Ground Game: GOP Convention - Fight, Fight, Fight

Posts in today's report:

• Live from Milwaukee: A New GOP is Born
• GOP Platform: To the Forgotten Men and Women of America
• Mindy Pechenuk Statement: Make Oakland Safe Again
• Bringing Trump's Agenda47 to the Local Houston Republican Club
• Convention Social Media Roundup

Live from Milwaukee: A New GOP is Born

Promethean Action organizers attended the GOP Convention as part of the Trump delegation from Michigan and from Washington. The atmosphere can be summed up by Donald Trump's words in Butler, Pennsylvania - Fight, fight, fight!

Following the assassination attempt against Trump, the delegates and speakers have reflected that this is a historic turning point and this convention, Trump's presidential campaign, and his future presidency mean that this is a transformative moment. There is also an, at least, implicit recognition that a new Republican Party is being born, a party which, as the platform declares, is dedicated to the forgotten men and women of America.

Black Republican members of Congress evoked the party of Lincoln. Trade unionists addressed the producer spirit of America. Other minority communities were also represented. And Donald Trump's choice of Senator J. D. Vance for Vice President embodies this new Republican Party.

On a deeper level, people know that the existence of the republic is at stake and they know that this is a fight of good versus evil. Now, the evil has been expressed clearly for all to see. From the near assassination of Donald Trump to the death of one spectator and the serious injury to two others, and to the average Americans who spoke from the podium about the loss of loved ones to fentanyl, or to murder by illegal immigrants. Others spoke of the less tangible, but no less real evil of the destruction of the American dream. And there have been very inspiring invocations of the antidote to that: namely, the reestablishment of the principles of our republic. Speaker after speaker spoke of our dedication, our founding documents dedication, to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Promethean Action will play an indispensable role in this fight because, while the historic nature of this convention is felt by everyone, the actual content of the change underway is understood by only a few.