Republican National Convention **live commentary thread**

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How many awkward LeBron James/Cavaliers references are there going to be over the course of the next 4 days?

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Paul Manafort kicks off the RNC by bashing John Kasich

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A multi-level marketer who peddles pseudoscience—and whose product is endorsed by America’s leading conspiracy theorist (Alex Jones)—is scheduled to speak in a primetime slot Wednesday at the Republican National Convention.

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This band/singer is painful.

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Is it just me or does the stage look creepy. It looks like something straight out of a dystopia science fiction movie.

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Anti-Trump delegates say they will force roll call vote on rules

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Anti-Trump delegates say they will force roll call vote on rules

They have majority backing from 9 states' delegations per journalists covering this (need 7). Gordon Humphrey delivered it to a convention official. Delivery confirmed by North Dakota delegate Barry Emineth.

Washington, Iowa, Utah, Minnesota, Wyoming, District of Columbia, Virginia, Maine, and Colorado.

Currently people that signed are getting pressured to back off per a few of those journalists.

Haha, a Trump state.

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Anti-Trump delegates say they will force roll call vote on rules

They have majority backing from 9 states' delegations per journalists covering this (need 7). Gordon Humphrey delivered it to a convention official. Delivery confirmed by North Dakota delegate Barry Emineth.

Washington, Iowa, Utah, Minnesota, Wyoming, District of Columbia, Virginia, Maine, and Colorado.

Currently people that signed are getting pressured to back off per a few of those journalists.

Haha, a Trump state.

Washington was also a Trump state, but only because everyone else dropped out before Washington Republicans got to vote.

I forgot about that as well. Still very funny.

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Trump on Fox News RIGHT NOW, literally counter-programming his own convention.

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No one watching Fox saw that last part, because Trump called in.

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This is really intensely and shamelessly exploitative.

Pretty much this.

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I guess some people are scared of the truth.

Including the multiple Republican posters (Inks, outofbox6, Brown Line) that are saying tonight is disturbing?

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wtf is this new american century bs

Sounds like fascism to me.

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wtf is this new american century bs

Sounds like fascism to me.

It was Rubio's slogan too. Do you really think Rubio is a fascist?

From the way Rubio articulated it, no. From the way it has been articulated tonight, yes.

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Flynn is a WASTE.

He's also on Putin's payroll

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She speaks with an accent and sounds like an "immigrant."
Why is this Republican arena clapping for Melania ?

Red and faux "Independent"/Blue avatars do not understand: Republicans are NOT anti-immigrant. We are anti-ILLEGAL immigrant. Can you understand the difference?

Your party would like to deport the illegals currently here and have no plan for reforming immigration visas beyond some vague, "skilled workers," promises. In addition, Fonald Trump advocates a closed border.

If that's not anti immigration, then I don't know what is.

Should the law be followed or not? If you come here illegally, should you be allowed to stay if you are caught? You have no right to be here.

A. It's impractical to deport 11 million people.
B. It's much easier to make a path to citizenship for the illegals currently here.

It's not that hard you round them up and drop them off in Mexico or wherever, if you want to do it fast. We don't need the take the easy route in our country we have to take the hard route.

Wow, just wow!

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So do you think that Joni Ernst got bumped out of primetime because of what the Iowa delegation did earlier today?

Also she is now speaking to an empty audience.

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So do you think that Joni Ernst got bumped out of primetime because of what the Iowa delegation did earlier today?

Also she is now speaking to an empty audience.

No. This was always the schedule. They were just running a bit late.

Ernst, Beardsley and Zinke were the last three to go.

Ah okay, thank you.

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Leading GOP policy adviser and ex-Rick Perry aid

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I really don't understand how Iowa went from walking out yesterday to casting all of their votes for Trump today.

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The Virginia delegation currently is largely absent.

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Virginia didn't go AWOL after all.

I think those who are there are packing around the camera.

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Can someone explain to me what's happened with DC, Iowa, and Utah?

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Maloni Trump?