Republicans are ready to formally nominate President Donald Trump for reelection at a scaled-down convention kick-off in Charlotte that begins a week-long effort to convince the American people that the president deserves a second term.
Republicans are ready to formally nominate President Donald Trump for reelection at a scaled-down convention kick-off in Charlotte that begins a week-long effort to convince the American people that the president deserves a second term. Despite the ongoing pandemic, delegates will hold an in-person roll-call vote in a ballroom at the Charlotte Convention Centre in North Carolina before attention turns to prime-time programming. It is a sharp contrast to the approach of Democrats, who created a roll call via video montage from states across the country to avoid a large-scale gathering last week at their well-received virtual convention. The Republican convention is a crucial moment for Mr Trump, who is trailing in national and battleground state polls and under intense pressure to turn the race around. Aides hope the convention will give them a chance to recast the story of Mr Trump’s presidency and shift the campaign’s thrust from a referendum on him to a choice between his vision for the US’s future and the one presented by Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
