It ended with a spectacle, there is no doubt. The White House glowed in the background Thursday evening, fireworks exploded overhead and a live, largely unmasked, audience rose to its feet with cheers. The final moment of the final day of the Republican National Convention painted a very unconventional picture, with children and spouses and access to power flexed, of both darkness and light. If his words were graphic in their depiction of what might befall the country if the Democrats win (socialism! It crowded out the memory of the relatively undramatic recorded speeches that had come before, from people like Senator Mitch McConnell and Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development.

Source: New York Times August 28, 2020 11:48 UTC