President Donald Trump’s speech Thursday accepting his party’s presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention made headlines for three reasons.
1. He told the deeply moving story of his experience of surviving an assassination attempt; 2. He broke the record for length for an acceptance speech, at 92 minutes; 3. He followed UFC president Dana White and wrestling Hulk Hogan.
Yet it was also simply a remarkable speech.
Here are 17 notable lines — and not all of them were spoken by Trump. One of them, in fact, was a moment of silence.
- I am running to be president for all of America, not half of America, because there is no victory in winning for half of America.
- As you already know, the assassin’s bullet came within a quarter of an inch of taking my life. So many people have asked me what happened. “Tell us what happened, please.” And therefore, I will…
