{"id":2295077,"date":"2024-07-15T07:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T11:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-convention-divisions-fade-in-wake-of-trump-shooting-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T07:22:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T11:22:15","slug":"gop-convention-divisions-fade-in-wake-of-trump-shooting-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-convention-divisions-fade-in-wake-of-trump-shooting-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP convention divisions fade in wake of Trump shooting &#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\">24<\/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%2Fgop-convention-divisions-fade-in-wake-of-trump-shooting-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=2295077&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 article discusses how\u2063 the attempted assassination \u2064of Donald Trump has led to a fading of political divisions within the Republican Party as \u2062they prepare for their convention in Milwaukee. Trump&#8217;s message of unity following the\u200d incident \u200chas\u200b helped bring the party together, despite lingering divisions over the party&#8217;s platform. The article also touches on the controversy surrounding Trump&#8217;s decision to revamp the party \u200dplatform and the divisions\u200b it has caused among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-2024-hopefuls-will-likely-flock-to-iowa-social-conservative-summit\/\" title=\"Republican 2024 hopefuls will likely flock to Iowa social conservative summit\">social\u200b conservatives<\/a>. Republicans are working to keep their convention drama-free and capitalize on the chaos within the Democratic Party. the article highlights the impact of the assassination \u2064attempt on Republican unity and their preparation for the upcoming convention.  <\/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 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class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/david-sivak\/?mab_v3=3080648\">David Sivak and Cami Mondeaux<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-15T07:00:00-04:00\">July 15, 2024 7:00 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701248\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>MILWAUKEE \u2013 <\/strong>The risk of political division at this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3080820\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-republican-national-convention\/\">GOP convention<\/a> is fading in the wake of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081608\/i-was-four-feet-away-when-i-heard-the-bullets\/\">attempted assassination<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Moments before the former president was shot at, with one bullet grazing his ear, Trump declared to a crowd of rallygoers that his nomination would be a moment of unity for the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world will see a vibrant Republican Party that is bigger, stronger, more confident, and more united than ever before,\u201d he said in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>But Republicans were going into the convention, a four-day affair that begins on Monday in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/milwaukee\/\">Milwaukee<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3080407\/republican-national-convention-changes\/\">lingering divisions<\/a> over the party\u2019s official platform and a bitter primary that revealed a sizable rift among Republican voters.<\/p>\n<p>The party has largely coalesced around Trump since he clinched the delegates needed to secure the nomination in March, with even former foes making amends and getting behind his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>But the gravity of the shooting, which immediately drew parallels to the failed attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981, will tower over the confab, energizing a base of supporters who already believed Trump to be a martyr for the conservative cause before Saturday\u2019s events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen the Republican Party more unified in my Generation Z life,\u201d said Brandon Maly, the chairman of the Dane County Republicans in Wisconsin and a delegate to the convention.<\/p>\n<p>For Maly, too young to remember the events of 9\/11, the assassination attempt represents the greatest moment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">national unity<\/a> in his lifetime. Political leaders from both parties, including Trump\u2019s rival, President Joe Biden, condemned the violence while calling on Americans to lower the temperature of political rhetoric.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the incident also gives Republicans the opportunity to move past Trump\u2019s controversial decision to revamp the party platform, which sparked a wave of criticism from social conservatives upset at the more centrist position he took on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen delegates on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-declares-solidarity-with-hamas-in-israel-conflict\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Declares \u2018Solidarity\u2019 With Hamas In Israel Conflict\">drafting committee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3079646\/watered-down-language-abortion-gop-platform-upsets-delegates\/\">penned a letter<\/a> disapproving of the abortion language, while Trump\u2019s former vice president, Mike Pence, called the decision to leave abortion restrictions to the states a \u201cprofound disappointment.\u201d Those divisions could resurface on Monday, when the full Republican National Committee approves its draft platform on the convention floor.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Schreibel, a national committeeman for the RNC, said the divide was \u201coverblown to begin with\u201d in a brief interview with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cThe Republicans have the united front, and the document that will be voted on is a good document that covers a lot of issues that Republicans can unite on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that has not stopped Republicans from making every effort to keep the GOP convention a drama-free affair, particularly as attention shifts away from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3076419\/pelosi-democrats-breathing-room-criticize-biden-fitness\/\">Democratic mutiny<\/a> over President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The party drafted its platform behind closed doors in a break from precedent and reportedly worked to fill the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/02\/anti-abortion-delegates-committee-gop-platform-debate-00166323\">drafting committee<\/a> with Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/08\/us\/politics\/trump-republican-platform.html\">loyal to the former president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has been engulfed in controversy since a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-mcconnell-isnt-expecting-the-gop-to-retake-the-senate\/\" title=\"Why McConnell Isn\u2019t Expecting the GOP to Retake the Senate\">disastrous debate performance<\/a> that prompted donors, lawmakers, and party operatives to call for a new nominee. But the president will get a reprieve from those questioning his electability as the Republican convention begins.<\/p>\n<p>Already, the shooting has sucked the oxygen out of the story, with no new Democrats calling on Biden to step down with the spotlight squarely on Trump.<\/p>\n<p>A series of gestures this past week by Trump and former rivals appear designed to minimize the risk of embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who refused to bow out of the presidential primary until long after it was clear she could not win, released the nearly 100 delegates bound to her on Tuesday and urged them to vote for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with the convention schedule <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3076586\/desantis-speak-rnc-convention-trump\/\">confirmed<\/a> over the next couple of days that she and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), another Trump primary foe, had been invited to speak at the event, despite initial doubts they\u2019d get a spot onstage.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of a drama-free convention was almost unthinkable even a few weeks ago. Trump was going to be sentenced in his hush money trial four days before events got underway, raising the possibility he could be jailed or put under house arrest for the remainder of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>At the very least, his status as a convicted felon threatened to revive fears over his electability at the very moment Republicans were crowning him their presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, a series of events have conspired to put wind in Trump\u2019s sails.<\/p>\n<p>The judge in that case agreed to delay sentencing until September as Trump\u2019s lawyers try to get the verdict thrown out, citing a recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.<\/p>\n<p>Days earlier, Biden stumbled so spectacularly in his first presidential debate against Trump that prominent Democrats have turned against him in a drip-drip of statements that threatened his candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s refusal to step aside, combined with a Democratic split on whether he should, has consumed the news cycle for more than two weeks. Meanwhile, Republicans have laid low to maximize the damage inflicted upon Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kind of wish the convention could get pushed back so the attention could remain on President Biden,\u201d quipped Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), vying to become the next Senate GOP leader, before Saturday\u2019s assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Darrin Bruce works on the exterior lighting on the Fiserv Forum ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention, Thursday, July 11, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For Republicans, a byproduct of the debate fallout is they can project unity in the face of Democratic chaos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe enthusiasm and energy Republicans have is just a complete contrast to the weak and frail Democrat Party right now,\u201d said Bill Schuette, a Michigan state lawmaker and delegate to the convention.<\/p>\n<p>Mike McMullen, a consultant and delegate for Pennsylvania, mocked the Democrats\u2019 internal warfare as a \u201cthree-ring circus.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the assassination attempt could also work in their favor. It will blunt efforts by Democrats to use the convention to paint the Republican Party as beholden by \u201cMAGA extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The divisions in the Republican Party have not been erased entirely. Trump still has prominent critics, including those who voted to convict him in his second impeachment trial.<\/p>\n<p>But most or all of those Republicans will be skipping the convention, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3077121\/handful-gop-senators-skip-trump-coronation-rnc\/\">citing everything<\/a> from foreign travel to scheduling conflicts in their home states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have limited time in my state and limited time with my family,\u201d said Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), one of the Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trump shooting will add a sober note to the convention after the suspected gunman killed one rallygoer critically injured two others on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>But the event is still expected to have the celebratory atmosphere common to conventions, with the selection of Trump\u2019s running mate adding an element of intrigue.<\/p>\n<\/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_1701248\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701248\"}});<\/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>The risk of division at the GOP convention is diminishing following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, with the incident likely to energize his supporters and unite the party. Despite lingering divisions over the party platform and a bitter primary, Republicans have largely rallied around Trump since securing the nomination. The shooting has overshadowed previous controversies, providing an opportunity for the party to move past disagreements and present a united front at the convention. The incident has also shifted attention away from Democratic turmoil, allowing Republicans to project unity and strength in contrast to their opponents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3076,"featured_media":2295078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/secret-service-trump-14.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[19752,6203,4300,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2295077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-convention","tag-gop","tag-shooting","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/secret-service-trump-14.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}