{"id":2300546,"date":"2024-07-19T07:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T11:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gladiator-trump-nominated-for-president-at-macho-gop-convention-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T07:10:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T11:10:04","slug":"trump-known-as-a-gladiator-nominated-for-president-at-tough-gop-convention-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-known-as-a-gladiator-nominated-for-president-at-tough-gop-convention-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, known as a &#8220;Gladiator,&#8221; nominated for president at tough GOP convention &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Ftrump-known-as-a-gladiator-nominated-for-president-at-tough-gop-convention-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=2300546&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 summary discusses\u2064 former President \u200cDonald Trump being nominated for president at a GOP convention that showcased displays of masculinity.\u200b The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-columbia-an-israeli-designated-terror-group-teaches-palestinian-resistance-101-and-lauds-plane-hijackings\/\" title=\"Columbia University hosts an Israeli-designated terror group teaching &#039;Palestinian Resistance 101&#039; and praising plane hijackings\">event featured figures<\/a> like Hulk Hogan and Dana White endorsing Trump as a strong and resilient \u2064leader. The convention aimed to appeal\u2062 to \u200cthe male working class and emphasized themes of strength and \u2063toughness. Trump&#8217;s campaign efforts to reach male voters, including those in traditionally Democratic demographics, were\u200d highlighted.\u200d The convention programming and\u2063 speakers \u2064reflected a macho\u2062 appeal, with references to fighting and masculinity throughout.\u2063 While some delegates\u200b emphasized the party&#8217;s inclusivity, others noted\u2064 the focus on appealing to alpha\u2064 males. the convention sought to energize male voters, particularly those who \u200bfeel \u200boverlooked by traditional politicians.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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\"><\/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\/\"><\/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\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&lsquo;Gladiator&rsquo; Trump nominated for president at macho GOP convention<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1706111\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>MILWAUKEE &mdash;<\/strong> Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> got the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hulk-hogan\/\">Hulk Hogan<\/a> treatment on Thursday night at a GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-convention\/\">nominating convention<\/a> brimming with displays of masculinity.<\/p>\n<p>The audience of delegates and spectators roared as Hogan, the famed wrestler, called &ldquo;gladiator&rdquo; Trump his hero before ripping his shirt off his chest.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, introduced Trump as a &ldquo;bada**&rdquo; who would save the American dream.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/key-points-from-the-republican-national-convention-closing-night\/\" title=\"Key points from the Republican National Convention closing night\">tough guy business<\/a>, and this man is the toughest, most resilient man I&rsquo;ve met in my life,&rdquo; White told the crowd moments after Kid Rock performed a heavy metal number with flames projected on the screen behind him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hulk Hogan tears off his shirt while speaking on the final night of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The spectacle seemed tailor-made to what has become a rallying cry for Trump&rsquo;s reelection campaign: His fist-pumping chants of &ldquo;Fight&rdquo; in the minutes after he survived an assassination attempt on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>But the atmosphere was also geared to America&rsquo;s male working class, the &ldquo;blue-collar, rough-and-tumble world&rdquo; that Trump has managed to connect with despite his upbringing as a Manhattan elite.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s who Trump is appealing to,&rdquo; said Pete Church, a delegate from Adams County, Wisconsin. &ldquo;Where I live it&rsquo;s very rural. They love him there. It makes sense to me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kid Rock performs during the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For years, Republicans have outperformed electorally with male voters. In 2020, Trump beat President Joe Biden with the demographic by 8 points.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has attempted to exploit that trend to make inroads with traditionally Democratic voting blocs. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-courts-rappers-surrogates-campaign-win-voters-color-rcna157972\">courted rappers<\/a> to serve as surrogates to his campaign in a bid to attract black men.<\/p>\n<p>But the four-day convention, which culminated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3089037\/donald-trump-accepts-nomination-rnc-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump's nomination speech\">Trump&rsquo;s nomination speech<\/a> on Thursday, also created an atmosphere that catered to male voters.<\/p>\n<p>Tucker Carlson, the ex-Fox News host who once produced a documentary called &ldquo;The End of Men,&rdquo; was given a speaking slot. The day before, a fraternity from North Carolina was applauded for holding up the American flag at a pro-Palestinian rally.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Committee had telegraphed the convention would have a certain macho appeal with its list of speakers, released before the festivities got underway.<\/p>\n<p>But the convention programming kept piling on to that theme. On the third night, Trump greeted the audience to the tune of &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a Man&rsquo;s World.&rdquo; A speech by porn star Amber Rose was followed by a hyper-masculine rap video featuring a tricked-out pickup truck.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amber Rose speaks during the Republican National Convention Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Delegates at the convention cautioned against reading into the programming. The Republican Party, they said, was a big tent that welcomed all voters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a broad cross-section of voters, male and female, who really embrace this working-person, fighter kind of personality,&rdquo; said Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY).<\/p>\n<p>But if Trump repeats his 2016 win in November, it will be in no small part because he appealed to the segment of male voters who feel passed over and &ldquo;forgotten&rdquo; by politicians in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who loves the drama and showmanship of WWE, is famous for attending fighting events and has long-standing friendships with both Hogan and White.<\/p>\n<p>He passed over female running mate contenders including Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to choose Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), a decision Hogan compared to his tag-team with &ldquo;Macho Man&rdquo; Randy Savage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no question that the Republican Party of 2024 is pandering to alpha males, whether they&rsquo;re white, Hispanic, or African American,&rdquo; said Dennis Lennox, a Republican strategist from Michigan. &ldquo;This is like a Dave Rubin podcast. This is not your father&rsquo;s Republican Party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pictures of the assassination attempt of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump are displayed during the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump has attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-considering-kristi-noem-as-running-mate-i-think-shes-fantastic\/\" title=\"Trump thinks Kristi Noem would make a fantastic running mate.\">attract female voters<\/a>, too, as he runs for a second term in the White House. He is rejecting a national ban on abortion, in part, because it has jeopardized Republicans&rsquo; electoral prospects with suburban women.<\/p>\n<p>During the convention, the programming highlighted Gold Star parents and the softer side of Vance, both of which Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) said resonate with America&rsquo;s women and mothers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think you are seeing a broad range of speakers that appeals to everybody in America,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another New York Republican, Rep. Anthony D&rsquo;Esposito (R-NY), suggested the shows of masculinity could appeal to women who care about public safety. They also offer a contrast, he said, to President Joe Biden, whose age has sparked Democratic calls for him to step aside as their presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, when you have a commander in chief who is mumbling and tripping over his words, tripping up staircases, looking into space, I mean, none of that portrays strength,&rdquo; D&rsquo;Esposito said. &ldquo;And I think this gives us the opportunity to say that it&rsquo;s not wrong to be strong. It is not wrong to be feared in this world.&rdquo;<\/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_1706111\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1706111\"}});<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump was portrayed as a strong and masculine figure at the GOP convention in Milwaukee, with Hulk Hogan calling him a &#8220;gladiator&#8221; and Dana White describing him as a &#8220;bada**.&#8221; The event seemed designed to appeal to America&#8217;s male working class, a demographic that Trump has successfully connected with despite his privileged background. The convention featured a lineup of speakers and performers that catered to a macho image, with references to toughness and resilience. While the programming also included efforts to attract female voters, such as highlighting Gold Star parents and showcasing a softer side of Trump&#8217;s running mate, the overall tone of the event was geared towards appealing to male voters who feel overlooked by traditional politicians. Trump&#8217;s affinity for fighting events and his friendships with figures like Hogan and White underscored the alpha male persona that the Republican Party sought to emphasize at the convention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3177,"featured_media":2300547,"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\/hulk-hogan-rnc-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[17592,34806,3634],"class_list":["post-2300546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-gladiator","tag-gop-convention","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/hulk-hogan-rnc-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300546","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\/3177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2300546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2300547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2300546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2300546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2300546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}