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    Can the Trump Family Reality Show Unify the Republicans?

    The first day of Donald Trump's nominating convention was short on policy but long on a Dystopian view of America in 2016 — and there was no doubt about who was getting the blame. Tonight, House Speaker Paul Ryan gets his turn to rally a divided convention behind a candidate many delegates don't support.

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    By Warren Olney • Jul 19, 2016 • 34m Listen

    The first day of Donald Trump's nominating convention was short on policy but long on a Dystopian view of America in 2016 — and there was no doubt about who was getting the blame. Tonight, House Speaker Paul Ryan gets his turn to rally a divided convention behind a candidate many delegates don't support. Trump's own role has been compromised by evidence of plagiarism in his wife's speech and his Fox News interview that upstaged the convention. Chris Christie and Ben Carson will continue the dark theme of American decline. Will delegate spirits get a lift from two of Trump's children? We get a preview of the politics -- and the prime-time entertainment.

    Special thanks to WCPN-Ideastream in Cleveland, Ohio.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Jenny Hamel

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Sáša Woodruff

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Jenna Johnson

      National political correspondent for The Washington Post

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      political editor at Deadline

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      Luis Alvarado

      political strategist and consultant, former deputy press secretary for the California Republican Party

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    RNC Day 2: The Trump UN-Convention
    1. 1:5215,000 Education Staffers Suspended in Turkey's Post-coup Wake
    2. 8:26Can the Trump Family Reality Show Unify the Republicans?You’re reading this
    3. 42:57Trump Ghostwriter Regrets All
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