{"id":2300919,"date":"2024-07-19T12:53:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T16:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-enters-election-with-biggest-tent-the-gop-has-ever-seen\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T12:59:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T16:59:15","slug":"trump-joins-the-election-with-the-largest-gop-tent-ever-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-joins-the-election-with-the-largest-gop-tent-ever-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump joins the election with the largest GOP tent ever"},"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\">20<\/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-joins-the-election-with-the-largest-gop-tent-ever-2%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=2300919&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>Former President Donald\u200b Trump has entered the fall election as\u2062 the architect of the biggest tent Republicans have run with in decades. \u2064His historic speech at the \u200cRepublican National Committee (RNC) highlighted a\u200d week of events that sought to crack the Democrats&#8217; monopoly\u200d on inclusiveness. The\u200c party adopted a \u2064reformed platform, including statements \u200don traditional marriage, abortion, and gender issues. Celebrity speakers such as\u200b rapper Amber Rose \u2062and \u200dformer acting director of national intelligence Ric Grenell exemplified the \u2064party&#8217;s extended \u2064reach and diversity. Trump&#8217;s \u200csupport\u200c among minority voters has been\u2063 growing, with polls\u2063 suggesting he could \u2062win as much as 30% of the black \u2062vote in the upcoming election.\u200c The party&#8217;s focus on \u2062unity and\u2062 inclusion has \u2063stirred debates among Republicans, but the shift in platform reflects\u200b a broader strategy to appeal to\u2064 a diverse coalition\u2064 and defeat the rival candidate. Despite criticisms, \u200dTrump&#8217;s\u2062 approach to seeking support from minority voters\u2063 has been perceived as \u2064genuine and impactful.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump has entered the fall election as the architect of the biggest tent Republicans have run with in decades. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This election should be about the issues facing our country and how to make America successful, safe, free, and great again,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee\/watch-or-read-trumps-full-speech-at-the-rnc-we-will-have-an-incredible-victory\/3495214\/#:~:text=This%20election%20should%20be%20about,liberty%20and%20justice%20for%20all.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Thursday night. &ldquo;In an age when our politics too often divide us, now is the time to remember that we are all fellow citizens &mdash; we are one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former president&rsquo;s historic speech capped off an even more historic week for the GOP, whose celebrity convention speakers ranged from Amber Rose to Kid Rock as the party forged a colossal coalition to finally crack the Democrats&rsquo; monopoly on &ldquo;inclusiveness&rdquo; this election.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Committee (RNC) opened the four days of events by adopting a reformed party platform that removes explicit endorsements of traditional marriage and includes a statement that leaves abortion policy up to the states. The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/interactives\/2024\/republican-platform-trump-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">platform<\/a> delegates passed calls for an end to the &ldquo;Left-wing Gender Insanity&rdquo; that includes biological men competing as women in competitive sports and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotu-joe-biden-touts-child-transgender-treatments\/\" title=\"SOTU: Joe Biden Touts Child Transgender Treatments\">child transgender treatments<\/a>, both of which are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/13\/support-for-transgenderism-is-cratering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overwhelmingly opposed<\/a> by most Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The novel platform also toned down the party&rsquo;s opposition to abortion, moving from support for a federal ban to support for states to decide the limits on their own in the aftermath of <em>Roe v. Wade&rsquo;s<\/em> reversal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance Prenatal Care, access to Birth Control, and IVF (fertility treatments),&rdquo; the GOP&rsquo;s national platform reads. <\/p>\n<p>The changes on abortion also more closely reflect where the majority of Americans are, which is that abortion should be legal, but with <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/321143\/americans-stand-abortion.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">restrictions<\/a>. Just roughly 1 in 5 U.S. adults believe the deadly procedure should be &ldquo;legal in all cases&rdquo; with &ldquo;no exceptions,&rdquo; but even fewer, less than 1 in 10, believe abortion should be &ldquo;illegal in all cases,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religion\/2022\/05\/06\/americas-abortion-quandary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to the Pew Research Center. Opposition to abortion rises with later stages of pregnancy, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sbaprolife.org\/polling#late-abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">73 percent<\/a> of Americans want restrictions after 15 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The party&rsquo;s extended reach was exemplified by Rose, a rapper and television personality who addressed the Republican convention on the first day and appeared in a Trump-themed parody of &ldquo;Ice Ice Baby&rdquo; on the second.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Did You See Amber Rose Speech Last Night? She Absolutely Killed It. I Love All These New Faces In MAGA Thanks Again For Supporting DJT.<\/p>\n<p>Trump Trump Baby Out Now !!!!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XRgsJCrEU8\">pic.twitter.com\/XRgsJCrEU8<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Trumps Nephew (@ForgiatoBlow47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForgiatoBlow47\/status\/1813221667029598363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I realized Donald Trump and his supporters don&rsquo;t care if you&rsquo;re black, white, gay, or straight. It&rsquo;s all love,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s when it hit me: These are my people. This is where I belong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rose&rsquo;s appearance as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejc.com\/news\/showbiz\/former-stripper-amber-rose-reveals-her-jewish-roots-ijqt05ex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ex-stripper<\/a> might have offended the sensibilities of those on the right who are understandably frustrated over the GOP platform change, but the performance terrified Van Jones, who called the prime-time address &ldquo;the most dangerous speech for the Democratic coalition.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That is a young woman of color. She is describing the experience a lot of people have, feeling that maybe, if you&rsquo;re around too many liberals, you might get criticized too much or you might not be able to speak your mind, and she spoke to it really well,&rdquo; Jones said on CNN. &ldquo;And she&rsquo;s way more famous than any of us up here &mdash; I&rsquo;m going to tell you that &mdash; way more famous. And so, to the extent that these guys are trying to bust up our coalition, that was a bunker buster right there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>But do Republicans who are upset about the party expanding its appeal want to win this election or not? Anyone with moral qualms about the party&rsquo;s moderation on abortion and marriage might be reminded about all of the warmongers who were still given premium speaking slots, such as Nikki Haley. In fact, some of the new platform&rsquo;s most vocal opponents are <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4762042-pence-rnc-platform-abortion-2024-gop-convention-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">also<\/a> some of the most prominent supporters of spending endless American tax dollars in Ukraine. Political parties, however, are supposed to unite around a single <em>candidate<\/em>, not on every single <em>issue<\/em>. The latter is a recipe for authoritarianism.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unity is for dictatorships,&rdquo; Federalist Senior Editor David Harsanyi <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/16\/unity-no-thanks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> Tuesday. &ldquo;In an ideologically, culturally, and religiously diverse country, we just need Americans to accept that their neighbors are going to disagree with them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And, yes,&rdquo; Harsanyi added, &ldquo;appeals to &lsquo;unity&rsquo; have historically been little more than euphemistic calls to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-thanks-to-unity\/\" title=\"No thanks to unity\">accept left-wing cultural mores<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Building a big tent isn&rsquo;t synonymous with cultivating some bizarre obsession with inclusive identity-politics nonsense. Building a big tent in a democracy means rallying a diverse coalition of factions to realize their collective interest in the defeat of a rival candidate. Just because &ldquo;diversity&rdquo; has become a buzzword made toxic by narcissistic ideologues obsessed with virtue signaling, that doesn&rsquo;t mean it&rsquo;s politically useless &mdash; especially ideological diversity in a country as pluralistic as 21st-century America. Republicans are also far better at the tolerance game compared to Democrats, whose version of &ldquo;coexist&rdquo; means government-compelled uniformity with leftist ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Ric Grenell, Trump&rsquo;s former acting director of national intelligence, who was also the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-joins-the-election-with-the-largest-gop-tent-ever\/\" title=\"Trump joins the election with the largest GOP tent ever\">openly gay presidential cabinet member<\/a>, summarized the nominee&rsquo;s stance on diversity again on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump doesn&rsquo;t care if you&rsquo;re gay or straight, black, brown or white, or what gender you are,&rdquo; Grenell said. &ldquo;He knows that we are all Americans, and that it&rsquo;s time to put &lsquo;America First.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIC GRENELL: &#8220;Donald Trump doesn&#8217;t care if you&#8217;re gay or straight, black,  brown or white, or what gender you are. He knows that we are all Americans, and that it&#8217;s time to put America FIRST.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bhyrm6j36h\">pic.twitter.com\/bhyrm6j36h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1813717860792861178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Reforming the party platform on marriage and pregnancy isn&rsquo;t mandating a priest conduct a gay wedding at the convention or giving out abortion pills as party favors. Those are standard exercises in the state-mandated validation game of the left. Nor is the party&rsquo;s outreach to minority Americans a shameless offer of racial patronage, but instead a plea for a colorblind meritocracy.<\/p>\n<p>The wife of Vice-Presidential Nominee J.D. Vance, Usha, reminded voters why America is exceptional in the first place on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That J.D. and I could meet at all, let alone fall in love and marry, is a testament to this great country,&rdquo; Usha said, who is Indian-American.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Usha Vance is hugely impressive. Mother of three, top litigator, clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, future Second Lady. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0xvOzXHa6T\">pic.twitter.com\/0xvOzXHa6T<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RitaPanahi\/status\/1813790835332595863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump, meanwhile, is on his way to doubling his support with black voters, again. The Manhattan businessman received just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2018\/08\/09\/an-examination-of-the-2016-electorate-based-on-validated-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6 percent<\/a> of the black vote in 2016. The Republican president doubled that total to <a href=\"https:\/\/ropercenter.cornell.edu\/how-groups-voted-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">12 percent<\/a> four years later. Now, some polls are suggesting Trump could win as much as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-black-vote-increase-support-1918333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30 percent<\/a> of the black vote this November.<\/p>\n<p>The reason Trump&rsquo;s inroads with minority voters have worked without alienating the party&rsquo;s white base is because the former president&rsquo;s activism has been genuine, without the routine pandering of politicians who clearly couldn&rsquo;t care less.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED:[RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/16\/let-down-for-decades-by-democrats-black-americans-are-mulling-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Let Down For Decades By Democrats, Black Americans Are Mulling Trump<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway explained the contrast between Trump&rsquo;s strategy to win black voters versus the Democrats&rsquo; in a May <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/24\/trumps-multiracial-working-man-optimism-beats-bidens-corrosive-anger-and-resentment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">column<\/a> after the former president spoke at &ldquo;a wildly successful rally in South Bronx.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When [Trump] discussed his economic and immigration policy proposals for getting the country back on track,&rdquo; Hemingway wrote, &ldquo;he argued that his policies would help everyone in the country.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden, on the other hand, continued to lean &ldquo;into racial grievance politics.&rdquo; Hemingway outlined three speeches the Democrat incumbent delivered around the time of Trump&rsquo;s address to voters in the Bronx. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He claimed there was an &lsquo;insidious&rsquo; resistance and an &lsquo;extreme movement&rsquo; led by his political opponent to hurt black people&rdquo; at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and at Morehouse College, Biden told black graduates &ldquo;the country was under the &lsquo;poison of white supremacy.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Because nothing must be more inspiring to black voters than telling them their country hates them and they&rsquo;ll need state handouts in order to succeed. Rose, in contrast, summed up Trump&rsquo;s Republican Party on Monday night: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s all love.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump has led the Republican Party to embrace a more diverse coalition in the upcoming election. Trump emphasized the importance of unity and focusing on issues that will make America successful, safe, free, and great again. The GOP&#8217;s new platform includes changes on abortion and marriage, reflecting the majority of Americans&#8217; views on these issues. The party has also welcomed a variety of speakers, including rapper Amber Rose, in an effort to expand its appeal. Despite some backlash from within the party, the GOP&#8217;s outreach to minority voters and efforts to build a big tent are seen as crucial for winning the election. Trump&#8217;s genuine activism and policies have resonated with minority voters without alienating the party&#8217;s white base. In contrast, Democrats have been criticized for leaning into racial grievance politics. Overall, the Republican Party&#8217;s message is one of inclusivity and unity, aiming to bring together a diverse coalition to defeat their rivals in the election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2300920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Amber-Rose.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3728,6203,35595,3634],"class_list":["post-2300919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election","tag-gop","tag-largest-tent","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Amber-Rose.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300919","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2300919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2300920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2300919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2300919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2300919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}