Drawing The RNC, Day Four

Trump’s speech was a 90 minute cult rant

The final night of the RNC last night was all about fighting. There were reports that a show of unity was on the schedule, but I didn’t see it. I heard it mentioned in passing, but it was drowned out or made false by preponderous attacks.

Trump’s whole family (except for his son Baron) was there in the special family box. Even Jared. They all looked perfectly coiffed and stiff, with dutiful smiles. Here are some drawings from the spectacle.

Son Eric Trump’s speech was a long litany of exagerated claims of Trump’s greatness when he was President, and hateful exagerations of the Biden administration.

It was what they call a “red meat” speech, i.e. giving the crowd what they wanted (not sure they wanted that). It was halting, waiting for applause after almost every sentence. I sensed that the audience was at times tired of the over-the-topness of it. Eric ended by saying that his father thrusting his hand into the air after…