Convicted felon takes the stage to accept Republican nomination again
Donald Trump, who is a convicted felon, will officially accept the Republican nomination for president Thursday night. He isn’t the first criminal to address the crowd at the Republican National Convention. On Wednesday, former Trump aide Peter Navarro took the stage just hours after he was released from prison, where he served a four-month sentence for obstructing an investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection his old boss incited. While several speakers throughout the week touted the party’s occasional tough-on-crime stances, attendees also happily greeted former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, former Trump adviser Roger Stone, and reality TV star loser and former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, all of whom were convicted for a variety of crimes. Media Matters for America senior fellow Matt Gertz appropriately dubbed the group “Cons for Don.” For the Republicans assembled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the convention, Trump’s own conviction on 34 felony counts isn’t a problem at all. “We're voting for the felon," Barbara Jernigan, an alternate delegate, told ABC News. The criminal who seeks a second term in the White House with the enthusiastic blessing of his party is expected to take the stage at 10 PM ET. While Trump has told the media his speech won’t be the “humdinger” he’d planned before surviving an assassination attempt last weekend, he’s scheduled to speak for 90 minutes, so the odds that he doesn’t go off script and spout whatever random and likely deplorable thoughts come into his head are quite low. You can watch his speech here, if you think you can stomach it, or just below. YouTube Video Campaign Action
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Donald Trump, who is a convicted felon, will officially accept the Republican nomination for president Thursday night.
He isn’t the first criminal to address the crowd at the Republican National Convention. On Wednesday, former Trump aide Peter Navarro took the stage just hours after he was released from prison, where he served a four-month sentence for obstructing an investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection his old boss incited.
While several speakers throughout the week touted the party’s occasional tough-on-crime stances, attendees also happily greeted former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, former Trump adviser Roger Stone, and reality TV star loser and former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, all of whom were convicted for a variety of crimes. Media Matters for America senior fellow Matt Gertz appropriately dubbed the group “Cons for Don.”
For the Republicans assembled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the convention, Trump’s own conviction on 34 felony counts isn’t a problem at all.
“We're voting for the felon," Barbara Jernigan, an alternate delegate, told ABC News.
The criminal who seeks a second term in the White House with the enthusiastic blessing of his party is expected to take the stage at 10 PM ET. While Trump has told the media his speech won’t be the “humdinger” he’d planned before surviving an assassination attempt last weekend, he’s scheduled to speak for 90 minutes, so the odds that he doesn’t go off script and spout whatever random and likely deplorable thoughts come into his head are quite low.
You can watch his speech here, if you think you can stomach it, or just below.
