years of a trump presidency? couple of speakers referenced hat. if you would like to send a text message please include your first name and city and send it o this number. 202-748-8903. we'll begin taking your calls in just a minute but kimberly guilfoyle, a senior advisor to the trump campaign spoke about another four years of a trump president spifment >> you can achieve your american dream. you can be that shining example to the world. manifest and be the change of this country that you dream, that you hope, that you believe in. stand for an american president who is fearless, who believes in you and who loves this country

and will fight for her. president trump is the leader who'll rebuild the promise of america and ensure that every citizen can realize their american dream. ladies and gentlemen, leaders the best is yet to come. >> that was just a portion of kimberly guilfoyle's speech. she is the ex-wife of california governor gavin newsom and she and donald trump jr. have been dating for quite a while. how do you view another four years of a trump presidency? >> i got the convention on now. >> could you turn down the volume on your tv please and listen through your telephone? answer the question, how would

you view another four years of the trump presidency? >> how would i feel? i would feel secure. would feel humbled. i know there would be a god involved in our country and that is important to me. actually it is important to my whole family. i believe that people would be reated fairly. i think our president would be able to do the job that he needs to do without prejudice. >> that's johnny in pensacola. aneeda is in new york, another republican. good evening. >> good evening. thanks for taking my call. i feel very strongly for four more years of president trump. that gentleman from cuba that spoke tonight had me in tears as

a first generation cuban american. i grew up -- my mom is still live. suffers ptsd from those days and she has been crying since obama became president, she has been worried about this creeping in, socialism, communism, aauthoritarianism. it is a scary time. i pray that the voters are seeing through this. we're being gaslighted through the media and the democrats. i pray for president trump every day. he is not perfect but he is perfect for the job and we need a strong person like that to fight the darkness. >> anita, tell us a little bit about yourself. >> stay at home mom. i have two kids. one is getting married. one is in high school. i was born and raised in brooklyn, new york. i lived in florida for a few years. i was actually an employee for donald trump many years in the

1990's. for his airline. i got to meet many people in his family. i think what is going on in this country is so ughly. how are we going to get people to want to serve. their character is being assassinated. i'm 53 years old. i've always embraced it. my mother taught me to love this country. >> when did your mother come over from cuba? > as soon as castro took over. my mom's brother spent 28 years this cast row's prison, tortured and never got to see his family. my grandfather immigrated there when he was like 9 from spain in 1903 with nothing and he worked hard for everything he had in cuba and it was all taken. my last family member left cuba

in 2012. she was in her 60's. does when castro they don't want to pay for your healthcare, they throw you out. her story is horrific. they pute put people in your home. you have more bedrooms than people in your home. people have no idea. i hear america talk about cuba like it is this great place. i just don't know. we're being indoctrineated. >> thanks for sharing a little bit of that information with us. john is here in washington, d.c. democrat. john, what would you think of another four years of a trump presidency? oh, i'm just very discouraged to think about it. after watching the convention. i watched a good bit of it. it is just one big aauthoritarian trump show. he stars in everything. he is involved in every bit of

it. i think we can do better than that. i think the democrats have at least a ticket that looks like they are going to look at the rest of america and take them into consideration. trump, he declared bankruptcy in his businesses. i don't see him as being able to manage much. a person who is running the post office. i don't know. nobody could make it a bigger disaster than this guy and he was only there a couple of months. the revolving door of all the people he hired or fired. he doesn't know what he is doing in terms of managing this. i think it is a big job. i think biden has done this before. i think he can do it. >> next call is connie in alabama, republican. good evening, connie. >> yes. how are you? >> how are you? >> i'm ok now. [laughter] i think donnel trump is the best president we have ever had in my lifetime. i don't particularly like him as a person but i absolutely love

what he has done for our country and i would look forward to him doing the same thing for the next four years. >> go ahead. >> these democrats have lost their minds. we got a lot of voters out there that are just diehard democrats and they refuse to look at the truth or they have been sheltered from the truth and they don't understand the truth because the media does not report all the good things that donald trump has done for our country. >> do you think some of these things came out this evening at the convention? >> oh, no, these things have been going on ever since he was elected. i have been following him and i actually watched joe biden and joe biden is losing something. he is not in touch with reality. i do not for one second believe that he is anything more than a

puppet on a string. >> that's connie in alabama. if you want to send a text essage, 2027488903 is our text number. just include your first name and your city if you would. michael in somerset, kentucky. republican line. another four years of a trump presidency. what do you think? >> absolutely. after watching that democrat all dark, all doom and gloom, that was terrible. that was depressing. i couldn't watch much of it. the democrats have a totally negative view of america. tonight that was all positive. that we saw and every speaker was great. >> who is one of the speakers that stood out for you? >> tim scott. he hit a home run. and the vet that got wounded

three times. that really just broke my heart. >> thank you, sir. rick in ohio, democrat. hi, rick. >> hi. i'm a lifelong democrat. i'm from ohio which is a democrat city in ohio and i just want to say after watching the convention tonight on tv on c-span here, i am definitely changing my vote to republican and i tell you what. they just put the party to shape. i'm going to follow the republican party now. >> why? what was it that convinced you about tonight? >> it was the heart felt way that came across to the american people and i was really touched by the number of times they used the word god. they put god into everything. the people on the democratic side act like they were pushing

god out of it. that had a lot to do with changing my mind. >> rick, did you say you were a union member? ohio. i'm from lorraine, we are a democrat town. >> thank you so much. jason, springfield, illinois. independent line. hi, jason. >> bill, beaverton, oregon. republican line. bill, you're on c-span. >> i just want to say that the republicans hit a grand slam tonight. i own a business downtown ortland, oregon. we're on the 88th evening of riots. they call it peaceful protests. people getting hurt. police. i've been a trump supporter since day one and tonight i watched the democrats last week. i watched the entire

presentation tonight on the republicans on c-span and they just really hit home a lot of really good stories about donald trump. he is a good man. >> so bill, what kind of business do you own and how is business right now? > it is a restaurant and we're suffering. it is not because necessarily the pandemic. we're just people don't want to come downtown anymore. >> have you reopened for inside dining or just outside? >> just outside. >> and are you even open in the evenings minimum? >> no. we don't stay open late. it has been too much of a problem with people trying to get the employees to go home, gets them home. >> thank you, sir. tom in south port, north carolina.

independent line. hi, tom. >> good evening. as somebody who is who has voted republican previously, i'm still not convinced that trump has drained the swamp. i feel like it is been nothing but a parade of criminality. d you know, i respect reagan and bush and larry hogan as people who are responsible for the entire country. i still don't feel like trump will ever represent the entire country. i'm not satisfied. i feel like he has let down the country with the covid-19 pam. >> are you planning on voting for joe biden? >> as of dad, yes. >> thank you. where is south port, north carolina? >> near wilmington, north carolina. >> thank you.

richard, norman, oklahoma. democrat. richard. >> how are you? >> how are you? >> well, i'll tell you. i've been a democrat for over 50 i'm going to be a full-fledged republican. i think donald trump is doing a wonderful job. he will make america great. again. i like what he done in israel and -- >> hey, richard, can you turn down your tv so we can hear you? >> yes, sir. >> hit the mute on that for a second. that about tonight that made you change your mind? >> well, i changed my mind a long time ago whenever pelosi tore up president trump's speech. i don't have any issues with the democratic party, they are just ot what they used to be.

i like his policy. i like what he did in israel. he always has god in everything he does and i really respect donald trump. i know he is not perfect but i think he has done our country great. >> ronald is next. he is a republican from mount pleasant, south carolina. a couple of south carolinaians have had big speeches tonight. >> yes, sir. yes, sir. it was an amazing start of a convention. i think the republicans, every single one of the speakers did an amazing job. talk about how you bring hope and promise to this nation. they are all doing exactly what they should. on the other side, as people have already said, it is doom and gloom. donald trump is one of the most amazing people i've ever seen lead. it truly is extraordinary.

i think there is going to be a real big surprise come november. i think it is going to be similar to reagan's second term and a red wave is coming. >> so are you a fan of your former governor nikki haley and your current senator tim scott? >> absolutely. both of them are amazing and i hope to see them fighting for many years ahead. >> next call is chip in lawrenceville, georgia on our independent line. chip, what do you think about another four years of a trump presidency? >> well, i think we will have an opportunity to do what really needs to be done to help the economy in a big way. and that will be i believe that trump will probably want to pass the fair tax. retail sales tax. if you read the books he has written in the past, they would like to just take it out of the fair tax books. that is what will help our economy more than anything else. get arrived the income.

you pay the same amount of tax. get rid of the income tax and prebait.r tax with a that's what we need. what they missed out on. you start talking to people who are familiar with this, they are for it. all there is to it. >> thanks for calling in. dustin from cleveland sentence a text. trump trump is the only president i will be voting for. ohio is trump country. lee is a republican in south carolina. where is caltans? > it is in a little small town close to spartanburg, south carolina. >> what do you think about another four years of a trump presidency? >> i think that is the only way to go. >> why? >> i grew up as a democrat. my whole life. but when i got older, i realized the democrats have changed tremendously.

the republicans, they stand up. for what is right. and president trump, he has been the greatest president in my lifetime. >> what makes him so great in your view? >> because he stands up for the american people. >> all right. next call is hunter in pennsylvania. democrat line. what do you think about another four years of a trump presidency? >> i think it would be great. i'm a lifelong democrat. i'm definitely switching my party and voting republican this november. > why? >> i just like that trump is tough on crime. you know? he is not going to let them do what they are doing in the cities. he is going to get stuff done. >> next call is pete in chicago on our independent line. go ahead, pete. > yes.

not republican or democrat. i have to say donald trump is the law enforcement president. i have to say he has shown all the respect for law enforcement and the military, teepers, public service sector. with these riots going on, he has offered to have the military come in and everyone is turning him down. they want to do it themselves. chicago is getting destroyed. eattle is getting destroyed. people don't want the help. other than that, i just have to say that i have never seen a president try harder than this in a lifetime. what i really can't say, whether i'm republican or democrat just

because everybody else has silenced my voice because if i say that i am republican or vote for trump, i would get bashed. possibly lose a job. possibly lose friends so i've been silenced from my right to speech. >> you said you were a law enforcement official. what kind of work do you do you do in law enforcement? >> i'm a police officer in the city of chicago. >> what do you think about what is going on in chicago? ot just the protests, but also the shootings? the city itself? can that be preventsed? >> totally different. other than the protests. protests are just totally out of hand. there is just people trying to take advantage of the whole b.l.m. movement and all of that.

as as far far as the shootings that are going on plus a lot of people are blinded by the media and all of that. a lot of things are magnified. the shootings are getting worse. it is time to get some help for the city. >> while we have you on the line. what kind of instructions do you get for you know policing a protest? is this a free speech issue or is this a police matter? >> no, no, this is just free speech. i can't really say much about other than law enforcement all over the nation that is just doing a great job busting their hump right now. >> thanks for spending a few minutes with us, pete. tomorrow night, the convention kicks off day two and in the evening, you'll hear from melania trump, mike pompeo and

senator rand paul among others. sid in new hampshire, republican line. what do you think about another four years of a trump presidency? >> it is a must. i was blessed to have run his ground campaign in 2015 and 2016. my wife and i first ran a campaign office in new hampshire which is a bastion of liberals and we saw more democrats coming in and saying what many people are saying tonight before me. i've been a democrat my whole life. after this, i'm going to be a republican. we have to win this election. this will be the end of the country as we know it if we don't win this election. i firmly believe in 2016, we are going to. the black vote. you look at tim scott, when you listen to tim scott, walker, the football player talking.

just marvelous speeches of how the truth of president trump, that he is not a racist. he loves everyone in this country. and that's the president that we need. if democrats win, biden wins, we're done. it is over. >> are you a long time g.o.p person or did you jump onboard when president trump first start campaigning? >> no, i'm 64 years old. i've been a republican my entire life but i was never involved in politics until my wife said to me trump is coming to town. that was 2015 this nanch. >> will the president win new hampshire this time? >> oh, i think he will win new hampshire this time. we only lost it by i think it was less than 1% actually in 2016. >> it was 2% that he lost new hampshire. is that correct? %? he lose it by

>> i thought it was around one but i believe new hampshire will flip this year to president trump. hope sound florida. >> it is on the east coast in west palm. >> what do you think about another four years of a trump presidency? >> i think it is absolutely necessary. my family was democrat for a lot of years. in fact, they were involved in democratic politics for a lot of years. this democratic party does not vemmable the party they used to be. they condone violence. they want people to be agrieved and say they can't get jobs because the government has not helped them enough. i don't recognize this parties. they are socialist. they lane to the left and biden has never accomplished anything in his career. my whole family has been

involved in all the wars, world war i sh ii, korea, vietnam. the democrats are trying to shame this country. to me this election is so important and i hope that we can win this because i don't know where the country is going to go if we lose its. >> deborah in philadelphia text i will breathe a sigh of relief if president trump is re-elected. we definitely need four years to fix this country and repair all of the damage that the obama administration caused. kevin, what do you think about another four years of a trump presidency? >> i think another four years is a mistake. it will lead our country down the wrong path. and i don't think we would be able to come back from it. you know? it was interesting to hear, i watched the democratic convention last week. starteded watching the republican convention this week. both sides agree this is the most conscious quenrble

election in our lifetime and they are both using fear, believe it or not, to try and get votes. i believe this the republicans are using fabricated fear, you now, fierce of the black lives matters protesters and antifa and bringing on the people with the guns in st. louis where the democrats are bringing in real fierce. the fierce over the pandemic, fierce of racial injustice and police brutality. another four years of trunch is not a good thing. >> kevin, tell us a little bit about yourself. >> 30 years the old. i'm a democrat. i used to be a republican back in high school but with college, that changed a whole lot of my views. now i view myself more as a democratic socialist. more on bernie's side but definitely going to vote for biden because you got to. >> what kind of work do you do?

>> i work in a music shop. >> thank you for calling in this evening. harm is in henderson, nevada. hi. >> hi. >> what do you think about another four years of a trump presidency? >> seattle. i would love him to be here nother 30 years. the democrats giving this country all the hate. i don't like that. i like my children to grow and enjoy the freedom of this country. we need that right now. >> next call is kathy in gainesville, florida. independent line. hi, kathy. >> hi. >> you're on the air. >> i believe if trump is president again. 'm retired military.

the democrat party, there is is nothing like it was in my grandmother's era. that's the only way we're supposed to vote until you start thinking for yourself. no, it is not the only way to vote. if you love this country and have put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into it and you have family members that gave their lives for this country or you have lost limbs for this country, you don't want to lose it. you don't want to see it go down the drain. trump is standing for this country and for constitution. . we need strong leaders like that. not politicians. >> >> a text, i love how he is so involved in everything that happens. we need that kind of transparency and honesty. trump 2020. next is chris in utica, michigan. republican line. hi, chris.

>> good evening, sir. >> what do you think about another four years of the trump presidency? >> >> democrats, it is a shame for the country. they hate america. they hate the country. they hate the national anthem. they hate god. they hate family. trump is the arm of god fighting with the evil democratic evil. he must win. he must save the country for us, for our children. >> and darren is in nevada, city, california. hi. >> hi, how are you sir? >> how are you? >> good. you know, i just wanted to add that i'm a california republican. really all of my friends are democrats. i know the democrat party well. they have completely been taken over by the media. i thinkds and i -- that

are relatively smart have gotten so manipulated by the media that they ever turned into haters of our country. never seen a larger i mnch ilieu of people. i didn't even vote for trump. i didn't know what to expect. so i wanted to be able to say i didn't vote for him. he has surpassed my expectations. as many said, he is not perfect but he is definitely perfect for our time and gets things done and tonight gave me a lot of hope, absolutely. >> all right. that's the last wort for tonight. coming up, steve scalise will be moderating a conversation about the first night of the republican convention and tomorrow morning on washington journal, we'll continue to get your views with lenda feldman to have christian science monitor, mike davis on the senate judiciary committee and tony

perkins on the family research council. everything you saw at the convention is available on our website, c-span.org. ♪ >> campaign 2020 coverage continues. c-span. your unfiltered view of politics. >> day one of this republican national convention included the official renomination of president trump and vice president mike pence. it was a split program beginning this morning in charlotte, north carolina, with the president making an appearance there early this afternoon and tonight included speeches live and taped. coming up in just a moment, the perspective of two former moverbs congress from northern virginia. first elena is joining us from weaker. she covers politics and the white house. i want