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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 not vetted by the Trump administration, in an effort to capture the elusive suburban women vote, which leaned Democrat in 2018. It clearly offered a counterbalance to her husband’s penchant for high drama, even though it was full of generic platitudes and aphorisms. “Despite what’s being said again this year, I know just as you do that Americans will go to polls and vote on behalf of their families, our economy, our national security, and our children’s future. To vote for those ideals is not a partisan vote. It’s a common-sense vote,” Melania Trump said. “Because those are goals and hopes that we all believe in. I believe that we need my husband’s leadership now more than ever in order to bring us all once again to the greatest economy and the strongest country ever known.”
The first lady was not the only woman to champion President Trump Tuesday evening. His youngest daughter Tiffany, who posted in support of Black Lives Matter on Instagram at the height of…
