Earlier this month the mainstream media was wondering how it was going to be possible for Donald Trump to defeat Hillary Clinton, especially given all of the well known political figures that Clinton was going to be able to trot out throughout the campaign.Trump is now beginning to answer that question.
In contrast to the Clinton political machine, Donald Trump's campaign aides are lining up some well known sports figures to appear at the GOP convention in Cleveland next month. As Bloomberg reports, Trump's convention list includes boxing legend Mike Tyson, Super Bowl winning coach Mike Ditka, former Indiana University basketball icon Bobby Knight, and NASCAR chief Brian France. Organizers said that a broad slate of other celebrities are being lined up as well.
At an event in Virginia earlier this month, Trump told the crowd that he wants the convention to be a "winners evening" of sports celebrities and champions rather than fill the evening with politicians. "We're going to do it a little different, if it's OK. I'm thinking about getting some of the great sports people who like me a lot." Trump said.
Trump said he'd rather sports greats address the convention as opposed to "these people, these politicians who are going to get up and speak and speak and speak." Adding that "our country needs to see winners. We don't see winners anymore. We have a bunch of clowns running this country. We have people who don't know what the hell they're doing running our country."
Bloomberg notes that musical guests include Journey, Poison frontman Bret Michaels, Rick Springfield, and country acts Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts, and The Band Perry.
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This should come as no surprise to anyone, as Trump has always done things his own way throughout the campaign, and The Donald clearly wants to make the race about two completely different candidates. By lining up recognizable sports figures to address the convention instead of the typical political insiders, Trump is executing the plan as intended.
The Donald has made it clear that Tyson endorses him, and that he's just fine with that: "Mike Tyson endorsed me, I love it. You know, all the tough guys endorse me." Trump responded to the Bloomberg article by saying that Mike Tyson hadn't been asked to speak at the convention however.
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