Joe Biden did not mention President Trump by name during his convention speech, while Harris said the president’s name just once.
Biden and Harris instead lobbed thinly veiled attacks at the president, with Biden suggesting Americans have a choice of choosing a direction towards “darkness” and “shadow and suspicion,” alluding to Trump, or towards a “path of hope and light."
Other Democrats launched direct attacks at Trump during the convention: former President Barack Obama, who has rarely criticized Trump by name, attacked Trump repeatedly during his speech on Wednesday. Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders , former First Lady Michelle Obama, and other prominent Democrats all mentioned Trump by name in their convention speeches this week.“Let me be as honest and clear as I possibly can,” Michelle Obama said during her convention speech. “Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head.
found that Clinton ran less TV ads on policy than any other presidential candidate in the last four presidential races. Clinton and Trump were the most unpopular presidential candidates since polling began on the question in 1956,Biden has limited public events during the pandemic, and the few public events he has held in the last few months have been focused on rolling out his “Build Back Better” plan.
voters will value his cautious approach to the pandemic, and have preferred to let Trump stumble over his own mistakes.
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