Eric Trump delivers impassioned RNC address for his father
CLEVELAND — Eric Trump, Donald Trump’s second-youngest son, delivered an impassioned argument on behalf of his father’s presidential bid, insisting he is the candidate who will truly help struggling Americans.
The third of Trump’s adult children to address the Republican National Convention this week, Eric Trump cast his father as an outsider of the political system who will use his business experience to help boost the fortunes of a nation struggling under a stagnant economy.
“It’s time for a president who has always been the one to sign the front of a check, not the back,” Eric Trump said.
Repeatedly invoking unemployed workers, single mothers and veterans who struggled under the care of the federal government, Eric Trump said his father had put a successful business career on hold out of love of country and a desire to “turn dreams into reality” for all Americans, as he had done for himself.
“To make this sacrifice, to run for the most powerful yet unforgiving office in the world. There is no greater calling and there is more selfless act,” Eric Trump said. “My father is running for you.”
As the younger Trump spoke, his father sat in the audience — listening to the speech from a spot in the VIP section sandwiched by his older kids, Donald Jr. and Ivanka. It was the second time in three days Trump made an appearance in the convention hall, and as his son spoke, the GOP presidential candidate waved and nodded to delegates who ran up to snap photos of him.
At moments, Eric Trump’s speech touched on themes close to his father’s heart, as he reminded his audience about the elder Trump’s litany of primary victories, the historic number of votes he had received and how he had started a “movement.”
“Vote for the candidate who has never been a politician. Vote for the candidate for has never received a paycheck from our government. … Vote for the candidate that cannot be bought, sold, purchased, bribed, coerced, intimidated, or steered from the path that is right and just and true,” Trump said. “Vote for the candidate you know is running for the right reasons.”
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