Hello from Virtual Washington. I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd cast. The Republican

National Convention is taking place among multiple storylines, a suite of pandemic, Internet

conspiracy theories from the group QAnon and possible violations of the Hatch Act, which

bars federal employees from campaigning while on duty. Oh, and also a life threatening literal

hurricanes brewing off the coast, which could potentially shift news coverage away from

the president's big week. So without a clear and unified message from the Republican

party during the National Convention, one thing is clear. Donald Trump will do whatever

it takes to win. On night one, he painted a fearful outlook for the future of the country

should have choose to elect Joe Biden. And on Tuesday night, Trump has appealed to the

gentler side of the party with a more compassionate speech from the first lady, which for the

first time addressed the racial unrest in the country. And if you're looking for one common

threat, it's this fear of violence, according to a recent Pew Research Survey violence is now

the fifth most important issue to voters almost on par with the virus. Does that work for Trump?

And what does it all mean for the future of the party? Later, I'll be joined by Congressman

Denver, Regalman to talk about how the Republican Party has moved in just his two years in the

House. But with me now is Tim Alberta, he's Chief Political Corp. for Political Magazine,

Sarah Flores is a staff writer for the dispatch, hello to both of you. Tim, since Sarah and I were

both praising your work before you had the peace of the week that in some ways your peace hit

the second we all found out the confirmation that the party wouldn't have a platform. And it was

sort of like this one, two, you write a piece saying searching for the answer to the question of

what does it mean to be a Republican? And the Republican Party says, yeah, we don't have any

principles and we're going to put that down on paper. I mean, it was it was quite striking

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