MILWAUKEE — The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump days ago may have prompted speakers at the Republican National Convention to rethink their rhetoric, but the party is redoubling its message on crime and public safety, which it sees as a winning issue.
Republicans used the second day of their convention here at the Fiserv Forum to promote the need to “Make America Safe Again.” The theme, scheduled the week before the RNC, has seemed to have only grown more salient for Republicans after a 20-year-old gunman opened fire during Trump’s Saturday campaign rally in Butler County, Pa., killing one and critically injuring two others.
While the shooting could very well end up becoming an inflection point in Trump’s re-election campaign, it’s unlikely to lead to differences in messaging on gun rights and related topics both at the RNC and in the three-and-a-half months until Election Day.
