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An array of speakers exalted Donald Trump as the leader who would save America Monday night.
“Is Donald Trump a messiah?” actor Scott Baio wondered aloud during remarks at the Republican National Convention. “No. He’s just a man. A man who wants to give back to his country.”
Parents whose children were slain by illegal immigrants also praised Trump’s selflessness.
“Trump is sent from God,” said Jamiel Shaw, a grieving father. “Only Trump called me on the phone one day to see how I was doing.”
“Only Trump will stand against terrorists and end illegal immigration,” he said. “Trump will put America first.”
“Donald Trump is not only my hero, he’s my lifesaver,” said Sabine Durden, a mother who faced similar hardship.
Other speakers echoed the night’s theme, “Make America Safe Again,” and hailed Trump as the only leader who could protect U.S. security.
“Donald will never allow terrorists to gain ground against America … he will shake the ground they walk on,” said Texas congressman Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Patricia Smith, the mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, lauded Trump as “everything Hillary Clinton is not.”
“Donald Trump … is blunt, direct and strong. He speaks his mind and his heart,” said Smith. “When it comes to the threat posed by radical Islamic terrorism, he will not hesitate to kill the terrorists who threaten American lives.”
Meanwhile, during Smith’s appearance, Trump called in to The O’Reilly Factor on Fox News.
Former Texas governor Rick Perry and Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton offered less enthusiastic endorsements.
“We’d like a commander-in-chief who speaks of winning wars and not merely ending wars. We’d like a commander-in-chief who calls the enemy by its name,” Cotton said, and at the end of his remarks, mentioned Trump by name. “In a Trump-Pence administration and with a Republican Congress, help is on the way.”
Perry, who previously called Trump “a cancer on conservatism,” only referenced Trump’s catchphrase at the end of his brief remarks.
