Weekly Patriots Roundup: Amid Civil War, The GOP Unites At RNC

In the wake of the horrifying attempt on Donald Trump's life, the Republican Party has rallied around the former president, and at the same time, the party is beginning to gel around new policy positions that were previously outside the conservative mainstream. The clearest sign yet of this realignment from the classic Republic In the wake of the horrifying attempt on Donald Trump's life, the Republican Party has rallied around the former president, and at the same time, the party is beginning to gel around new policy positions that were previously outside the conservative mainstream. The clearest sign yet of this realignment from the classic Republican platform to a new party is Trump's [pick for vice president]( Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance. A staunch anti-interventionist who's not afraid to take on corporate interests and Wall Street, Vance represents a faction of the GOP that wants to shift its focus to American workers, bad trade deals and the broken immigration system. With that being said, Republicans from the old guard are still uniting under the party. The most notable example is Nikki Haley's [full-throated endorsement]( of Trump. Read on for more details from the convention. In this Week’s Newsletter … - Real Big News: The GOP's team of rivals… - Hot Off The Press: Secret Service under scrutiny… - For The Record: 'Morning Joe' in shambles... Everything we do is made possible by our faithful subscribers. If you love reading the Daily Caller, [please consider joining us today.]( [JOIN US!]( REAL BIG NEWS Photo by Win Mcnamee/Getty Images Team Of Rivals: Inside Scoop On The GOP's Unifying Convention Despite critical policy differences, the 2024 RNC kicked off with a bang, as convention-goers expressed determination and resoluteness in the wake of the failed assassination of Trump. The Daily Caller's Reagan Reese with the [details]( MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – Minutes into the first delegates session of the Republican National Committee convention the stadium erupted into chants of "fight," a nod to the message Trump gave to rally goers after dodging a bullet meant to kill him. It was a nod that made clear that the near miss of an attempt to take former President Donald Trump's life just days prior was on the mind of all. Leaving one dead and two critically injured, the assassination attempt on the former president could have held the RNC convention back. Trump himself admitted that he considered missing the first two days of the convention to compose himself. Instead, attendees told the Caller, the tragedy did just the opposite. While the weight of the shooting weighs on attendees minds, there is still a feeling of inspiration and energy throughout the convention. “[The mood is] energy, excitement, pissed off or fired up. And if the election were today, or next week, Trump's gonna win, and Donald J. Trump and whoever the VP nominee is, we're gonna win a landslide. He's going to win states that Republicans don't win," Mike McMullen, a Pennsylvania delegate who was at the shooting on Saturday, told the Caller. And energy and excitement it was – multiple RNC guests approached this reporter unprovoked to quickly share their enthusiasm and love for President Donald Trump before catching someone else and sharing their feelings with them. The Caller also [spoke with insiders]( including Donald Trump Jr., on how the assassination attempt has affected Trump's outlook on the election. Reese and Chief National Correspondent Henry Rodgers with the [story]( MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – Donald Trump wasn't slated to appear at the Republican National Convention until Thursday. But when he unexpectedly showed up on Monday, it wasn't the shock factor that moved delegates and attendees alike, it was his very presence, his walk, his ear bandage, his raised fist in the air and his decision to attend the convention at all just days after nearly losing his life in a failed assassination attempt. Over the course of several days, social media has buzzed with simulations, photos and diagrams displaying just how close Trump was to death. It was nothing other than divine providence, Trump wrote on Truth Social, and it's a topic he's discussed with confidants in recent days, many told the Daily Caller. They described a new strength and determination to meet the moment on the former president's face and in his voice. "By the end of [Monday] night, I was able to work up to the rope line. So when he came down off the stairs and walked through, he saw me. He came up to me and put his hand through Secret Service to shake my hand. He looked me right in the eye. He said, 'That was a heck of a day, wasn't it?’ I said, ‘Yes, it was, sir,'" Blake Marnell, a California delegate often seen at Trump rallies donning a brick suit, told the Caller. "The truth is, he's a heck of a guy, and we're lucky to have him." Donald Trump Jr. told the Caller he had to wait nearly an hour and a half to get news that his father was okay. In a phone call with his father not long after escaping death, Trump Jr. told the Caller they cracked some jokes. "I just said, listen, most importantly, how's the hair? [He said] ‘It's fine. It's a little bit bloody.’ And I think that was probably a moment that we all needed, because my kids and family were around on speaker phone and listening to it. And it was tough. I try to explain to a ten year old that their grandfather was just shot in the face. It's not a conversation you ever want to have," he said. Trump’s speech Thursday night marked the convention’s grand finale. Setting a record for longest convention speech in U.S. history, Trump shared a message of unity and compassion for the entire country: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – When Donald Trump took the stage for the RNC finale and told attendees he was going to address the assassination attempt he survived, the stadium of thousands fell completely silent. “You will never hear it from me a second time, because it is actually too painful to tell,” Trump began. Just under a week after a failed attempt on his life, Trump took the RNC stage for his much-anticipated nomination acceptance speech. After barely dodging death on Saturday, Trump scrapped his entire speech and instead rewrote it himself, a Trump official told reporters ahead of the speech. Rather than heavily attacking the Biden administration, Trump wanted to focus on unity and use his near-death experience to bring the country together. And so he did. A reflective and calm Trump closed out the RNC convention on Thursday, embracing unity and compassion during his emotional address. All throughout the weekend, attendees, delegates and speakers remarked how Trump was alive and in attendance because of divine intervention. The president agreed. “I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of Almighty God,” the president said, noticeably emotional like the delegates surrounding him on the convention floor. Trump told delegates that he shouldn’t be on the stage today, and they responded by drowning him out with chants of “Yes, you are.” Read more of the Daily Caller’s coverage [here](. HOT OFF THE PRESS Photo by Kamil Krzacynski/Getty Images Shameless Secret Service: U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle [said]( this week that she would not be stepping down from her position but called the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump "unacceptable." Following the news of the attack, Cheatle stated she had been shocked and concerned for the former president, before noting it was an "event that should've never happened." "The buck stops with me. I am the director of the Secret Service, and I need to make sure that we are performing a review and that we are giving resources to our personnel as necessary," she explained. Despite claiming the buck stops with her, Cheatle has yet to resign, [joining a long list]( of Biden admin officials, including Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin and DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas, who have presided over policy disasters but faced zero consequences for their poor leadership. Whistleblowers Blame Jill: Republicans are [ramping up their efforts]( to get to the bottom of the Secret Service's absolute debacle that enabled the would-be assassin, Thomas Crooks, to graze Trump with a bullet. The Caller's Henry Rodgers has the scoop on Jim Jordan's latest push, as a growing number of whistleblowers begin to blame First Lady Jill Biden: House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan is sending a letter Thursday to Federal Bureau Of Investigations (FBI) Director Christopher Wray demanding answers to a number of questions related to the security failings that led to the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump after hearing from a number of United States Secret Service (USSS) whistleblowers. The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the letter to Wray in which Jordan mentions that USSS whistleblowers are telling the committee that there was limited resources to cover Trump due to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Washington, D.C., and First Lady Jill Biden's campaign rally in Pittsburgh, PA. More details on the letter [here](. Alert ... Chucky Eyes Joey: Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is reportedly urging President Joe Biden to end his campaign bid, according to ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl. During an interview on air at the Republican National Convention, Karl discussed the "intensifying" pressure that has been building against Biden since his poor debate performance against former President Donald Trump in late June. Karl [stated]( that within a private one-on-one meeting Saturday between the Democratic Senate Leader and Biden, Schumer allegedly "made the case" for the president to step aside as the nominee. TRENDING [Do you notice anything]( FOR THE RECORD It's So Joever: Following the Trump assassination attempt, MSNBC on Monday [yanked]( the "Morning Joe'' crew off the air in what amounted to a tacit admission from network higher-ups that Joe Scarborough, his wife, Mika, and the rest of his panelists could not be trusted with handling such a sensitive and potentially polarizing news subject. On Tuesday, Scarborough [hit back]( at the network for benching his team during such a pivotal news cycle. “I wanted to say,” Scarborough began. “Next time we’re told there’s gonna be a newsfeed replacing us, we will be in our chairs.” Brzezinski chirped with a laugh, “We’ll be sitting here!” “The newsfeed will be us, or they can get somebody else to host the show,” Scarborough said. Boot To The Face: The wife of notorious Never Trump columnist Max Boot was [indicted]( for allegedly working as an unregistered foreign agent of the South Korean government. In case you weren’t aware, Boot was one of the primary media culprits who pushed the bogus Russiagate collusion theory during Trump's presidency. The Daily Caller's Gage Klipper lets it rip: It was early 2019, two years into the Trump administration. The definitive Mueller probe had yet to be released, but already the Russiagate narrative had fallen apart. The Steele dossier had been discredited. The coordination between lovers Lisa Page and Peter Strozk to "stop" Trump had been revealed. And yet the faux-conservative Boot, cretinous worm that he is, posited the "18 reasons Trump could be a Russian asset" for the Post in January of that year. Boot must have been so preoccupied with saving Our Democracy from Trump that he failed to realize his wife was working as a foreign agent. [...] Boot might have 18 reasons why Trump is a foreign asset. But for his loving wife, he only needs one: a 31-page federal indictment. Read more [here](. 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