Republican Speakers Portray American Dream as Out of Reach for Average Americans

Guests spoke nostalgically about prospering through hard work in earlier times but said that is increasingly difficult in the current economic climate.
Republican Speakers Portray American Dream as Out of Reach for Average Americans
Former President Donald J. Trump arrives at the 2024 RNC in Milwaukee, Wis., on July 15, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Lawrence Wilson
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MILWAUKEE—Republicans touted the value of personal responsibility, legal immigration, and hard work on the first night of their national convention, capping a day dedicated to messaging on the economy.

A stream of elected officials, business leaders, and ordinary Americans delivered speeches alternating between heartfelt personal recollections of achieving the American dream and stories making the case that self-made prosperity is a vanishing dream for most Americans.