--- title: Republican Convention: Read Ivanka Trump's Speech description: Ivanka Trump introduced her father at the Republican national convention Thursday, arguing that he is "color blind and gender neutral." canonical: https://time.com/4417579/republican-convention-ivanka-trump-transcript/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-22T03:27:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:26:59.459Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Ivanka Trump's Speech at the Republican Convention og:description: She argued he would fight for women's issues. og:url: https://time.com/4417579/republican-convention-ivanka-trump-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9de10c4811e3af3d/69889ebcf887dc984ae96bcc/ivanka-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-rnc-26.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GOP 2016 Convention og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Ivanka Trump's Speech at the Republican Convention twitter:description: She argued he would fight for women's issues. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9de10c4811e3af3d/69889ebcf887dc984ae96bcc/ivanka-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-rnc-26.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Ivanka Trump's Speech at the Republican Convention by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 22, 2016 3:27 AM UTC  Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald J. Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016. Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald J. Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016.Mark J. Terrill—AP by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 22, 2016 3:27 AM UTC Ivanka Trump [introduced her father](http://time.com/4418530/republican-convention-ivanka-trump/) at the Republican national convention Thursday, arguing that he is “color blind and gender neutral” and arguing he would fight for women’s issues. “As President, my father will change the labor laws that were put into place at a time when women were not a significant portion of the workforce,” she said. “And he will focus on making quality childcare affordable and accessible for all.” Read Ivanka’s remarks as delivered below: --- > “” --- [**Read More:** _Why Donald Trump’s Speech at the Republican Convention Was Historic_](http://time.com/4416976/republican-convention-donald-trump-first-speech/) --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4417579/republican-convention-ivanka-trump-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4417579/republican-convention-ivanka-trump-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Ivanka Trump's Speech at the Republican Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-22T03:27:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:26:59.459Z","description":"Ivanka Trump introduced her father at the Republican national convention Thursday, arguing that he is \"color blind and gender neutral.\"","url":"https://time.com/4417579/republican-convention-ivanka-trump-transcript/","keywords":["Republican National Convention","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump","Ivanka Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9de10c4811e3af3d/69889ebcf887dc984ae96bcc/ivanka-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-rnc-26.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9de10c4811e3af3d/69889ebcf887dc984ae96bcc/ivanka-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-rnc-26.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GOP 2016 Convention","caption":"Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald J. 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