RNC live: Trump to speak at every night of convention alongside family members and supporters
- President will appear tonight with six former hostages
Rebecca Friedrichs, the teacher who just spoke out in support of Trump, also used her time to bash teachers unions, saying they’re “subverting our republic”. Friedrichs has fought against unions throughout her career, and even baselessly claimed in July that they were “grooming” children via online lessons and teaching them how to sext and view pornography.
This has won her a fair few critics, who have been responding to her speech tonight:
Second speech, by Rebecca Friedrichs, seems to claim everything wrong is because of unions. Thus far, neither about Trump or anything positive or optimistic.
Rebecca Friedrichs just opened the Republican convention by saying unions subvert the republic. Wrong. We are going to save it. #RNCConvention2020
Optimism, so far:
Charlie Kirk: Biden/Dem "mob... wishes to destroy our way of life."
Rebecca Friedrichs: teachers unions have "morphed our schools into war zones."
Californian Rebecca Friedrichs becomes the first RNC speaker to mispronounce @KamalaHarris' first name.
While CNN and ABC have been streaming the RNC largely uninterrupted, Fox News is not. And it’s miffed some prominent Republicans. Sean Hannity, on Fox, provided his own commentary on the convention and interviewed Carl Rove about how the RNC has compared to the DNC so far. With a mind-boggling lack of self-awareness, Hannity accused that other media, “won’t be showing large parts of the convention.”
Can’t believe I have to watch the convention on @CNN. Unbelievable. @FoxNews
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