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“If you have the opportunity, [Joe Biden] will be the gravedigger of America’s greatness. “US President Donald Trump ended the Republican National Convention, which ran from Monday through Thursday under the ‘us against them’ sign, with some ( Although few) exceptions. Contrary to what the regulations establish, Trump used the White House for purely political and electoral campaign purposes, demonizing who could jeopardize his re-election on November 3: the Democratic candidate. In fact, he was not the unique to do so.
For columnist and writer Farrah Alexander, the convention was “an exact reflection of the Trump Administration, full of charlatans who lie to the American people.” “Nepotism was in the spotlight: many of the speakers are members of the Trump family, which is, to say the least, strange in a democracy,” he tells Expresso. In fact, in addition to the First Lady, Melania Trump, the entire adult proletariat of the president spoke: Ivanka, Donald Jr., Eric and Tiffany. They all took a laudatory tone towards Trump and a sharp one on the attacks on Biden.
At the end of the convention, the incumbent president declared that the presidential elections will be a choice between “the American dream”, which would lead his Administration, and “a socialist program that destroys the precious destiny” of the country, which would be led by the rival democrat. “Biden is not America’s soul savior, he’s America’s job destroyer,” Trump said. “If the Democratic Party wants to side with anarchists, agitators, rioters, looters and those who set fire to flags, that is their problem, but I, as president, refuse [a fazer isso]”He added, speaking at the White House.
Outside, there was an anti-racist demonstration and police brutality after, last Sunday, the African American Jacob Blake was shot at least seven times by a white agent in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The demonstrations that followed the episode of Blake, paralyzed from the waist down, have been largely peaceful, but in one of them two people were shot dead by a 17-year-old ‘vigilante’, who was meanwhile in detention.
It was in this context that Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the first black person to take office in that state, spoke on Tuesday. Unlike many Republicans who yearn for a future after Trump resigned, Cameron attended the convention. And he wasn’t the only non-Caucasian to do so: he was joined by Nikki Haley, of Indian descent and a former US ambassador to the United Nations, and Tim Scott, a black senator from South Carolina. But Cameron did it more elegantly, hitting the nail one without necessarily hitting the horseshoe.
Despite the polls, which put Trump 8-10% behind Biden, Cameron risked sticking with the incumbent president and ultimately unequivocally asked for his vote for a second term. Yet in the six and a half minutes that his speech lasted, he also rehearsed an equidistance between Trump and the rest of the history of the Republican Party. Abraham Lincoln, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan were described as “heroes who have always driven an imperfect nation.” This is not how Trump usually describes the United States.
“Risky” and revealing decision of “an ambitious politician”
And if Trump threatens 10 years in prison with protesters toppling Confederate statues, Cameron, also pointing the finger at “anarchists who threaten the American way of life,” quickly opts for a more reassuring tone. “Republicans will not turn their back on unjust acts, but they will not accept a total assault on Western civilization,” he guaranteed. “Despite our differences, we all want the same for our children, that they have more opportunities than us and that they feel the dignity of work,” he summarized, before launching the appeal: “If you follow these rules, you can ensure a good life for you and your family. “
When he targeted Biden, some of his attacks appeared to be potentially more effective than Trump’s, The Washington Post wrote. The most dramatic attack was in response to a statement that the Democratic candidate and former vice president of Barack Obama has already retracted. Biden said, in the course of the current election cycle, that anyone who is black and is considering voting for Trump … is not black. “Mr. Vice President, look at me. I am black. We are not all the same. I am not chained. My mind belongs to me. And you can’t tell me how to vote for the color of my skin, ”Cameron shot.
“There is no wisdom in history or plan [de Biden], just a trace of discredited ideas and offensive statements ”, he also sentenced. And after the attacks on the Democratic candidate, the Kentucky attorney general tried to rebuild the pieces of a broken nation: “The many faces of this country are one family, not separate and divided parts.” In its analysis of Cameron’s speech, the “Post” says that the choice to speak at the Republican convention is “risky” and reveals “an obviously ambitious politician.”
The decision carries obvious risks, which will be greater the more fragmented the Republican Party emerges from Trump’s eventual defeat. In a scenario where Republicans vehemently and massively repudiate the Trump era (many are already doing so), Cameron may have mortgaged his political ambitions, at least in the short and medium term. If Republicans emerge from defeat divided but not broken, the attorney general could emerge as a bridge builder. In case the president is re-elected, Cameron will have a completely clear path for higher flights.
The columnist and writer heard by Expresso was not convinced by the attorney general’s speech. Cameron was, for Farrah Alexander, one of the “liars in the convention who tried to convince the American people that the ongoing disaster is not Trump’s fault and that we must endure another four years of incompetence and chaos.” For better or for worse, those six and a half minutes should continue to resonate in the minds of not just Republicans, but Americans in general.
