How Trump's Upcoming Speech To The RNC Could Deprive Democrats Of 'The Scare Card': Steve Forbes

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On "Forbes Newsroom," Steve Forbes spoke about former President Trump's upcoming address to the RNC.

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00:00Steve, before I let you go, we are now sitting in day two of the RNC. Former

00:06President Donald Trump is expected to speak on Thursday. He told a reporter he

00:10ripped up his speech that was largely critical of Joe Biden. He's going to be

00:17speaking on a message more of unity. What are you looking for between now and

00:21the end of the RNC? I think what we saw last night was a positive outlook from

00:28all parts of the nation. And on Thursday night, I think the tone is probably going

00:34to matter more than the words themselves. And what the unity shouldn't mean, we

00:39don't have debate. But what people want is a substantive, vigorous debate about

00:44the direction of this country on a whole slew of issues, from national security to

00:49the economy, regulation, and the things that concern people. What direction are

00:54we going to take? Character of the American nation. That's what they want to

00:58have a substantive discussion of. And so they want it done in a civil tone. And so

01:04if Trump can lead the way on that, then the Democrats saying, oh, this is a, you

01:08know, an end of democracy. We've got Hitler coming in and all that kind of

01:11stuff. They're not going to be able to play the scare card. They're gonna have

01:15to respond with substance. And what's amazing, and I'll sound partisan, but so

01:20what, in terms of things like the electronic vehicle, EVs, that getting

01:28rid of the internal combustion engine has never been debated in the public

01:32square. It's been done by diktat, by regulatory decree. And if so, if you're

01:39going to make a fundamental change in transportation like that, that should be

01:45done with the consent, with the knowledge and consent of the governed.

01:50And that's what the Democrats have skirted, trying to do things through

01:54regulations in the old days, through court decisions, instead of appealing to

01:59the governed. And so I think that's going to put them in an awkward position,

02:06especially now that the Republicans have, I think, effectively taken the abortion

02:11issue off the table by not putting it in the platform. Even J. D. Vance is very

02:16pro life, said as an interim, you accept 15 weeks. You've got to bring people

02:22along. When people over, you can't do it by diktat. And so I think the

02:26Democrats are gonna go for substance. I think a lot of the substance people

02:30gonna say that's not the direction we want to go.

How Trump's Upcoming Speech To The RNC Could Deprive Democrats Of 'The Scare Card': Steve Forbes

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