WILMINGTON: Joe Biden promised on Thursday (Aug 20) to end the 'darkness' of Donald Trump's presidency in a speech accepting the Democratic ...
"If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us, not the worst. I will be an ally of the light, not the darkness," he said.Speaking in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, but with an audience almost entirely online or on television, Biden's acceptance speech reflected the enormity of the shutdown that has upended life across the United States in the battle against the deadly coronavirus.
Former vice-president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Senator outside the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware on Aug 20, 2020. "They're trying to steal the election," said Trump, who has pointedly refused to confirm that he will accept the result if he loses. Pennsylvania is exactly the kind of place that used to be reliably Democratic but is now divided, with many seduced by Trump's economic nationalism and vows to defend traditional white, working class values.Trump's shock win in 2016 over Hillary Clinton was partly helped by divisions within the Democrats. This time, the party is doing everything to emphasise unity, with many of Biden's primary rivals appearing in a friendly joint video call during the convention.
If that was the most raw, emotionally wrenching moment, former New York mayor and billionaire entrepreneur Mike Bloomberg landed one of the sharpest punches against the Democrats' nemesis Trump.
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