U.S. First Lady, Mrs Melania
Trump, on Tuesday refrained from attacking the opposition in a 25-minute long
keynote speech on the second night of the Republican National Convention.
Speaking before a small audience
at the White House, she said she would not waste precious time “attacking the
other side’’.
This, she noted, was because as
witnessed during last week’s Democratic National Convention, doing so would
only divide the country further.
Her stance was a total deviation from previous speakers, whose speeches were laced with attacks on the Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, and his party.
Among members of the audience
were her husband, President Donald Trump; Vice President Mike Pence, and other
senior administration officials.
Some Democrats frowned at her
decision to use the White House, a public property, for a political campaign,
describing it as unethical.
The First Lady projected her
husband as an honest and authentic person, who says it as it is and never
wastes time playing politics.
“Almost four years ago, we went
into Election Day completely underestimated.
“Despite what is being said again
this year, I know just as you do that Americans will go to the polls, and will
elect Trump on behalf of their families, our economy, our national security,
and our children’s future.
“To vote for those ideals is not
a partisan vote, it is a common-sense vote because those are goals and hopes
that we all believe in,’’ she said.
The president’s wife addressed
two major challenges currently confronting the U.S., namely the COVID-19
pandemic and civil unrest over racial injustice.
Acknowledging the pain caused by
the pandemic, she expressed her sympathies to those who have lost loved ones
and those struggling with the attendant socio-economic impacts.
“My husband’s administration will
not stop fighting until there is an effective treatment or vaccine available to
everyone.
“Donald will not rest until he
has done all he can to take care of everyone impacted by this terrible
pandemic,’’ Mrs. Trump said.
On racial injustice, she said it
was a “harsh reality” and part of America’s history that “we are not proud’’.
She enjoined racial injustice
protesters to be civil in their agitations and focus on the future while still
learning from the past.
“I urge people to come together
in a civil manner so we can work and live up to our standard American ideals.
“I also ask people to stop the
violence and looting being done in the name of justice and never make
assumptions based on the colour of a person’s skin,’’ she pleaded.
Among other speakers during the
convention’s second night were President Trump’s children, Eric and Tiffany,
and U.S. Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, who spoke from Jerusalem.
In his speech, Eric assailed the
“radical Democrats” whom he accused of disrespecting “our National Anthem by
taking a knee’’.
He said the opposition’s stance
was a dishonour to the country’s armed forces laying down their lives every day
“to protect our freedom’’.
Eric also attacked Democrats for
attempting to cut funding to law enforcement agencies thereby undermining
security of lives and property.
Like father, like daughter,
Tiffany took aim at the U.S. media, accusing them of engaging in campaigns of
misinformation in a bid to manipulate Americans.
“This misinformation system keeps
people mentally enslaved to the ideas they deem correct.
“This has fostered unnecessary
fear and divisiveness amongst us,’’ she fired.
In a pre-recorded video message,
Pompeo focused on the Trump administration’s foreign policies and war on
terror.
He said the president’s America
First vision, although making him unpopular in every foreign capital, was
yielding dividends for Americans.
The Secretary of State said Trump
was dealing decisively with terrorist groups, cooling tensions with North
Korea, and holding China accountable for unfair trade practices and covering up
the China virus, among others.
Critics also slammed Pompeo for
alleged unethical practice, arguing that as the country’s top diplomat, he
should not be involved in political conventions.
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