Ms Lara Trump’s rapid ascent is on full display this week as Republicans convene in Milwaukee to nominate Trump. MILWAUKEE – Donald Trump was discussing his dynasty. It was July 9, before a would-be assassin’s bullet sliced through his ear, and he was surrounded by his family onstage at a rally at his golf resort in Doral, Florida.
One by one, he shouted out his grandkids and his three sons: Don Jr. (“very tough”), Eric (“somebody who’s fantastic”) and Barron (“he might be more popular than Don and Eric!”). Then the former president mentioned one family member who was not there that day.
“You like Lara, right?” he asked the crowd, sounding like a salesperson at a product launch. “Lara is only the head of the Republican Party,” he said of Eric’s wife. “She’s upwardly mobile.
” Ms Lara Trump’s rapid ascent – from apolitical tabloid television producer to party boss – is on full display this week as Republicans convene in Milwaukee to nominate Trump. As the party’s co-chair, she is also the host of this four-day Trump-fest. On July 15, she sat directly behind her father-in-law as he made his emotional first appearance since the assassination attempt.
On July 16, she spoke for more than 20 minutes, a lot longer than elected officials like South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin or even Georgia Rep.
Marjorie Taylor Greene were given onstage. “I know what you hear out there about Donald Trump,” she said in a speech .
