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Republican Presidential Nominee: Donald J Trump
22nd July 2016
Donald Trump has now delivered his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, declaring to be the Law and Order candidate. The speech itself is worth a watch but the key points have been summarised below for you.
Key Points:
- Trump declared to the Convention that he would 'put American first'
- Repeated his promise to build a wall along the border with Mexico to stop immigration and crime imported from Mexico.
- Attacked Hilary Clinton over immigration and crime
- Linked a long history of immigration to lower wages for Latinos and African Americans
- Attacked the Democrats and specifically Barack Obama over education, employment and crime
- Claimed that hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants were roaming free across America whilst holding criminal records
- To be the law and order candidate
They key points sum up the convention themes of Making America - Safe, Work, First and One - Again, have been addressed in Trump's speech but the convention itself has still not united the party has perhaps GOP members would have liked. Ted Cruz went off script and refused to endorse Trump and ended up being booed by the convention audience.
You can catch up with the events from the Convention below:
Day One: Making America Safe Again
Day Two: Making America Work Again
Day Three: Making America First Again
Day Four: Making America One Again (Coming Soon)
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