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      Why MAGA Nation Embraces Donald Trump

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      More from our inbox:Exit Menendez?Joe, Keep Your DignitySpirituality in America Scott McIntyre for The New York TimesTo the Editor:Re “The Deep Source of Trump’s Appeal,” by David Brooks (column, July 12):I’ve always believed that the mass of Donald Trump supporters were fundamentally just working-class Americans who, as the country’s wealth increasingly skewed to the 1 percent ever since President Ronald Reagan, found themselves running faster and faster to stay in the same place, and finally (and justifiably) started to fume about it.While Mr. Brooks doesn’t flat out say it, I take away from his article that, rather than viewing their plight as old-fashioned liberals used to — as plain and simple economic class exploitation — the white working class has been conned by demagogues like Mr. Trump into seeing it as existential, zero-sum identity politics.If Mr. Brooks’s suggestion is that religious leaders guide Americans back to some form of enlightened democratic civility, they’re going to have to drop a bit more wealth redistribution into their message to the congregation.Steven DoloffNew YorkTo the Editor:Having been dismissed as “deplorables,” sniffed at as people who “cling to guns or religion,” and generally considered less worthy, it was only a matter of time before the voters who have become MAGA nation would decide to stand up for themselves and say, We matter, too, and as much as you do.For all his many shortcomings, Donald Trump does have a keen eye for a marketing opportunity, and he was happy to swoop in and exploit the concerns of this group.Democrats may prefer to fault President Biden’s frailty, but they have no one but themselves to blame or the burgeoning strength of the adversary they face.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      Brother of Rachel Morin, Mother Killed While Jogging, Speaks at R.N.C.

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      As Republicans focus on crime and immigration during the second night of their convention, Michael Morin, the brother of Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five who was killed while exercising on a scenic trail in Maryland last August, took the stage. The death of Ms. Morin, who the authorities said was raped, has become one in a series of deaths that Republicans have seized on in criticizing the Biden administration’s immigration policies. An unauthorized 23-year-old immigrant from El Salvador was arrested in the killing, according to the police. “Open borders are often portrayed as compassionate and virtuous, but there is nothing compassionate about allowing violent criminals into our country and robbing children of their mother,” Mr. Morin said to the crowd in Milwaukee.Erin Layman, Ms. Morin’s 49-year-old half sister, said Tuesday ahead of the convention appearance that the “Biden administration does not do anything to protect us Americans,” and that the federal government’s immigration policy is “not fair to immigrants who came to our country legally.” Ms. Layman, of Abingdon, Md., said the family was attending the convention “to show the American people that we do have a crisis.” Facing record levels of border crossings and under pressure from some in his own party on the matter, President Biden toughened America’s immigration policies in the last year. A spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, Alex Floyd, argued in a statement that “Donald Trump represents nothing more than empty words and broken promises when it comes to creating safer communities and securing our border.’ More

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      At Moms for Liberty Event, Ron DeSantis Was a Throwback to an Earlier Time

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      When Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida took the stage on Tuesday afternoon for the first time during the Republican National Convention, at an ornate old theater down the street from the arena where the convention was unfolding, it was possible to glimpse a moment he had imagined a year ago when he started what became his failed presidential campaign.The convention attendees who had gathered to hear him speak in Milwaukee wore attire celebrating parents’ rights and condemning the “woke” agenda. Earlier speakers had discussed lawsuits against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and successful book-banning campaigns. There were denouncements of transgender athletes competing in women’s sports and of Disney. And Mr. DeSantis was welcomed with applause as the emcee extolled the “new, bold vision” he had brought to Florida as its governor.The event was hosted by Moms for Liberty, a conservative parents’ rights group closely allied with Mr. DeSantis. The group emerged as a political force on the right in the jittery, discontented early months of the pandemic’s second year in Mr. DeSantis’s home state of Florida. The governor and Moms for Liberty both harnessed discontent over mask and vaccine mandates, library books and school gender policies to become political forces to be reckoned with, first in Florida and then across the country.Their appearance together, on the edge of the R.N.C., was a reminder of a moment that had, to Mr. DeSantis’s misfortune, mostly dissipated by the time he formally entered the race for president in May 2023.Onstage at the Moms for Liberty summit, Mr. DeSantis ran through the issues and the résumé that captured the Republican electorate when he first began hinting at his intentions.“We said we are not going to be indulging in things like gender ideology in our schools,” he told the crowd. He recalled how other Republican politicians in Florida “would cower in the corner like little scared kitties” in the face of the corporate might of Disney, against which he crusaded as governor after the company opposed a state law banning classroom discussions of sexuality and gender.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      Babydog, a Plump Bulldog Who Is Apparently a Republican, Charms the R.N.C.

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      The crowd gathered on the second night of the Republican National Convention was promised a 60-pound bulldog. And when Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia walked on to the stage without one on Tuesday night, they began shouting the dog’s name in annoyance.“Babydog!” They chanted en masse, with an energy generally reserved only for former President Donald J. Trump or his brand-new running mate, Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio.They needn’t have worried. After a brief few sentences, Mr. Justice — who is running for Senate in his state — relented. “I know that a lot of you want to meet my little buddy,” he said.And on cue, out came Babydog, a plump bulldog, belly swaying as she trotted across the stage before being quickly plopped by a human helper into a cushy armchair.Though they may not admit it, the goal of politicians given a speaking slot at a nomination convention is usually to make their mark and have the breakthrough moment of the night. But Babydog set the bar higher and may have upstaged her owner.Mr. Justice in many ways exemplifies the goal Mr. Trump has set this election of winning over voters who once backed Democrats but are eager for a change. He was a registered Republican until he ran as a Democrat for governor in 2016, then swapped parties again less than a year into his term and embraced Mr. Trump and his movement.That message might have been lost given the crowd’s intent focus on Babydog, an English bulldog that Mr. Justice frequently refers to as a “60-pound brown watermelon.” While the governor spoke, CNN put up a graphic declaring that Babydog’s chief interests were her owner, chicken nuggets and napping. Other networks split their shots between Mr. Justice and the dog, whose tongue was wagging along as her owner spoke.Most of Mr. Justice’s speech was standard Republican fare. He praised Mr. Trump, citing his children as evidence of the former president’s moral character, and suggested that America would be “totally unhinged” if Mr. Biden won in November.Still, at the end of his speech, Mr. Justice gave the crowd what they wanted, and what only he was in a position to provide: dog content. “Babydog’s got a prediction for everybody here,” he said, as the bulldog looked on. The prediction was the same one made by most of the speakers in Milwaukee: that Republicans would win in November in a landslide. But Babydog, Mr. Justice said, was confident in this prediction. Why? “Because we’re worth it,” he said.It was a bold assertion from an animal with no mastery of the English language, but admittedly one that revved up the crowd.And it was a hard act to follow, as Representative Jim Banks of Indiana, who had the misfortune to step on the stage next, acknowledged.“I don’t know about you,” he said. “But thank god Babydog is a Republican.” More

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      El cambio climático no es prioritario en la Convención Nacional Republicana

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      La plataforma del partido no hace ninguna mención del cambio climático, en cambio, fomenta una mayor producción de petróleo, gas y carbón, que aumentan las temperaturas globales.[Estamos en WhatsApp. Empieza a seguirnos ahora]Este verano, Estados Unidos está experimentando niveles históricos de un calor intenso a causa del cambio climático. Las altas temperaturas han provocado decenas de muertes en el oeste del país, mientras millones de personas sudan debido a los avisos de calor extremo y casi tres cuartas partes de los estadounidenses dicen que el gobierno debe priorizar el calentamiento global.Sin embargo, aunque en el horario estelar del lunes por la noche la energía fue el tema con el que el Partido Republicano inauguró su convención nacional en Milwaukee, el partido no tiene ningún plan para abordar el cambio climático.A pesar de que algunos republicanos ya no niegan el abrumador consenso científico según el cual el planeta se está calentando a causa de la actividad humana, los líderes del partido no lo consideran como un problema que se deba enfrentar.“No sé si hay una estrategia republicana para enfrentar el cambio climático a nivel de organización”, comentó Thomas J. Pyle, presidente de la American Energy Alliance, un grupo de investigación conservador enfocado en la energía. “No creo que el presidente Trump considere imperativo reducir los gases de efecto invernadero por medio del gobierno”.Cuando el expresidente Donald Trump menciona el cambio climático, lo hace en tono de burla.“¿Se imaginan? Este tipo dice que el calentamiento global es la mayor amenaza para nuestro país”, dijo Trump, para referirse al presidente Joe Biden en un mitin en Chesapeake, Virginia, el mes pasado que fue el junio más caluroso que se haya registrado en todo el mundo. “El calentamiento global está bien. De hecho, he oído que hoy va a hacer mucho calor. Está bien”.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      ¿Quién es J. D. Vance, el candidato republicano a la vicepresidencia?

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      En los últimos ocho años, Vance pasó de ser un autor exitoso y un crítico declarado de Trump a convertirse en uno de los defensores más fervientes del exmandatario.[Estamos en WhatsApp. Empieza a seguirnos ahora]J. D. Vance, el senador republicano por Ohio que recientemente fue escogido como el compañero de fórmula del expresidente Donald Trump, ha tenido una trayectoria rápida en los últimos ocho años pasando de ser un autor exitoso y un crítico declarado de Trump a convertirse en uno de los defensores más fervientes del exmandatario y, ahora, su segundo al mando.Antes de dedicarse a la política, Vance, de 39 años, era conocido como el autor del libro Hillbilly Elegy (Hillbilly, una elegía rural: Memorias de una familia y una cultura en crisis), un éxito de ventas que relataba su crianza en el seno de una familia pobre y que, a su vez, servía como una especie de análisis sociológico de la clase trabajadora blanca en Estados Unidos. Publicado en el verano previo a la elección de Trump en 2016, y tras su victoria, muchos lectores vieron el libro como un tipo de guía para comprender el apoyo que las comunidades blancas de clase trabajadora le dieron al expresidente.Vance denunció al exmandatario sin piedad durante su campaña de 2016. Pero, para 2022, ya lo había aceptado y gracias a su apoyo ganó unas elecciones primarias republicanas muy concurridas y se convirtió en una voz a favor de Trump en el Congreso.A continuación, presentamos más detalles sobre los antecedentes y las posturas de Vance.Antecedentes personales: Nació en Middletown, Ohio, y pasó parte de su infancia en Jackson, Kentucky, donde fue criado por sus abuelos maternos porque su madre luchaba contra la drogadicción. Luego regresó a Middletown y, cuando terminó el bachillerato, se unió a la infantería de marina. Fue destinado a Irak, donde se dedicó a labores de asuntos públicos. Más tarde, estudió en la Universidad Estatal de Ohio y en la Escuela de Derecho de la Universidad de Yale.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      Trump Tries to Coax RFK Jr. Into His Camp in Leaked Phone Call

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      A leaked video of Donald J. Trump calling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered a behind-the-scenes look into the former president’s efforts to coax Mr. Kennedy out of the presidential race and into his camp.On Mr. Kennedy’s speaker phone, Mr. Trump, the Republican nominee, can be heard offering up the kind of anti-vaccine message that Mr. Kennedy is known for. Mr. Trump also reveals details of his call with President Biden, saying “it was very nice.” And he tells Mr. Kennedy, seemingly in an effort to win his support: “I would love you to do something. And I think it’ll be so good for you and so big for you. And we’re going to win.”Mr. Kennedy, the iconoclastic but struggling independent candidate, apologized for the leak almost immediately on X, the same social media site where the video appeared.“When President Trump called me I was taping with an in-house videographer,” he wrote. “I should have ordered the videographer to stop recording immediately. I am mortified that this was posted.”On the call, Mr. Trump marveled that he had been shot by an AR-15-type weapon, the sort of military-style rifle Mr. Biden wants to ban — “pretty tough guns, right?” He also recounted telling the president how lucky he was to avoid his would-be assassin’s bullet.“It felt like the world’s largest mosquito,” he told Mr. Kennedy of the bullet wound to his ear. More