by Jeff Childers
Following the RNC Convention’s second day, which was positive, jubilant, and optimistic, it became clear that President Trump is re-imagining and expanding the Republican Party and transforming it into something extremely irksome to Democrats. Politico ran the story headlined, “A new kind of Republican Party is forming at the RNC.”
In a sense, the RNC’s first two days have reflected scenes from Trump’s media-shocking rally in the Bronx, albeit in a more polished, refined way. Whereas the Bronx featured colorful, unlikely characters like Mr. “I’m voting for Daddy,” the RNC has featured colorful, unlikely characters like former Trump critic, OnlyFans ‘model,’ rap artist, and face-tattoo fan Amber Rose, 40, alongside fiery Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, who became the first president of that union to ever consider attending a Republican Convention, much less actually show up in person.
During her well-received speech on Monday, Ms. Rose explained she left the Democrat party because she realized Trump and his supporters were her people, because they “love everybody whether you’re Black, white, gay or straight.” Not everyone was impressed. But still, Ms. Rose said most of all, she felt welcome. “I realized Donald Trump and his supporters don’t care if you’re Black, white, gay or straight,” Rose explained. “It’s all love. And that’s when it hit me: These are my people. This is where I belong.”
Traditional conservatives, hewing to now-reduced staple GOP platform issues of morality, free markets, and social order, occasionally voiced extreme discomfort with this construction of a new type of “big tent” Republicanism. For example, Matt Walsh, usually shy with his opinions, tore Ms. Rose a new one:
Tradcons, while happy the party is attracting former Democrats, aren’t completely sure they are accurately described as Amber Rose’s people. It is also important to note that traditional voices have not disappeared from the Convention; Governor DeSantis, for example, gave a fiery speech railing against diversity and promoting life.
But the convention has looked a lot like a tin of mixed nuts. Diversity is our strength, and so forth, and we don’t even need DEI. In other words, the Republicans are deliberately shattering Democrats’ myths about the party.
Trump has, once again, managed a historic political miracle that is shocking corporate media to its black core. One article quoted a startled commenter asking, “am I in the right convention?” For me, I hover in the camp of those feeling a bit mixed about the GOP’s sea-change in tone and focus. I have no definitive answers for you. I reflected on how the Pharisees hissed at Jesus for consorting with sinners. But the truth is, “the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10. Let us not be Pharisees, for Heaven’s sake.
Like Jesus, we should seek to commune with sinners, while refusing to acquiesce to sin. A political party is not a church; expanding the party’s tent could haul in a new harvest of minds that have recently matured in their political evolution, and may now be open to further spiritual maturity. Christians willing to work may find an opportunity to gracefully plow a rich new mission field. I suppose it all depends on how you look at it, threat or opportunity, but the transition is happening and we Christians need to figure out how best to deal with that fact.
Anyone that sees the Republican party as the party that has their interests at heart should be a part of the party and vote for their best interests. Unlike the Democrat party, though, the Republicans should not openly celebrate some of Rose’s baser instincts and declare them as “Constitutional rights” in order to create another “interest group” to pander to.
The Republican party is what it is. It currently holds the values that best serve this nation. The Democrat party has gone to the far, far left and totally off the rails. Anyone and everyone that loves this country and values their rights and freedoms (and who are not infected with leftist propaganda to the point that they cannot make rational decisions) should be flocking to the Republicans, especially under Trump.
Article takes bites of many chocolates. Rose may be out growing her previous lifestyle, we all may have things and people we left behind as we matured. Kennedy wanting big pharmas stuff better tasted for safety and effectiveness, drug companies spend a great deal of money in advertising they can have you labeled any way they want. After all the warning on vitamins not treating or curing any condition, lets look at vitamin C and scurvy. Our food supply is a mess. Record highs in the market have not translated down into record highs for 401 portfolios, The Fed just warned of the dollar collapsing, crank up the printers Janet there are wars congress has not declared to fund.
While the Trump GOP may be recognizable by its diversity, it is united by its commonalities. We are willing to look past our differences to work for a greater and common good.
Democrats only work for their committed constituencies.
In the Republican party, diverse people are brought together with a love of country. In the Democrat party, diverse, often conflicting groups are brought together by a desire to squeeze all they can out of government that is possible. Now they are fighting each other for payouts.
joe has never said the names of the 13 military killed during his disaster of a withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Donald J Trump just put the parents all on stage and let them say whatever they wanted.
Also joe refuses to take the phone calls of any of these family who lost loved ones…..heck, he even claimed he’d not suffered one military personnel loss on his watch.
OTOH, Trump invited all these people to his home in Bedminster where he met with them for an entire evening.
Dinner, dancing visiting, reminiscing over many hours.
Trump has not contacted the wife of the man killed during the assassination attempt. Biden has. She declined to speak to him, but he called.
As Hudson says in Alien, “You haven’t been keeping up on current events.”
Snopes…..The posts criticizing Trump are outdated.
According to reporting from The New York Times and NBC News, both published July 16, Trump reached out to the family on July 15 and spoke with Helen Comperatore on July 16.
Sorry, Aliens, not Alien.
Over 4 million has been raised to assist the victims of the assassination attempt, goal was 1 million.
Wait. You guys regularly dismiss those sources as liberal liars.
So, when they admit something positive about Trump (against all their usual instincts) they are all the more to be cited.
Wait… you are saying the NYT and NBC are spreading lies in support of Trump?
Hey, there’s another Aliens reference that applies to the DNC. When Ripley points out the little girl has survived alone in the compound, Hudson says something that is actually being suggested to get rid of Robin Ware/Robert L. Peters/JRB Ware/Pedo Peter/idiot Biden.
“Why don’t you put HER in charge?”
Posting lies again mikey?
No.
I’ve seen the same stupid meme. Yes, he has. He also started a GoFundMe for the victims that has raised $5 million dollars. You actually think Robin Ware/Robert L. Peters/JRB Ware/Pedo Peter/idiot Biden, who NEVER contacts the victims of his failures, tried to contact Mrs. Comperatore? You deny the simplest of facts yet cling to the most ridiculous lies.