WASHINGTON — President Trump officially accepted the Republican nomination Thursday evening and framed the upcoming election as a stark choice between law and order or anarchy.
“At no time before have voters faced a clearer choice between two parties, two visions, two philosophies, or two agendas,” Trump said. “This election will decide whether we save the American Dream, or whether we allow a socialist agenda to demolish our cherished destiny.”
Despite the ongoing pandemic, a new flare of police violence that spurred more civil unrest, and a Category 4 hurricane, Republicans worked to project an image of a president firmly in control of what they portrayed as a largely coronavirus-free country on the rise. More than 1,000 supporters packed the White House grounds on Thursday evening to watch his speech, with few masks in sight, in a spectacle that flouted social distancing guidelines.
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