Trump stays on attack
tied in North Carolina, polls show.
Trump entered the Convention Center hall to warm applause with his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who spoke first after an introduction by Trump.
“Our military is too small, and he will rebuild it,” Pence said about Trump. “Our VA is broken and this builder (Trump) will fix it.”
Despite his mostly warm reception, some in the crowd said they can’t support Trump, in particular because of comments he made that Sen. John McCain isn’t a war hero because he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
“I’m not sure what he could ever say that could make me a supporter because of that comment,” said Dewey Riehn, a veteran from Missouri.
Trump spent much of his time attacking Clinton and the Democratic Party. He set a darker tone than Clinton, who said on Monday that she doesn’t “understand people who trash-talk America,” and that she won’t be the candidate of “fear and smear” tactics.
“You know her name: Crooked Hillary Clinton. And believe me folks, she is crooked,” Trump said of Clinton. It was another sharp difference from Clinton’s approach Monday: She didn’t mention Trump by name once in her 30-minute address.
Trump also criticized Democrats for not mentioning the Islamic State by name during their convention Monday night in Philadelphia.
“ISIS — it’s a word you didn’t hear last night,” Trump said.
He also criticized Clinton for using a personal email server while she was secretary of state. He said the email server put American security at risk.
“Lock her up!” people shouted.