Perhaps the best case that Trump would create jobs came from Kerry Woolard, who described how well Trump has run the winery she manages. It was still not much of a case: He pays attention, she said, and asks good questions. That is hardly a demonstration of Trump’s economic policy acumen or how he would act as president. Also, according to its website, that winery “is not owned, managed or affiliated with Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization or any of their affiliates,” and therefore may not be the best example.
You will not be surprised to hear that the rest of the speakers—including Trump’s daughter Tiffany, neurosurgeon and failed presidential candidate Ben Carson, and soap opera star Kimberlin Brown—did not have much to say about creating jobs or boosting the economy either. Carson did, however, link Hillary Clinton to progressive activist guru Saul Alinsky, and note that Alinsky “acknowledges Lucifer.”
There are plenty of reasons to oppose Hillary Clinton, and although I would personally take a pass on the Alinsky/Lucifer connection, Republicans touched on more than a few good reasons to be wary of their Democratic rival. But that still totally fails to respond to respond to the essential policy question that was supposedly the topic of discussion for the evening. “Hillary Clinton is bad and should maybe be in jail” isn’t a jobs plan—and there’s little evidence that the Republican party under Trump has anything else in the works.
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