{"id":2293768,"date":"2024-07-12T18:57:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T22:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unc-fraternity-members-to-speak-at-rnc-convention-in-everyday-american-lineup-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T18:58:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T22:58:14","slug":"unc-fraternity-members-to-speak-at-rnc-convention-in-everyday-american-lineup-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unc-fraternity-members-to-speak-at-rnc-convention-in-everyday-american-lineup-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Fraternity members to speak at RNC convention in &#8216;everyday American&#8217; lineup &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Func-fraternity-members-to-speak-at-rnc-convention-in-everyday-american-lineup-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2293768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The members of a fraternity at the University \u2064of North Carolina\u2062 at Chapel Hill who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-cardona-as-bidens-education-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms Cardona as Biden\u2019s Education Secretary\">gained attention<\/a>\u200b for protecting the U.S. flag \u2063during a protest will be speaking at the \u2064Republican National Convention.\u200c They are part of a lineup of &#8220;everyday American&#8221; \u2062speakers that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-schumer-forced-to-admit-spike-in-anti-semitism-in-america-coming-from-left\/\" title=\"Schumer admits rise in left-wing anti-Semitism in America\">includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-fbi-special-agent-finds-17514-georgia-voters-with-out-of-state-forwarded-mail-addresses\/\" title=\"Former FBI Special Agent Finds 17,514 Georgia Voters with Out-of-State Forwarded Mail Addresses\">college students<\/a><\/a>, \u2063a former school employee,\u2064 and a union manager. The fraternity \u200cmembers, who\u200b are part of the\u200b predominantly Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi,\u200c garnered support after their\u2064 actions at the protest and have \u200draised over $515,000 through a \u2063GoFundMe campaign. The money will be used for a party and charity donations. The Trump campaign has highlighted these \u200dfraternity members as part\u200c of an unprecedented lineup of speakers for the \u200bconvention.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">UNC Fraternity members to speak at RNC convention in \u2018everyday American\u2019 lineup<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rokeefe\/\">Ross O&#8217;Keefe<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-12T18:14:47-04:00\">July 12, 2024 6:14 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701239\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The University of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a> at Chapel Hill fraternity members who went viral for protecting the U.S. flag during a pro-Palestinian protest will speak at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Convention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They will speak as a part of an \u201ceveryday American\u201d segment of speakers that includes other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>college<\/a> students, a former school employee, and a union manager.<\/p>\n<p>The fraternity members are a part of the predominantly Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi, who were seen holding up the U.S. flag in the face of protesters, who they said threw objects at them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"E-aQPTa3mMY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GoFundMe raises $290,000+ for UNC students who protected American flag during protests\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-aQPTa3mMY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The flag\u2019s defense came during a pro-Palestinian uproar on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">college campuses<\/a> in April and May that rocked the country and reinvigorated the conversation around the Israel-Hamas conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of their newfound popularity, the frat members decided to start a GoFundMe in order to throw a \u201crager.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese boys \u2026 no, men, of the UNC frats, gave the best to America and now they deserve the best,\u201d the GoFundMe says. They\u2019ve raised over $515,000 as of July 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been overwhelmed by the sheer force of patriotism on display,\u201d organizer John Noonan said. \u201cWhat started as a modest request to buy a few kegs for some great young guys has ballooned into an American cultural moment, with millions of people paying attention: Blue and red, left and right, all of the above.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The money will be used for the party and donated to charity, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>As for the RNC, the Trump campaign says convention \u201cplanners are putting together an unprecedented lineup of iconic entertainers, faith leaders, GOP officials, and members of the First Family, and the stars of the Convention also include everyday Americans, who have faced immense hardship and are worse off under the Biden-Harris administration,\u201d according to a campaign statement on the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Donald J. Trump has a vision to Make America Great Again and policies to lift up all Americans. The Republican National Convention will provide a platform and voice for the workers, veterans, and families left behind in Joe Biden\u2019s America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The RNC is being held July 15 to July 18. Former President Donald Trump is expected to announce his running mate sometime during the event, if not before.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina is considered a battleground state this election cycle, and the RNC\u2019s inclusion of notable speakers from the state comes with little surprise. Trump has consistently led in the state\u2019s polling, most recently by 3 in a Morning Consult <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.morningconsult.com\/analysis\/swing-state-polling-july-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> conducted July 1 to 4.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1701239\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701239\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fraternity members from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who gained attention for defending the U.S. flag during a protest will be speaking at the Republican National Convention as part of a lineup of &#8220;everyday American&#8221; speakers. The fraternity members, who are part of the predominantly Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi, will be joined by other college students, a former school employee, and a union manager. The fraternity members started a GoFundMe to throw a party and have raised over $515,000, which will also be donated to charity. The RNC will feature a mix of speakers, including entertainers, faith leaders, GOP officials, and members of the First Family, as well as everyday Americans who have faced challenges under the Biden-Harris administration. Former President Donald Trump is expected to announce his running mate during the event, which is being held from July 15 to July 18. 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