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Most notably, the first debate in the 2024 cycle, between Trump and President Joe Biden, was unprecedented in that it happened before the nominating conventions and led to a change of nominee for the Democratic Party.
For Republicans, it was a notable shift from 2020, when Trump declared in his convention speech that āall children, born and unborn, have a God-given right to life.ā But the politics of abortion have changed substantially since then ā and the absence of the issue at the RNC reflected that.
In 1988, Michael Dukakis bashed Bush for the IranāContra Affair and staged a photo-op in a tank to cast himself as a capable military leader ā though the plan went sideways when his huge helmet and grin looked more silly than strong.
At her rallies, Harris uses subtle age shade, telling crowds that Trump would āreturn America to a dark pastā and called his comments on her race the āsame old show.ā Her running mate, Minnesota Gov.
While Trump and his new nominee for vice president, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, have castigated diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility efforts at federal agencies like those Bernicat has championed and vowed to dismantle them, the ambassador said she finds it offensive that anyone would suggest those programs are leading to inferior candidates.
The leader of Spainās far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal, today called Vance the embodiment of āthe American spirit of opportunity, freedom and prosperity in the face of hate, sectarianism and the privilege of progressive and globalist elites.ā
āI saw the man standing on his own two feet and stick his fist up in the air,ā said Jondavid Longo, the Republican mayor of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, who attended the rally.