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Winners, Losers From Day 1 of the RNC
 Winners, Losers 
 From Day 1 of the RNC 
GOP CONVENTION
Jul 19, 2016 5:33 AM CDT

Winners, Losers From Day 1 of the RNC

Controversy overshadowed Melania speech

(Newser) - This year's gathering in Cleveland promised to be the most unconventional GOP convention in decades, and Day 1 did not disappoint, although the Republican Party probably isn't entirely thrilled about how things are shaping up. Here are some of the winners and losers analysts named after the day'...

Melania's Speech Looks to Have Plagiarized One by Michelle Obama

Parts of her RNC address match 2008 DNC speech word for word

(Newser) - In what could turn into a PR disaster for the Republican National Convention, parts of Melania Trump's Monday night speech appear to have been lifted from the speech Michelle Obama delivered on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in 2008. Journalist Jarrett Hill was the first to...

Melania Hailed as Day&#39;s Best Speaker
 Melania Hailed as 
 Day's Best Speaker 
GOP CONVENTION
Jul 18, 2016 11:23 PM CDT

Melania Hailed as Day's Best Speaker

But some parts of her speech sounded very familiar

(Newser) - It was the biggest speech Melania Trump has ever made—and if the former supermodel had stage fright, she didn't show it. The Quicken Loans Arena emptied rapidly after Melania—introduced by her husband, in a departure from convention tradition—made her speech, leaving analysts to declare her the...

Melania Trump&#39;s 5 Big Lines
 Melania Trump's 5 Big Lines 
GOP CONVENTION
Jul 18, 2016 9:56 PM CDT

Melania Trump's 5 Big Lines

Donald Trump's wife is keynote speaker

(Newser) - Melania Trump took a starring role at the Republican National Convention on Monday night, ending what Julia Ioffe at Politico reports has been two months spent out of the "public eye." She was introduced by husband Donald, who was incredibly restrained in his comments, saying simply, "It...

Rick Perry Fails to Mention Trump While at Podium
 Rick Perry Fails to Mention 
 Trump While at Podium
gop convention
Jul 18, 2016 9:04 PM CDT

Rick Perry Fails to Mention Trump While at Podium

Though he did use the campaign's slogan

(Newser) - One of Donald Trump's vanquished rivals took to the stage at the Republican National Convention Monday night, but he didn't exactly sing Trump's praises. As the Austin American-Statesman notes, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry did not mention Trump at all in his brief remarks. Perry's main...

Mother of Benghazi Victim Blames Clinton 'Personally'

Patricia Smith addresses the Republican national convention

(Newser) - "To this day, I don’t know why a computer guy like Sean was sent to Benghazi," Republican National Convention speaker Patricia Smith told the crowd in Cleveland on Monday night. What she does know: Who is to blame for the death of her son, one of four...

Scott Baio's Big Line: 'Let's Make America America Again!'

He's among the night's celebs

(Newser) - Donald Trump once promised a "showbiz" convention, packed with flash, celebrities, and a "winner's night" featuring sports stars and champion coaches, recalls the AP , which declares that the "show biz" in Trump's Republican National Convention fell considerably short of A-list on Monday. The first of...

RNC Gets Off to a Raucous Start
 RNC Gets Off to 
 a Raucous Start 
GOP CONVENTION
Jul 18, 2016 5:19 PM CDT

RNC Gets Off to a Raucous Start

GOP leaders rejected demands for a roll call vote

(Newser) - Over angry and prolonged objections from anti-Donald Trump forces, Republican Party leaders approved rules for their national convention on Monday and rejected demands for a state-by-state roll call vote, a discordant start to a gathering designed to project unity. Hundreds of socially conservative delegates opposed to nominating Trump bellowed in...

Art of the Deal Ghostwriter: Trump Could End Civilization

Tony Schwartz speaks to the 'New Yorker' about his misgivings

(Newser) - More than a million copies of Donald Trump's 1987 hit, The Art of the Deal have sold, and Tony Schwartz has pocketed 50% of the royalties earned on each one. That's because he ghostwrote the book, the product of a year-and-a-half spent shadowing Trump, listening in on his...

CEO Pays 6 Figures for Full-Page NYT Ad on Trump

Josh Tetrick is head of vegan company Hampton Creek

(Newser) - An LGBT advocacy group , a Hollywood star , and a Supreme Court justice have all taken on Donald Trump in recent weeks—and now the chief executive of a vegan food products company has jumped into the mix. Joshua Tetrick, CEO of Hampton Creek, took out a full-page ad blasting the...

In Trump/Pence Interview, a 'Bizarre' Iraq War Moment

Inside the GOP ticket's '60 Minutes' interview

(Newser) - The Internet has moved on from the Donald Trump/Mike Pence logo jokes and started picking away at another Trump/Pence moment: the candidates' first joint interview, which aired Sunday night on 60 Minutes. The Guardian notes Trump had the reins, speaking more than double the roughly 50 times Pence did over...

'Never Trumpers' Aren't Done Yet

If they can't dump Trump, they'll embarrass him

(Newser) - The Republican National Convention kicks off on Monday and some members of the Never Trump movement still hope he can somehow be stopped before they have to start calling themselves the Never Trump Again movement. Trump foes suffered a major defeat Thursday when the Rules Committee rejected an attempt to...

In Clinton vs. Trump, 60% Say No Thanks
 In Clinton vs. Trump, 
 60% Say No Thanks 
NEW POLL
Jul 17, 2016 9:39 AM CDT

In Clinton vs. Trump, 60% Say No Thanks

Voters have deep reservations about both candidates

(Newser) - On the brink of the Cleveland convention that will take Donald Trump from "real estate mogul" to "Republican presidential nominee," a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that 58% of Americans are not happy with the choice between Trump and Hillary Clinton. Trump finds similar numbers of...

Ivanka Trump Is Her Father's 'Secret Weapon'

'She’s beloved by a lot of the people her father is not beloved by'

(Newser) - Donald Trump has a "secret weapon" heading into the Republican National Convention in Cleveland—and it's not Mike Pence. Ben Kamisar at the Hill argues Ivanka Trump is her father's "most effective surrogate" who can "soften the edges" of his campaign and help him with...

Trump/Pence Logo Retired After 'Day of Ridicule'

It was widely mocked online for suggesting both toilet paper and sexual intercourse

(Newser) - Well, it looks like the internet will have to find something new to make juvenile sex jokes about. Raw Story reports a day after the Trump campaign unveiled a Trump/Pence logo that was widely mocked for simultaneously evoking both toilet paper and sexual intercourse, the offending logo is no more....

America Gets Its First Look at the Trump-Pence Ticket

Trump introduces 'solid, solid person' Pence

(Newser) - Donald Trump introduced Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate on Saturday, calling him "my partner in this campaign" and his first and best choice to join him on a winning Republican presidential ticket, the AP reports. Trump tried to draw a sharp contrast between Pence and Clinton....

New Trump/Pence Logo Scandalizes the Internet

We've heard of graphic design, but this is ridiculous

(Newser) - The GOP's new power couple of Donald Trump and Mike Pence debuted its new logo in a fundraising email to supporters Friday, the Daily Beast reports. And the internet, being the internet, couldn't get its mind out of the gutter. The AV Club , which rounds up a bunch...

Pence: 'Really Conservative and Mostly Unknown'

Everything you need to know about Trump's new running mate

(Newser) - Donald Trump made it official Friday: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will be his running mate when he attempts to stop another Clinton from sitting in the White House this November. Here's what you need to know about the vice presidential candidate:

Trump Tweets: It&#39;s Pence
 Trump Tweets: It's Pence 
Jul 15, 2016 10:17 AM CDT

Trump Tweets: It's Pence

He picks Indiana governor as his running mate

(Newser) - His plans for a big announcement Friday of his running mate were thrown off by the attack in Nice, so Donald Trump resorted to a familiar medium instead: On Twitter , he announced that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will be his vice presidential candidate. It's not a huge surprise given...

Trump, Cruz Smooch on a Giant Cleveland Billboard

Anti-homophobia message in sign located near GOP convention site

(Newser) - First they painted a house across from the Westboro Baptist Church the colors of the rainbow. On Thursday the Planting Peace charity erected its next measure of support for the LGBT community: a giant billboard on West 25th Street in Cleveland showing Donald Trump and Ted Cruz about to smooch....

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