Being inside the arena when nothing is happening onstage is just as exciting as when the stage is graced with the likes of Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Paul Ryan. Although the pomp and circumstance, dramatic speeches, and state-by-state votes occurred in the evening, the Quicken Loans Arena was full of Republicans and action the entire day.
Coinciding with the beginning of the 2016 Republican National Convention, an organization called “Citizens for Trump”organized a rally at Cleveland’s Settler’s Landing Park on the riverfront Monday.
A crowd of about 200 supporters, salespeople and curiosity-seekers descended on the park that sits a mile from the Quicken Loans Arena around 11 a.m. As more gathered, their excitement to celebrate Donald Trump’s victory as the presidential nominee for the Republican Party and the continued fight for the presidency grew.
Yesterday was my first time at a United States party convention. For those of you who have attended conventions before, please excuse the remarks of a newcomer. For those of you who haven’t, I hope you’ll join me as I try to encapsulate my first thoughts after a long evening in the Quicken Loans Arena. What a day it was!
There was a telling moment at the Republican National Convention yesterday that has been overshadowed by the high drama of Donald Trump appearing at the convention and the subsequent controversy over the speech given by his wife, Melania.
The Convention began on Monday with speeches about Benghazi and national security, so did the protests and rallies from both Trump supporters and opponents.
Members of the national press corps are arriving here at the convention press center and immediately gathering around television monitors to follow coverage of the police shootings in Baton Rouge, La..
To say that this election year is exciting is an understatement. It frequently seems like the entire established order has been turned inside out. The popularity of Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump has caused heads to shake (and roll) and old “conventions” to be questioned. For someone interested in journalism like Jacob as well as in political science like me, it is a dream.
Sometimes life is stranger than what you would expect, with this election cycle being a prime example. If you had told me a year ago that businessman Donald Trump would be the presidential nominee for the Republican Party, I would have laughed at you. Well, it happened. Election Day quickly approaches, so the party conventions will begin next week. As a member of the Monmouth Courier team, I will be bringing you coverage of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. So before I report for you, let me introduce myself.
