NORTH CAROLINA : President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans opened their national convention on Monday by painting a dire portrait of America if Democrat Joe Biden wins the White House in November, arguing he will usher in an era of radical socialism and chaos. Mr...
Like its Democratic counterpart, the Republican convention was largely virtual. Most speakers addressed a quiet auditorium in Washington, DC, bowing to the reality of the pandemic.
Two Republican rising stars - Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, the lone Black Republican in the US Senate, and Ms Nikki Haley, Mr Trump's former ambassador to the United Nations, also spoke. In a separate development, evangelical leader and ardent Trump supporter Jerry Falwell Jr resigned as head of a leading Christian university following reports about his sex life, US media said.
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