Republican Women Were Ready for War on Night Two of the RNC
The president’s wife and daughter led a sharp rebuke to the Democratic agenda
Melania Trump wore a green military-chic blazer and skirt ensemble at Tuesday’s Republican National Convention, a far cry from the suffragette white dress she wore at the same event four years ago. A savvy operator who understands the power of fashion, the first lady’s outfit choice this time around crystallized a sentiment shared by all of the female speakers at this year’s convention: Republican women are ready for war.
Standing at the White House’s newly renovated Rose Garden, FLOTUS delivered a message that was much sharper than her (pretty plagiarized) 2016 address. “Donald Trump has not, and will not, lose focus on you,” she said on Tuesday, adding that her husband “demands action, and he gets results.”
Her speech — which offered an acknowledgment of the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic and a superficial reference to the way racism has shaped this nation for more than 400 years — was…
