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Republican convention helps soften Trump’s hard edges
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Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18.
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MILWAUKEE – Party conventions in the United States are fairly predictable affairs.
When presidential candidates step on the stage to accept the nomination, they know full well that their No. 1 job is to excite the faithful.
