What Went Down During President Trump’s Closing Speech At The RNC

Trump paused for a long time after that, waiting for the crowd to give a reaction.

Trump: “For years [Biden] gave [blue-collar workers] hugs. And even kisses.” Pretty clear implication there about Biden.

Maybe he’ll come back to it, but the president moved past the pandemic very quickly there. It seems like the Trump campaign thinks there’s not much to be gained from making an extended argument about COVID-19, but — and this is speculation on my part — this is a really hard chart to win reelection with:

The speech is setting up the election as a choice between drastically different ideologies. Which it certainly is. But can the Trump campaign just keep not really addressing the pandemic?