Yes, there was a lot of talk of a delegate revolt to prevent Trump from getting the nomination. Ted Cruz took to the convention floor to tell delegates to “vote their conscious”. Everybody wondered whether Trump, this joke of a candidate who actually won, would have the sense to pivot away from hard right rhetoric during his speech to appeal to the swing voters he would need to win over, given the seemingly insurmountable obstacle the Clinton Machine posed.
This year there is no drama, we all know who Trump is, to the point where we can all just imagine what his speech will be and it will accurate. What’s the point of watching?
In 2016 there was an actual race to be won, a question to be answered, a reason to watch.
Ever since then, the party has been all in on trump. No serious challenge has been made, and it turns out that doesn’t make for very good TV.
Yes, there was a lot of talk of a delegate revolt to prevent Trump from getting the nomination. Ted Cruz took to the convention floor to tell delegates to “vote their conscious”. Everybody wondered whether Trump, this joke of a candidate who actually won, would have the sense to pivot away from hard right rhetoric during his speech to appeal to the swing voters he would need to win over, given the seemingly insurmountable obstacle the Clinton Machine posed.
This year there is no drama, we all know who Trump is, to the point where we can all just imagine what his speech will be and it will accurate. What’s the point of watching?