It is the 17th of July. It is the third day of the Republican National Convention, the night

where vice presidential nominee, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, will take to the podium to celebrate

the life and times of the man who just a few short years ago, he said, was America's Hitler.

This is the warning.

Last night's disgrace at the Republican National Convention gave the whole world and all of

America's children an abject lesson in the qualities of debasement. There are few better shining examples of what it

means to debase yourself than what Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis did last night. Let's in the

words of that great former sportscaster Warner Wolf go to the videotape.

And let's watch Nikki Haley tell you what she thought about Donald Trump.

President Trump asked me to speak to this convention in the name of unity.

It was a gracious invitation, and I was happy to accept. I'll start by making one thing perfectly clear.

Donald Trump has my strong endorsement, period.

Now, let's listen to Ron DeSantis. Donald Trump has been demonized.

He's been sued. He's been prosecuted, and he nearly lost his life. We cannot let him down, and we cannot let America down. It's very important to remember that Donald Trump attacked

Nikki Haley's husband, attacked his military service, subjected her family to abject cruelty.

But yet, this broken woman is up there on the stage celebrating the

leader. I suppose this is what Donald Trump means when he talks about unity through debasement.

The abandonment of any principle, any conviction is clearly how you get ahead,

how you climb the greasy pole of the parties in American politics. It is astonishing. We have

eradicated a demand for character in our society, in our country.

What preposterous people these are.

Now, I'll say this about Donald Trump, who I am no fan of to say the least.

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