Washington D.C. – Following former president Donald Trump’s nomination acceptance speech tonight at the Republican convention in Milwaukee, People For the American Way President Svante Myrick released the following statement:
“This is a deeply disturbing and surreal moment in American history, made more so by Donald Trump’s utterly unpresidential speech. Trump, a twice-impeached former president with multiple felony convictions and dreams of dictatorship, is once again the Republican nominee for president. Tonight Trump read something about unifying the country on his teleprompter, but the speech was full of empty boasts, recriminations, and the Big Lie. Here’s the truth: everything Trump and his VP pick J.D. Vance have ever done or said shows us they would be all-in on the most divisive agenda in our history. From Trump’s first Muslim ban to the authoritarian regime outlined in Project 2025, it’s all on record: they want to criminalize people who get abortions, erase the LGBTQ community, enforce Christian nationalism, gut Social Security for seniors, and more. As Maya Angelou said, when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
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