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Under the banner of “The Great American Comeback”, the Republican National Convention kicked off with unflinching support for its candidate, President #Trump, while prominent Republicans defect to the Democratic camp.

The Republican National Convention, which kicked off in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday officially nominated President Trump for a second four-year term.

With the line-up of speakers setting the tone of the convention, six out of twelve key speakers are Trump family members. Also speaking at the convention are a couple charged last month for pointing their firearms at peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters in St Louis, Missouri.

In breach of convention protocol, President Trump will speak on each day of the convention and will give his acceptance speech from the White House, a decision that was criticized by Democrats for ethical concerns over the use of federal property for electoral purposes.

In another break with tradition, the Republican Convention will not adopt a new platform. Instead, it released a statement merely reasserting “the party’s strong support for president Donald Trump and his administration”.

So, has the Republican Party become the Party of Trump? And can it convince Americans to re-elect the President?

Guests:

James DeMint

Former Republican Senator from South Carolina

James Kolbe

Former Republican Congressman from Arizona

Christine Todd Whitman

Former Republican Governor of New Jersey

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Four Republicans appeared at the US Democratic National Convention this week to endorse the Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden. Can they convince their fellow conservatives to vote against President Donald Trump in November?

Extended Interview with Rick Wilson, a longtime Republican strategist and co-founder of The Lincoln Project, a conservative political action committee dedicated to preventing the reelection of Donald #Trump

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The Democratic National Convention kicked off without the usual crowds and confetti, to officially nominate former Vice President Joe Biden as the party’s presidential nominee and Senator Kamala Harris of California, the first woman of color on a major party ticket, as his running mate. Progressive #Democrats and ‘Never Trump’ Republicans appeared at the virtual event, trying to show a united front in their quest to beat Trump in the November election. Can the Biden- Harris ticket appeal to the rising class of progressive - and conservative- voters in America? Will the Democrats’ call for change unite the party?

Guests:

Moe Vela- Former Director of Administration and Senior Advisor in the Office of Vice President Joe Biden & Former Chief Financial Officer and Senior Advisor on Hispanic Affairs for Vice President Al Gore

Rick Wilson- co-founder of the Lincoln Project & longtime Republican political strategist

Larry Cohen- Chairman of of Our Revolution, a political action organization spun off of Sander’s 2016 presidential campaign & Former President of the Communications Workers of America, a 700,000 member labor union

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Less than 100 days ahead of the November 3 elections, former members of President Trump’s now-defunct voter-fraud commission join Inside America to discuss whether mail-in voting leads to massive fraud, as the President claims, and how states can ensure voters can have faith in the results of the elections.

Guests: Kris Kobach was Secretary of State for Kansas from 2011 to 2019 and is currently running for the state’s Republican Senate seat. Secretary of State of Maine, Matthew Dunlap, will be overseeing the state’s election in November.

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A showdown over federal law enforcement agents on the streets of America as #Election Day gets closer. Will local authorities block President Trump from deploying federal agents to cities without their consent? And in the chaotic lead up to the election and with the recent surge in coronavirus cases, can states ensure that all votes will count and that voters can have faith in the results of the election?

Guests:

Marilyn Mosby- State’s Attorney for Baltimore City, Maryland

Kris Kobach- Former Kansas Secretary of State (2011-2019) & Republican Candidate for US Senate

Matthew Dunlap- Maine Secretary State

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With less than four months until the US presidential election, and with former Vice President Joe #Biden continuing to extend his lead in the polls over President Donald Trump, the Democratic presumptive nominee has vowed to undo President Trump’s decision to formally withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization.

Meanwhile, in the most recent survey by Pew Research, a nonpartisan think thank, on how the rest of the world views the US, Trump ratings remain low while views of the US stay mostly favorable. Across Europe, 3 in 4 lack confidence in Trump’s leadership in countries such as Germany, Sweden, France, Spain and the Netherlands. In Mexico, nearly 90% do not have confidence in the US President.

As Joe Biden continues to forge ahead in the polls, can he restore American leadership in the world and strengthen democracy at home?

Guests:

Thomas Shannon

Acting Secretary of State in early 2017

William Fallon

Former Head of US Central Command

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In a series of rulings that have defied expectations, the #SupremeCourt has become a divisive campaign issue in what has already become one of the most contentious elections in US history.

With Trump trailing Biden in the polls as coronavirus cases skyrocket in some of his stronghold states, how will the Court decisions affect the conservative vote- especially among evangelicals? And will revealing a judicial agenda and nominating liberal justices be a priority for Biden — and Democratic voters?

Guests:

Mike Huckabee- Former Republican Presidential Candidate & Former Governor of Arkansas

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake- Former Secretary of the Democratic National Committee & Former Mayor of Baltimore

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As President Trump downplays the threat posed by the #pandemic and says his administration has made ‘a lot progress’ in controlling it, the US sets new records of over 50,000 daily infections as the latest death toll surpasses 130,000.

More than 20 states have set record highs for the average of new cases over the last seven days, with a sharp increase in new daily cases in more than 40 states, including Florida, Texas, California and Georgia which were among the hardest hit.

And while President Trump maintained that if the US ‘didn’t test so much and so successfully’, there would be ‘very few cases’, the top infectious diseases expert, Dr Anthony Fauci gave testimony to lawmakers in which he contradicted the President’s assertions that the pandemic is under control, saying “I am not satisfied with what’s going on because we are going in the wrong direction if you look at the curves of the new cases, so we’ve really got to do something about that and we need to do it quickly”.

And as health officials in the US continue to stress the importance of wearing masks and social distancing, President Trump held a large rally in South Dakota to mark Independence Day without following the recommended coronavirus guidelines. Thousands of supporters gathered at Mount Rushmore on the Fourth of July, with no social distancing or masks required.

So is President Trump putting his own political interests ahead of Americans’ public health?

Guests:

Steve Cortes

Spokesman for the America First Political Action Committee

Guest two:

Anthony Williams

Mayor of the city of Abilene, Texas

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Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo joins Inside America with Ghida Fakhry to discuss racial bias in policing. #racism

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It’s a moment of introspection in the United States, as statues and symbols celebrating leaders of the Confederacy are being debated, or toppled. While President Trump vows to jail ‘anarchists’ who remove the statues and warns his supporters against what he calls the radical left, far-right violent #extremism is on the rise in the US.

As social media companies face mounting pressure to ban hate speech and law enforcement works to eradicate extremism on the streets and within its ranks, critics of President Trump accuse him of supporting, either tacitly or explicitly, some of the white supremecist ideas in an effort to prop up his base ahead of the November elections. How does the Trump campaign respond to these accusations and what can law enforcement do to root out racial discrimination within the police force?

Guests:

Jenna Ellis- Senior Legal Advisor for the Trump campaign & Attorney for President Donald Trump

John Farmer, Jr.- Former New Jersey Attorney General & Director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University

Art Acevedo- Houston Police Chief

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