Last updated on September 25th, 2023 at 02:48 pm
Donald Trump released his list of speakers for the Republican convention, and one name was notably missing. Despite the fact that she has been campaigning for him as a surrogate, Sarah Palin will not be speaking at the Republican convention.
Here is the list of speakers at Trump’s convention via a Trump press release:
Pastor Mark Burns
Phil Ruffin
Congressman Ryan Zinke
Pat Smith
Mark Geist
John Tiegen
Congressman Michael McCaul
Sheriff David Clarke
Congressman Sean Duffy
Darryl Glenn
Senator Tom Cotton
Karen Vaughn
Governor Mike Huckabee
Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Melania Trump
Senator Joni Ernst
Kathryn Gates-Skipper
Marcus Luttrell
Dana White
Governor Asa Hutchinson
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
Michael Mukasey
Andy Wist
Senator Jeff Sessions
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn
Alex Smith
Speaker Paul Ryan
Congressman Kevin McCarthy
Kerry Woolard .
Senator Shelley Moore Capito
Dr. Ben Carson
Co-Chair Sharon Day
Natalie Gulbis
Kimberlin Brown
Antonio Sabato, Jr.
Peter Thiel
Eileen Collins
Senator Ted Cruz
Newt Gingrich
Michelle Van Etten
Lynne Patton
Eric Trump
Harold Hamm
Congressman Chris Collins
Brock Mealer
Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn
Governor Mary Fallin
Darrell Scott
Lisa Shin
Governor Rick Scott
Chairman Reince Priebus
Tom Barrack
Ivanka Trump
Attorney General Pam Bondi
Jerry Falwell Jr.
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
Chris Cox
Senator Mitch McConnell
Tiffany Trump
Governor Chris Christie
Donald J. Trump Jr.
Governor Scott Walker
The Trump convention contains the usual rogues gallery of the far right Republican Party, the congressional leadership of the party (McConnell, Ryan, McCarthy), no big sports stars (a.k.a. sports winners as Trump demanded), the failed tea party governors (Christie, Walker, Scott), and lots of Trump family.
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However, the one name that is missing is Sarah Palin. The former half-term quitter governor of Alaska was expected to make her return to the Republican convention after her loud support throughout the primary of Trump. Plus, being that Trump was desperate for name figures to speak at his convention, Palin looked like a lock.
The fact that she remains left out of the convention demonstrates how the Republican Party is still exerting a degree of control over Trump. There was no Sarah Palin, Mike Tyson, or any of Trump’s other zany ideas were on the list released by the RNC.
The Republican Party wants America to forget that Sarah Palin was once their vice presidential nominee.
Palin has been dumped by Trump. The GOP can try to erase Sarah Palin, but the seeds she sowed in 2008 have grown into the nomination of Donald Trump.
Republicans are trying to forget, but the American people will always remember that living monument to Republican incompetence that is Sarah Palin
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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