jessica millan patterson?ason, as we are watching some of these protests unfold. freedom and the freedom of speech and that the allowing of people to be able to question their government and question was going on in the world. that is freedom and that's why they fly it soon after 911 i kept the flag up for the entire year for homeowners association and said yoke, it's time to take it down. i love the flag, is to go to a ballgame and i get goosebumps, every july 4th at eight to have to see far flags. >>> i'm an american brand, white and blue through and through nobody will take it away from me. and i love seeing the flag where i can see it. >> of the flag represents improvement, the constant improvement of our condition and that is a think we can all be proud of. >> trace: thing that's exactly right, ashley strohmier? >> we do fly the flag in our home, when we bought our house. the countless people who have died, who died for that symbol of the flag. so it means everything to americans. >> trace: it really does

trump and south dakota governor kristi noem, who actually spoke today, party chairwoman jessica millan patterson says this weekend is all about garnering support and spreading the party's message at the november election, including an effort to keep republicans in control. the u.s. house of representatives. >> california republicans responsible for bringing house majority the road to holding on to that house majority and rally that house majority come straight from california. you know, we picked up 5 house seats in the same time that democrats have lost 6 house seats right here california. they're going to come at us with everything that they've got. the problem is they don't have solutions. republicans are showing up. >> the connection is also addressing internal matters, including a vote on party bylaws. we did reach out to the california democratic party for comment. but if not yet, heard back. former president donald trump burning a big but not unexpected endorsement today from the national rifle association. trump speaking to the crowd of gun enthusiasts at the nra's annual convention, tel

jessica millan patterson added, quote, despite democrat led efforts to interfere with the presidential election, americans will have the final say this november when they reelect president trump and send him back to the white house to fix the many failures of the biden administration and put our nation on a pathway to success. the white house has avoided commenting on the trial, but this afternoon, the biden-harris campaign released this statement saying in part, there is still only one way to keep donald trump out of the oval office at the ballot box. convicted felon or not, trump will be the republican nominee for president. >> donald trump's attorney, todd blanch, appeared on multiple news networks tonight, saying he does plan to appeal today's verdict and is confident in the entire team of trump lawyers. >> we all did the best that we could and i wouldn't change anything that we did. of course, i'm sure there's going to be folks that are on your show that take a different view, and maybe i will too at some point. but no, we did the best we could. all right. >> trump's legal team ha