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  Hot In Cleveland

Trump supporters cheer during first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016.

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Tumult at GOP Convention Over Stop Trump Effort

JULIE PACE                       beginning Monday night         had hoped to avoid.             that fails to keep Ameri-      Republican National Com-
ALAN FRAM                        with an evening speech                                         cans safe. “Hillary Clinton    mittee Chairman Reince
Associated Press                 by his wife, Melania Trump,    “I have no idea what’s go-      cannot be trusted. Her         Priebus welcomed dele-
CLEVELAND (AP) — Repub-          who has kept a low profile                                     judgment and character         gates with a brief acknowl-
licans criticism cast Don-       throughout the campaign.       ing on right now. This is sur-  are not suited to be sitting   edgement of the “troubling
ald Trump as the right man       In an unusual step for a can-                                  in the most powerful office    times” swirling outside. The
for turbulent times as they      didate, Trump announced        real,” said Utah Sen. Mike      in the world,” said Sen. Joni  chairman called for a mo-
opened their presiden-           he would come to Cleve-                                        Ernst, R-Iowa, according to    ment of silence out of re-
tial convention Monday           land and go onstage on         Lee, who had helped lead        excerpts of her speech re-     spect for “genuine heroes”
against a backdrop of un-        opening night to introduce                                     leased in advanced.            in law enforcement.
settling summer violence         her. Ahead of Trump’s arriv-   the efforts to force a state-   The convention comes           In a matter of weeks, Amer-
and deep discontent with-        al, tumult broke out on the                                    amid a wrenching period of     icans have seen deadly
in their own party.              convention floor after party   by-state roll call vote on      violence and unrest, both      police shootings, a shock-
For Trump, the convention        officials adopted rules by                                     in the United States and       ing ambush of police in
was also an opportunity to       a shouted voice vote, a        the rules. Trump hoped the      around the world. On the       Texas and escalating racial
assure party leaders and         move aimed at blunting                                         eve of the opening, three      tensions, not to mention a
voters alike that there’s a      anti-Trump forces seeking      chaos would be little more      police officers were killed    failed coup in Turkey and
kinder gentler side to what      to derail his nomination.                                      in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,     gruesome Bastille Day at-
many see as merely a brash       Delegates erupted in com-      than a footnote in the four-    the city where a black man     tack in Nice, France.
businessman. Trump’s fam-        peting chants in a televised                                   was killed by police two
ily is playing a starring role,  dispute Republican leaders     day convention. Despite         weeks ago.                            Continued on Page 4

                                                                persistent party divisions,

                                                                his campaign is confident

                                                                Republicans will come to-

                                                                gether behind their shared

                                                                disdain for Hillary Clinton.

                                                                Convention  speakers

                                                                planned to relentlessly

                                                                paint the presumptive

                                                                Democratic nominee as

                                                                entrenched in a system