RNC live: Trump to speak at every night of convention alongside family members and supporters

  • President will appear tonight with six former hostages

While CNN and ABC have been streaming the RNC largely uninterrupted, Fox News is not. And it’s miffed some prominent Republicans. Sean Hannity, on Fox, provided his own commentary on the convention and interviewed Carl Rove about how the RNC has compared to the DNC so far. With a mind-boggling lack of self-awareness, Hannity accused that other media, “won’t be showing large parts of the convention.”

Can’t believe I have to watch the convention on @CNN. Unbelievable. @FoxNews

The Republican convention played a video claiming Trump has kept “every single” promise he had made since becoming president.

As CNN’s chief fact-checker Daniel Dale noted, that is not even close to being true. According to Politifact, Trump has broken about half of the promises he had made to the American people.

This video has Trump saying "I have kept every single" promise. Not even close to true. Mexico hasn't paid for the wall, Obamacare hasn't been repealed, and on and on. PolitiFact's 100-promise tracker says 49% have been broken. https://t.co/U4XZnHARUg

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