Trump, Or Else: Speakers Laud President As 'Bodyguard Of Western Civilization'

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🗓️ 25 August 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

President Trump and his allies portrayed Democrats as "radical" and decried "cancel culture." The first night of the Republican National Convention attempted to rewrite history on the pandemic response while softening Trump's image with stories of compassion and empathy. Overall, though, the night felt gloomy, highlighting a key point of agreement with Democrats: the stakes of this election are existential.

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This episode: campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:05.4	I'm Osma Khalid, I cover the presidential campaign.
0:07.9	I'm Frank O'Rdenia, I cover the White House.
0:10.3	And I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent.
0:13.4	And the time now is 11.50 pm Eastern Time on Monday, August 24.
0:20.3	Donald Trump and Mike Pence have now officially been re-nominated as the Republican Party's
0:25.3	presidential and vice presidential nominees.
0:27.7	Please join me in welcoming the President of the United States of America and our nominee,
0:35.0	Donald J. Trump.
0:37.6	And I'm proud to be an American.
0:40.6	The day began this morning with a roll call in person with some 300 delegates in North Carolina.
0:46.0	Four more years.
0:47.0	If you want to really drive them crazy, you say 12 more years.
0:51.2	And then the party picked up again this evening in Washington, D.C.
0:55.8	It has been a long first day.
0:58.0	So why don't we start with what stood out to you all?
1:00.9	And Frank O'Rdenia, since you cover President Trump and you have seen him so often, why don't
1:05.8	we have you begin?
1:06.8	Sure.
1:07.8	On the one hand, we did see tonight this kind of softer side of President Trump.
1:13.3	We saw him talking with front line workers at the White House.
1:17.0	We also heard these stories about President Trump from Steve Scalise about Trump visiting
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