Who tops the bill at the RNC, which does guarantee that every night, there's a Trump family member on the mike. And none are ballin’ even though there probably is at least one member of the Cleveland Cavs who worries about their NBA championship taxes.
The 2016 RNC will be like the Ocean’s 11-12-13 trilogy: sex, lies and Pokemon GO
But this year, we’ve got Natalie Gulbis, better known for her appearance in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue than for being the 484th-ranked female golfer in the world. Now, before you decry sexism, Italian American hunk Antonio Sabàto Jr. will also be speaking, and let us not forget that before he was a daytime television star and reality television contestant, he was an underwear model for Calvin Klein. So equal scores there. Then we’ve got controversial PayPal co-founder and Gawker lawsuit backer Peter Thiel. We’ve got Kimberlin Brown, who was a soap opera actress until she retired in 2003 and started an avocado farm. I don’t totally get what these people mean to the Republican Party, but we’re about to find out.
We’ve got no fewer than six members of the Trump family speaking, presumably to how awesome their dad/husband/self will be as president: Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Tiffany Trump, Melania Trump and Donald Trump. Oh, and don’t forget Lynne Patton, vice president of the Eric Trump Foundation…
This year, Trump has neither symbolic nor substantive Latino support. He’s isolated Asian Americans by imitating Indian and Chinese people in a derogatory manner, among other jabs. And given that less than 15% of black voters have identified as Republican or voted for Republican presidential candidates in the last fifty years, it might take more than five black speakers for Trump to turn his party’s tides.