America will see, this is how the Republican Party wants to present itself,” said Russ Schriefer, a Republican strategist who orchestrated the party’s 2012 convention nominating Mitt Romney for president. If the election were held today, Trump probably would become the first one-term president since George H.W. While the Democrats reimagined their convention for the pandemic as a completely virtual affair, the Republicans are devising a hybrid model. “The Republican convention has an opportunity to repaint Biden in negative light,” said Matt Grossmann, a political science professor at Michigan State University. The GOP convention offers Trump the chance for a reset of his campaign.

Source: Washington Post August 22, 2020 18:44 UTC