoring his mother's 10 years of sobriety.
1:39.4	Meanwhile, Democrats remain in disarray over whether President Biden should end his candidacy.
1:45.2	Congressman Adam Schiff has publicly called on Biden to leave the race, and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly applying pressure.
1:51.9	We'll get the latest with KQE's politics team on the scene at the RNC in Milwaukee.
2:06.8	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Republicans called for a change in tone at their convention in Milwaukee this week, with an emphasis on unity. After Donald Trump survived an attempt on his life
2:11.9	just days before, here's Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Donald Trump has been demonized. He's been sued. He's been prosecuted and he nearly lost his life.
2:22.8	We cannot let him down and we cannot let America down.
2:28.3	We'll find out if that tone change happened and more from KQE's politics team.
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