Donald Trump's nomination acceptance speech was the longest of any candidate since 1972, but bigger isn't necessarily the better in this case. In fact, the speech was widely panned by conservatives:
MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, former George W. Bush aide: The Republican Party I knew died tonight. #RNCinCLE
— The Advocate (@TheAdvocateMag) July 22, 2016
God he's a ham. This is painfully long. #RNCinCLE
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) July 22, 2016
This is a very dark and frightening speech.
— Mary Kate Cary (@mkcary) July 22, 2016
Trump can be Trump off prompter or he can be McConnell/Ryan GOP establishment guy on prompter. He can't be both.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 22, 2016
Trump is giving an Old Testament speech to a New Testament nation. No grace.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 22, 2016
Unsurprisingly, Trump making a total hash of religious liberty issues. But he tried, right?
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) July 22, 2016
What's amazing is the original speech, as written, was powerful. This is just fragmented blather.
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) July 22, 2016
Trump would be better off telling stories, not rattling off statistics
— Alex Conant (@AlexConant) July 22, 2016
Not everyone had bad things to say about the speech, though.
Great Trump Speech, America First! Stop Wars! Defeat the Corrupt elites! Protect our Borders!, Fair Trade! Couldn't have said it better!
— David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) July 22, 2016