RNC Speakers Avoided ‘Abortion’ Topic, Focused on Trump, Biden: Report
Out of more than 110,000 words spoken on the convention stage, an analysis revealed Trump’s most used words and that speakers mostly focused on Trump and Biden.

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The word “abortion” was not mentioned even once by speakers at the Republican National Convention, a New York Times report found. Out of more than 110,000 words spoken, speakers mostly focused on Trump (mentioned 1,049 times), Biden (393), and used a variation of words to describe the Republican party and its party members, including “American” (542), “united” (269), and “Republican” (281). The words that also frequently showed up in the RNC speaker lexicon were “God” (310) “Bless” (176) “America” (663). RNC speakers often used the words “work(er),” “job,” and “business” when talking about the economy. And when it came to immigration, the words “border” and “illegal” dominated the conversation. According to the Times, former President Donald Trump spoke “12,219 words over 92 minutes,” and the words he mentioned the most were “war” (17), “love” (22), “border” (21), “job(s)” (22) and “taxes” (21).
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