I want to thank everybody for this incredible support. Be very very careful. This is going to be, and i really believe this, this is the most important election in the history of our country. Dont let them take it away from you. The president is slated to speak in some form every night of this convention and contrasted not only to joe biden, but to most president ial nominees of the past. Speaking tonight commit nikki haley, the former u. S. Andki basinger to the un to launch a president ial bid possibly of he4 own in 2024. Donald trump jr. One of the most outspoken members, a Vigorous Campaign or on behalf of his dad. Senator tim scott, South Carolina will close out the night with an address he says is focused on hope and opportunity. Lets begin with a recap of the night so far. Watch this. I am here tonight to tell you to warn you, that this election is a decision between preserving america as we know it, and eliminating everything that we love. President trump fights for what is right, he wont back down. His courage gives Great Teachers renewed hope. Ive seen racism up close. I know what it is, and it isnt donald trump. The days of blindly supporting the democrats are coming to an end. They will disarm you, lock you in your homes, and invite ms 13 to live next door. The Democratic Party does not want people to leave their mental plantation. Theyve been forced to be there for decades and generations. Tonight begins a new chapter in the Great American story. Regulations reduced, the economy growing,in and of course he is building the wall and rebuilding our economy as we speak. As a healthcare professional, i can tell you without hesitation, donald trump trumps . Action and leadership save thousands of lives during covid 19 paired. The president said did what he said he would do. He took action, but i bet you never heard about that instead, my daughters murderer went to coordinated attack on donald trump or to get not Single Person of the outofcontrol mob that attacked our house was charged with a crime. We were. No matter where you live, your family will not be safe from a radical democratic america. We want to take you straight to this video about returning hostages home and the president. Watch this. Negotiation skills, perseverance, safe, the ingredients of hope when there is no hope. No american should ever be left behind, priority, free american hostages. We have six incredible people who were held hostage by various countries, and i am pleased to let everybody know that we brought back over 50 hostages from 22 different countries, we worked hard on it ambassador. brien and others, and i will tell you we are proud of the job we did. I would like to ask may be to say a few words and we can go through and just give us a little history of what happened and how is life treating you. I was in Southern Turkey for to years, and you took unprecedented steps actually to secure my release and your administration really fought for me. I think if you hadnt have done that, i would still be in turkey. They had you therefore a long time . We had to get you back. I have to say that to me, the president was very good, and i know they had you scheduled for a long time and he ultimately after we had a few conversations, he agreed, so we appreciate that and we appreciate the people of turkey and you still appreciate the people of turkey . We love the turkish people. It is great to have you back, andrew. Mister president , thank you for having me. Im from st. Louis, missouri i wasnt held in syria for 63 days and i think i speak for my fellow former hostages when i say im just grateful to have ever been to be home safely and thank you for the invitation and opportunity to be here, particularly supportive and helpful to my family and i cant say enough nice things about him. Thank you for promoting him. Just really happy to be here. You got a back. We got you all back, and we have somewhere that we are working on right now to get back. My name as mike, i do once again, its an honor to be here and an honor to meet you in person. What happened with me as i traveled to the country of iran, it turned out there was a major trap and i was apprehended there. I went through a lot in their injustice, the iranian and just to system. What you did sir, is you were able to get me out of that prison in record time. It was amazing. Could get my name as jeff and this is my wife tammy. We were held hostage in venezuela for to years straight you helped us get out. Senator had worked very well with you on that also. It was a great honor to be able to meet you when we got back right a lot of people asked what was it like. I said i was blown away i got released after two years and t then i was shaking the president hand in the oval office. Nice to meet you again. Its been great to be back. Helping great helping people through situations theyve gone throughat. The great people of utah really wanted me to do something about the two of you, and we were able to do it. A little bit of a miracle i think, to be honest. It was a very hostile period,us and we appreciate everybody working so hard with us. We will able to get you both back and you are living in utah. Say hello to the folks in utah because they are great people. Thank you very much, congratulations. I went and unexpected trip in india, i was not going to india, i was going through indian for nepal. But on behalf of my family and myself, thank you, President Trump for getting us out and getting us home. The darkest moment of our whole time together commit your letter to my wife came and it gave her the hope in the piece, from that time forward, as more people got involved things became more peaceful and the hope was there for the last four months. They had planned on keeping me for 35 years, the original charge i think was 35 years and that was cleared and then they came up to new charges were that was seven years. They responded very well to my request, so we appreciate that. Thank you all for being with us, we have a few more people we want to get back and we will get them back and they will be back very soon. President trump with his Second Surprise appearance of s the night talking to six hostages the u. S. Secured their release. It is powerful. I think these pieces our working quite well for them so far. In terms of that, so we want to bring in our panel. A great group tonight. Chris wallace, lets start with you. Ive watched most of the last hour and a half and what really strikes me is that while we are calling this a republican convention, its really the funk convention, the most recent republican president , george w. Bush wont be making an appearance this week, over the weekend the Republican National committee announced because cobit is limiting the there note even going to pass a platform, but they played support for the president sle America First agen. We are going to be hearing from this week the first lady, the president s for grown children, members of the white house staff, members of the trump cabinet and this was the second time tonight, every night of this convention and as far as i know its unprecedented, we wilt hear from the president himself. He seems to understand the best calculation and the best is for donald trump. The voters out there that voted in 2016 and plan to vote for him again. Hes probably absolutely right. Karl rove, struck by some of these videos, these testimonials one of them Herschel Walker who said he had at a 37 year friendship with donald trump, and he is no racist. To things about that. I thought some of the most powerful moments tonight were not the politicos, they were people like Herschel Walker. I was taken by the father of the parkland shooting victim. I was taken by the group of First Responders and everybody from a truck driver to nurses, these showed a softer side of President Trump and showed people heralding him as an individual. Were used to having donald trump stand up in front of the gigantic rally and talk. Were not so used to seeing these people pop up and talk about him in the terms they do. They show them as empathetic, as personal, as caring. Jim jordan talked about politics, but it was more powerful when he talked about how he was going to the home of a Family Member who had lost a loved one and donald trump talked her him on the phone. Tu that kind of stuff is very interesting to voters and i think will be helpful to the president s image as he comes out of the convention if they keep doing it. One, we heard from Herschel Walker, we also heard from a very impressive speech by Georgia State representative, a democrat talking about why he was voting for President Trump. We also heard from a woman running in baltimore, and she is also africanamerican saying democrats should not be dictated to and that they must vote for democrats. Black people should be not dictated to that they should vote for democrats brickey i think its a response to the fact that 90 percent of africanamericans planned to vote against this president. Their was a tape released last week, martha in which the president was talking to a predominantly black audience and bragging about the fact that there had been will wear black voter turnout in 2016 and he thought that was a sign of black support for him. I think a lot of the testimonials to pick up on what my colleagues were just saying about the president , but ckecifically from black people is intended to attack and try to limit black support for joe biden. Some of these also deal with the fact that you may not like donald trump, but that was essentially the message pretty. That was one of the reasons i love the hostages that were released because you might have missed it. Over 50 hostages have been brought home by President Trump, a concerted effort hes done early on, that was a big focus. Because of the treats and all the other things, the controversy you might have missed that, but that was superpowerful to have them there with them, and i think he does that kind of thing very well. I think the production has been very good. Theyre trying tove. Lower expectation. I think the videos have been very good. Also, im excited about the speeches especially that of nikki haley and tim scott, breakout stars for the republican and theyre coming up in just a minute. There were of how the president dealt with covid. He has a case he has a case for reelection he even has a case on covid which you know, it was treated as an article of faith it was a fact during last years Democratic Convention that he made the mess of the whole thing. But there is a case for his side of that and presumably we will hear it. This week needs to be about the case for a trumpet based on he has done. It is obscured now by the preoccupation with covid 19 and it spread, it has obscured considerable extent by the achievement of the economy by the recession that the covid 19 and the lockdowns have brought on, but its there and the question that faces this convention and this party this week is can they make it effectively on his behalf. It seems like it was something we all might not have even thought of, it makes the point that there is a fair amount to say about what hes done. Donna, as i mentioned, the republican running for Elijah Cummings speech, she said we want to get ahead, we dont want to just get by and again she said she sent a direct message tot black lives matter, black people dont have to vote for a democrat, they have choices. I would say to her as i said to anybody whether youre white, black, brown, or all colors, i would say we want america as good as its promise, we want to be able to live our lives. Tonight theres a family in wisconsin that is morning. They are grieving because their young child, jacob to get out of that hospital, shot, pointblank seven times. Dont start marching. Dont stop raising your voice. I want to say this, i love watching Republican Conventions because is the only time i hear from the full array of republicans. I have republicans in my family so i hear from them all the time. Here is what i want to say do donald trump and the republicans you can preach to, but you cant in less you know the songs. Lets listen into this video. If implemented it will make biden. The radical left as taking over the Democratic Party and biden in the far left are promising to crush middleclass families. Promising amnesty for 11 million Illegal Immigrants. Giddily made million undocumented folks. Promising to shut down energy exploration. I guarantee. And joe bidens america, the radical left get whatever they want and you get the page where it. Theyve already taken over for joe biden and the Democratic Party, dont let them take over america. Good evening. Im nikki haley, and its great to be back at the Republican National convention. I will start with a little story, its about an American Ambassador to the United Nations and its about a speech she gave to this convention. She called for the reelection of the republican president she served and she called out his democratic apartment that former Vice President from a failed administration. That ambassador said and i quote, democrats always blame America First. The year was 1984. The president was ronald reagan, and ambassador jane can patricks words are just as true today. Joe biden and the democrats are still blaming America First. Donald trump is always put America First. He has earned four more years as president. It was the honor of a lifetime to serve as the United States ambassador to the United Nations. The un is not for the faint of heart. It is a place where dictators, murderers, and thieves denounce america and then put their hands out and demand that we pay their bills. Nd a President Trump put an end to all of that. With his leadership, we did, but what barack obama and joe biden refused to do. We stood up for america, and we stood against our enemies. Obama and biden let north korea threaten america. President trump rejected that weakness and we passed the toughest sanctions on north korea in history. Obama and biden let iran get away with murder, and literally sent them a plane full of cash. President trump did the right thing and ripped up the iran nuclear deal. Obama and biden led the United Nations to denounce our friend and ally, israel, President Trump, moved our embassy to jerusalem and when the un tried to condemn us, i was proud to cast the american veto. This president has a record of strength and success. The former f Vice President hasa record of weakness and failure. Joe biden is good for iran and isis, great for communist china, and hes a godsend to everyone who wants america to apologize, abstain, and abandon our values. Donald trump takes a different approach. He is tough on china, and he took on isis and one. He tells the world what it needs to hear. At home, the president is the clear choice on jobs and the economy. He has moved America Forward while joe biden has held americe back. When joeas was vp, i was governr of the great state of South Carolina. We had a pretty good run. Manufacturers of all kinds flocked to our state from overseas creating tens of thousands of american jobs. People were referring to South Carolina as the beast of the southeast, which i loved. Everything we did happened in spite of joe biden and his old boss. We cut taxes, they raised them. We slashed redtape, they piled on more mandates, and when we brought in good paying jobs, biden and obama sued us. I fought back, and they gave up. A Biden Harris Administration would be much much worse. Last time, joes boss was obama, this time, it would be nancy pelosi, sanders, and the squad. Their vision for america as socialism. They want to tell americans how to live and what to think. They want a government takeover of healthcare, they want to ban fracking. Joe biden and the socialist left would be a disaster for our economy. But President Trump is leading a new era of opportunity. Before communist china gave us the coronavirus, we were breaking economic records left and right the pandemic headset is back, but not for long. President trump brought our economy back before, and he will bring it back again. There is one more important area where our president is right, he knows that Political Correctness and cancel culture are dangerous, and just plain wrong. In much of the Democratic Party, it is now fashionable to say that america as racist. That is alive. America is not a racist country. This is personal for me. I am the proud daughter of indian immigrants, they came to america and settled in a small southern town. My father were a turbine, my mother wore a sorry. I was a brown girl in a blackandwhite world. We face discrimination and hardship, but my parents never gave into grievance and hate. My mom built a successful business, my dad taught 30 years at a historically black college. And the people of South Carolina chose me as their first minority and first female governor. America is a story thats a work in progress. O now is the time to build on that progress and make america even freer, fairer, for everyone. Thats why its so tragic to see so many of the Democratic Party turning a blind eye towards rights and rage. The American People know we can do better, and of course we value in respect every black wife. The black cops who have been taught in the line of duty, they matter. The black Small Business owners who watch their lifes work go up in flames, they matter. The black kids whove been gunned down on the playground, their lives matter two. And their vibes are being ruined and stolen by the violence on our streets. It wasnt like this in South Carolina five years ago. E our state came facetoface with evil. Of white supremacist walked into Mother Emmanuel Church during bible study, 12 africanamericans pulled up a chair, and prayed with him for an hour. We didnt turn against each other, we came together, black and white, democrat and republican, together we made the hard choices needed to heal and removed divisive symbol peacefully and respectfully. What happened then should give us hope now. The principles we hold dear are perfect. If theres one thing ive learned, its even on our worst day, we are blessed to live in america. Its time to keep that blessing alive for the next generation. This president and this party are committed to that noble task. We seek a nation that rises together, not falls apart in anarchy and anger. We know the only way to overcome challenges as to embrace americas strengths. Where every child goes to a Worldclass School chosen by their parents, where every family lives in a Safe Community where every entrepreneur has the to achieve and inspire. Where every believer can worship without fear and where every life is protected. For every race and religion has the best shot at life. As the only candidate who has and will continue delivering on that vision. And america has are promise. We will build on the progress of our past, and unlock the promise of our future. That future starts when the American People reelect president donald trump. E thank you, good night, and may god always bless america. Good evening america, im t donald trump jr. Im here to talk about the Great American story, to talk about this country we all love, the land of promise and opportunity, of heroes and greatness. Just a few short months ago we were seeing the American Dream become a reality. The greatest prolonged economic expansion in american history, then littlest Unemployment Rate in nearly 50 years, the lowest Unemployment Rate ever for black americans, hispanic americans, women, and pretty much every other demographic group. Then, courtesy of the Chinese Communist party, the virus struck, the president took action and shutdown travel from china. Joe biden and his democrat allies called my father a racist in a zeno vote for doing it. They put political Political Correctness ahead of the safety of the American People. Fortunately, as the virus began to spread the president got the ventilators to the hospitals that needed them most. He delivered ppe to our frontline workers and he rallied the Mighty American private sector to tackle this new challenge. There is more work to do, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Job gains are outpacing with the socalled experts expected. Butt bidens radical leftwing policies would stop are economic recovery called. Hes already talking about shutting the country down again, its madness. Democrats claim to be for workers, but they spent the entire pandemic trained to sneak attack breaks for millionaires into the covert relief bill, a then they attack my father for suspending the payroll tax for middleclass workers. In fact, if you think about it, joe bidens entire economicto platform is designed to crush the working man and woman. He w supported the worst trade deals in the history of the planet. He voted for the nafta t nightmare. Down the tubes went our auto industry. He pushed for ppp. Goodbye manufacturing jobs. Biden is so weak on china that the Intelligence Committee recentlyse assessed that the Chinese Communist party favors biden. They know he will weaken us economically and on the world stage. He also wants to bring in more Illegal Immigrants to take jobs from american citizens. It open border policies would drive wages down for americans at a time when they were getting will reach increases for the first time in modern history. He has pledged to repeal the trump tax cuts which were the biggest in our country. E after eight years of a biden end it has been rocket fuel to the economy and especially to the middleclass. Biden has promised to takee that money back out of your pocket and keep it in the swamp. That makes sense though considering joe biden is basically the loch ness monster of the swamp. For the past halfcentury, he has been lurking around in there. He sticks his head up every now and then and runs for president dhen he disappears and doesnt do much in between. If youre looking for hope government hope government look to the man who did with the failed Obama Biden Administration could never do and build the greatest economy our country has ever seen. President trump President Trump will do it again. We will be stronger than ever because when we put our mind to it, there is no obstacle america counts or my. Except theres a difference this time, in the past, both parties believed in the goodness of america. We agreed on where we wanted to go, we just disagreed on how to get there. This time the other party asn attacking the very principles on which our nation was founded. Freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the rule of law, Thomas Jefferson famously said i have sworn upon the altar of god eater in the hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. Our founders believes that there was nothing more important than protecting our godgiven right to think for ourselves. Now, the left, they are trying to cancel all of those founders. They dont seem to understand this important principle, in order to improve in the future, we must learn from our past, comment not erase it. So were not going to tear down monuments and forget the people who built our great nation, instead we will learn from our past so we dont repeat any mistakes, and we will work tirelessly to improve the lives of all americans. Joe biden and the radical left are now coming for our freedom of speech. They want to bully us into submission. If they get their way, it will no longer be the silent majority. It will be the silenced majority. This has to stop. E freedom of expression used to be a liberal value. At least before the radical left took it over. Now the Republican Party as the home of free speech. The place where anyone from any background can speak their mind and may the best ideas win. People of faith are under attack. Youre not allowed to go to church, but mass chaos in the streets gets a pass. Its almost like this election is shaping up to be church, work, and school versus rioting, looting, and vandalism, or in the words of biden and the democrats, peaceful protesting. Anarchys have been our streets, and democrat mayors are ordering the police to standdown birds Small Businesses across america commit many minority owned are being torched by mobs. The democrat mayors pretend its not happening, they actually called it a summer of love. That brings me to another important principle, every american must be freed to live without fear of violence in your country, in your communities, and in your homes. All men and women are created equal and must be treated equally under the law, thats what we must put an end to racism and we must ensure that any Police Officer that abuses their powers is held accountable. What happened to george floyd is a disgrace and if you know a Police Officer you know they agree with that too. We cannot lose sight of the fact that are police are american heroes who deserve our deepest appreciation because no matter what the democrats say, you and i both know when we dial 911, we dont want it going to voicemail. To defunding the police is not an option. Everything starts with safety insecurity. You cant have anything else without it. You cant focus on a Better Future for your children without the peace of mind that they can study safely in their classrooms, play safely in their neighborhoods, and sleep safely in their beds. Safety is only the beginning. Trumps america is a land of opportunity, a place of promise. I was fortunate enough to grow up in family they could afford the best schools in the finest universities. A great education cannot be the of the rich and powerful it must be accessible to all. Thats where my dad is pro choice. That so he has called the civil rights issue, not just of our time, but of all time. It is unacceptable that too many africanamerican and hispanic ckerican children are stuck in bad schools just because of their zip code. Donald trump will not stand for it. If democrats really wanted to help minorities into underserved communities, instead of bowing two big money union bosses, they will let parents choose which school is best for their kids. They would limit immigration to protect american workers, they would support the police who protect our neighborhoods. Ea they would learn how to negotiate trade deals that prioritize American Interest for a change. They would in the endless wars and quit sending our young people to solve problems in foreign lands. They cut taxes for workers, theyd create opportunity zones that drive investment into inner cities. In other words, if democrats cared for f the forgotten men ad women of our country, they woulc do exactly what President Trump is doing. America is the greatest country on earth, but my fathers entire worldview revolves around the fact that we can always do even better. Imagine the life you want to have, one with a great job, a beautiful home, a perfect family. You can have it. Imagine the country you want to live in. One with true, equal opportunity. Were hard work pays off in justice is served with compassion and without partiality. You can have it. Imagine a world where their evils of communism and radical terrorism are not given a chance to spread. Where heroes are separate single celebrated in the good guys win. You can have it. That is the life, that is the country, that is the world that donald trump and the Republican Party are after. Yes, you can have it. Because unlike joe biden in the radical left democrats, our party is open to everyone. It starts by rejecting radicals who want to drive us into the dark and embracing the man who represents a bright and beautiful future for all. It starts by reelecting donald j trump, president of the United States. In queue, you, and god bless america. Donald trump jr. Of passionate defense of his father following calling joe biden beijing biden and calling the loch ness monster of the swamp. It was a strong speech in defense of his father. We are going to take a little break right here. On the other side, the Republican National convention on fox. I am a good parent. Jared . Im hearing the most awful things, people shouting at me. Its ok. When you live with schizophrenia like us, it can feel like youre living in a different world. You should definitely talk to your doctor and ask about fanapt. Ok. Fanapt is approved for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults. In clinical trials, fanapt significantly improved symptoms of schizophrenia compared to placebo. Cynthia, are you ok . I feel like everyones out to get me. Fanapt may change your heart rhythm which could elevate risk of sudden death. Your doctor will consider this when deciding among treatments and may prescribe another medication first or may instruct you to take a smaller dosage of fanapt. Remember youre not alone, there is help. Call 8557 fanapt welcome back to our special coverage of the Republican National convention moments away from remarks from tim scott brett. As we await that moment we turn back with a little bit of reflection on some of what we just saw. Katie commit your thoughts on the friedrichs heard tonight from nikki haley bread. It was interesting to watch her talk about President Trump and his leadership on the world stage. She talked about socialism and how shed seenn dictators at the un asked for more money and how the president has changed that. Then she pivoted to her own experience in South Carolina with the weights of premises shooting at Emmanuel Church there. She made an argument that in that moment it wasnt about regrets and republicans it was about americans coming together. It was a strong moment for her. Chris, she started by saying democrats blame America Firstar harkening back to Jeanne Kirkpatrick the 1984 another un ambassador. As a matter of fact, i remember that speech. I was just talking to somebody here about the fact that it was jean kerr patrick. Proctor great i talked to Senior Campaign official over the weekend he really pushed back on the idea of the stereotype of the trumpk base. He pushed back on the idea that the base is mostly white, mostly men, mostly living in the middle or the south of the country, mostly without College Degrees and he said its a lot broader than that prayed he talked about a particular strength based they feel theyre getting among black and hispanic men. We will see an appeal to that certainly from tim scott. I think we also saw it from nikki haley. I we will hear from tim scott right here. To all of you tuning in andou participating in the political process, god bless you. This isnt how i pictured tonight, but our country is experiencing something none of us envision bread from the Global Pandemic to the desk of george floyd and breonna taylor. 2020 has challenge us in ways we hadnt expected. Every four years, americans come together to vote, to share stories about what makes our nation strong, and the lessons we have learned that can strengthen it for furtheril generations. While this election is between donald trump and joe biden, it is not solely about donald trump and joe biden. Its about the promise of america. Its about you and me. Our challenges and heartbreaks, hopes and dreams, its about how we respond when tackling Critical Issues like police reform. When democrats all called it a token effort and walked out of the room during negotiations because they wanted the issue more than they wanted a a solution. Do we want a society that breeds success, or a culture that cancels everything it even slightly disagrees with . I know where i stand, because you cim living my mothers American Dream. My parents divorced when i was seven years old. We moved in with my grandparents in a twobedroom home with me, my mom, and my brother, sharing a room and one bed. My mom worked 16 hours a day to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads. She knew if we could find the opportunity to become a bigger would come. I thought i had use football to succeed in life and my focus on academics faded away. I filled four subjects spanish, english, world geography, and even civics. Trust me though, after seven years in the senate, i know im not the only one in congress who failed civics. But even while i was feeling the ninth grade, my mother always said to me, to me, if you would just shoot for the moon, even if you miss, youd be among the stars. She never lost faith in me even when i lost faith in myself. Because of her encouragement, i went to Summer School and caught up. The next year i meant my mentor chickfila officer operator prayed he saw something in me i couldnt see in myself and started teaching me valuable life lessons like having a job would be a good thing, but creating jobs would be even better. But having an income could change my lifestyle, but creating a profit could change my community. He planted the seeds of what would become opportunity zones. This initiative that the president and i worked together on is now bringing more than 75 billion of private Sector Investment into distressed communities. I took those lessons to heart and started putting the pieces of my life back together. I realized a quality education is the closest thing to magic in america. Thats why i fight to this day for school choice. To make sure every child in everygh neighborhood has a qualy education. I dont care if its a publicprivate charter virtual, or a homeschool, but a parent has a choice in their kid has a better chance and the president has fought alongside that. Later in life i started my own Small Business, thats what i know it is critical for us to have a tax code that encourages growth. We sell revenues increase after we lowered taxes in 2017. Rest assured that democrats dont want that. After starting my Small Business and spending some time with local government i decided to run for congress. The district is based in charleston, South Carolina where the civil war started against a son of our legendary senator strom thurmond. You may be asking yourself how does a poor black kid from a singleparent household run and win in a race crowded with republicans against thurmond. Because of the evolution of the southern heart, in an overwhelmingly white district, the voter voters judged me not on the color of my skin, but on the content of my character. We live in a world that only want you to believe in the bad news, racially, economically and culturally will rising, but the truth is our nations has always been we are not fully where we want to be, but i think god almighty that we are not where we used to be. We are always striving to be better. When we stumble, and we will, we pick ourselves back up, and try again. We dont give in into cancel culture or the radical and baseless beliefs that things are worse today than in the 1860s or the 1960s. 60 we have work to do, but i believe in the goodness of america. The promise that all men and all women are created equal. If you are watching tonight, i am betting you do too. Over the past four years, we have made tremendous progress towards that promise. President trump built the most inclusive economy ever. 7 million jobs created three covid 19. And to thirds of them went to women, africanamericans, and hispanics. But first major effort to tackle poverty in the generation, p opportunity zones. We put hard earned tax dollars back in peoples pockets by cutting their taxes especially for singleparent households like the one i grew up in, cutting single mothers taxes 70 percent on average. Po President Trump supported these tax cuts for those single moms and other working families and signed these policies into law and our nation is better off for it. Im going to ask you, the American People, to not simply look at what the candidate say, but to look back at what theyve done. This election is about your future, and it is critical to paint over a picture of the records of donald trump and joe biden. Joe biden said if a black man didnt vote for him government he wasnt truly black. Joe biden said black people are a monolithic community. It was joe biden who said poor kids can be just as smart as white kids. While his words are one thing, his actions take s it to a whole new level. O in 1994, biden led the charge in a crime bill that put millions of black americans behind bars. President trumps criminal Justice Reform law fix many of the disparities that biden created and made our system more fair and just for all americans. Joe biden also varied are historically black colleges and universities keeping blame on them as they fought to ensure our young folks had access two higher education. Once again, to clean up joeru bidens mess, President Trump signed into law historically high funding for hbcus as well as a bill to give them permanent funding for the first time ever. And now, joe biden wants to come for your pocketbooks. Unless of course, youre a blue state millionaire. Im serious, that is one of their solutions for the pandemic, they want to take more money from your pocket and give it to manhattan elites andly hollywood moguls so they get a tax break. Republicans however past President Trumps once in a generation tax reform bill that lowered taxes for single moms, working families, and those in need. So when it comes to what joe biden says he will do, look at his actions. Look at his policies. Look at what he already did ande what he didnt do while hes been in washington for 47 years. Ladies and gentlemen, people dont always see those failures because they think were having a policy debate on to sides of an issue. That is not what is happening. Ng our side is working on policies while joe bidens radical democrats are trying to permanently transform what it means to be an american. Make no mistake, joe biden and Kamala Harris wants a cultural revolution, of fundamentally different america. If we let them, they will turn our country into a socialist utopia, and history has taught us that path only leads to pain and misery, especially for hardworking people hoping to rise. Instead, we must focus on the promise of the American Journey. I know that journey while. My grandfathers 99th birthday would have been tomorrow. Growing up, he had to cross the street if the white person wasnd coming. He suffered the indignity of being forced out of school as a thirdgrader to pick cotton and he never learned to read or write. Yet, he lived long enough to see his grandson become the first africanamerican to be elected to both the United States house, and the United States senate in the history of this country. Our family went from cotton to congress in one lifetime. That is why i believe that the next American Century could be better than the last. There are millions of families just like mine all across this nation that are full of potential, seeking to live the American Dream. I am here tonight to tell you that supporting the republican ticket gives you the best chance of making that dream a reality. God bless you, and father, please continue blessing the United States of america. God bless. To give senator tim scott with a powerful speech. His personal journey, an American Journey from cotton to congress. He really hit some amazing lines with some humor, probably the best speech of the night. I would say so. We saw two bright stars one, a woman of indian descent who became the governor of South Carolina and then tim scott who just told in extraordinary story about his grandfather however usually school then third grade to pick cotton but lived long enough to see his grandson be member of congress and a member of g the house. Tim scott just gently sort of edging him on the lot of issues. Very powerful speech. He has been there for 47 years, its about what has he done saying were always striving to be get better, but you dont give into the cancel culture. Also saying that things are better than they were in the 1860s and the 1960s, but we still have a lot to do. That was a powerful into this night. Of course, his presence in his life is himself a message and his discussion as you just mentioned of biden and his record i think is important because biden has been there a long time. He has a very long record and there is a reason why former defense secretary bob gates who doesnt dislike biden personally said hes been wrong about every policy decision of his time. He is quite vulnerable, well protected in last weeks festivities. One is going to get a thorough airing this week. In perhaps for the first time are they need to be reminded of, i expect the convention will be allowed by doing that. As we have been saying, a very strong rebuke of joe biden. He said it a black man didnt vote for him he wasnt truly otblack, that was in that radio interview that didnt go well for joe biden. He says black people are a monolithic community and says that poor kids can be just as smart as white kids. Reminding people of some things that joe biden has said that he would probably rather they forget. I think what weve seen tonight is the beginning with Herschel Walker who also spoke stories about his friendship with donald trump, but then going on to that woman who is running for congress, in maryland, and then coming to nikki haley who spoke about growing up as a little brown girl in South Carolina, and now tim scott, the whole noshows notion of rebutting the idea that trump as racist is clearly on the mind of the Donald Trump Republican convention. Earlier i said to you, martha, part of this is about keeping down the strong black opposition to trump. As i watched, i also thoughtn this is a message to suburban white women, suburban white voters that they have heard that trump as racist to have experienced the black lives matter movement, at the shooting that took place over the past weekend. Bod he still understands that there is racial healing to be done. I think this was a big effort by the campaign to say to those women, look again. Just talk to your politics and numbers here, moving the black vote one, two, three points. Talk about this suburban the suburban vote. Ohio, 202004, bush went fore africanamerican vote to 16 percent of the africanamerican vote. A republican getting a greater share of the africanamerican vote is worth two votes, one taken out of the democratic call in and one added into the republican column. This is a smart appeal, it notes only two particularly younger black men, but suburbanites that want to know they have a candidate, a choice of a candidate making an outreach to all americans including the africanamerican community. Your thoughts . I was going to say earlier today in the first hour of this convention, they hit so many policy areas that basically more policy areas in the first hour than we saw detailed in the Democratic Convention over four days parade there was a lot to show about the president s record. I think senator tim scott is aea national treasure, but his story is incredible, but also, he is able to show the contrast between the replicants and the democrats and there is something to be said for that. He is one of the founders and pushing factors of opportunity zones and that is something that the Trump Administration wants to doubt. Exactly. And that was one of the powerful points of tim scotts speech is he was saying some of these socalleds conservative ideasco are actually better ideas he argues for minorities like opportunity zones, like school choice, like the tax cuts that were passed that he said have gone to a lot of working people. I thought the twin speeches, the real strength of tonight was nikki haley talking about the terrible shooting in charleston and how, South Carolina came together and then tim scotts final speech of the night. And basically saying to a lot of people out there whether their minorities or suburban women, there may be a stereotype in this trump base, but look again. I thought it was interesting when he talked about being judged by the content of his character and not the color of his skin, just a final thoughts about that point because weve heard so much divisiveness in the racial issues in this country, but coming back around to Martin Luther kings message there. As you well know, the message is universal, it doesnt apply toes just you or me but and evee american because that is what we all strive for. I want to remind people that donald trump has for years, what do you have to lose, we lost a lot which is why the democrats will be taken taking over bread. This is night one and we have many more nights to come from the white house closing up on thursday night. We will be back tomorrow at 6 0. We will see you back here 0 with the story. The ingraham angle is next. Im Laura Ingraham and this is ingraham angle from washington tonight. The first night of the rnc and what a contrast from last weeks very dour affair. Tonight made me and i know made so many of you out there proud to be an american. In moments we will show you exactly how before cant miss reaction from molly having way, and dan patrick, plus were going to hear, and i cant wait, two of tonights most memorable speakers. My heart is beating. s el