Lara Trump, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and a campaign adviser to the US president, praised him for appointing women and pushed his “law and order” policy in her address on Wednesday night.
Lara, the wife of Mr Trump’s middle son Eric, was the only family member to talk on the third night of the Republican convention.
“It didn’t surprise me when President Donald Trump appointed the most women to senior level positions of any administration in history,” she said.
“The Secretary of the United Nations, Secretary of the Air Force, the first female CIA Director, the first African American female director of the Fish and Wildlife service and countless ambassadors, just to name a few.
“He didn’t do these things to gain a vote or to check a box – he did them because they are the right things to do.”
She echoed her father-in-law’s position on “law and order” and critcised the call to defund police by the “radical Left”.
“In recent months, we have seen weak, spineless politicians cede control of our great American cities to violent mobs,” she said.
“Defund the police is the rallying cry for the new, radical Democrat Party. Joe Biden will not do what it takes to maintain order. To keep our children safe in our neighborhoods and in their schools. To restore our American way of life.”
She also described the famous family as “down to earth” and played up her North Carolina roots.
“Any preconceived notion I had of this family disappeared immediately,” she said. “They were warm and caring, they were hard workers, and they were down to earth. They reminded me of my own family – they made me feel like I was home.”
Lara finished her address urging people to vote for Mr Trump, a “good man” who loves his family”.
“If you’re watching tonight and wrestling with your vote on November 3rd, I implore you: tune out the distorted news and biased commentary and hear it straight from someone who knows,” she said.
“I wasn’t born a Trump. I’m from the South. I was raised a Carolina girl. I went to public schools and worked my way through a state university.
“I learned that he is a good man. That he loves his family. That he didn’t need this job.”