Speakers at the Republican National Convention, which continues today in the United States, tried to portray a positive image of President Donald Trump, who will seek re-election in November, and continually attacked his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.
When the head of the White House faces a complicated scenario, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and an economic recession, those who intervened yesterday on the first night of the event tried to offer testimonies about what they described as the efforts made by Trump on behalf of the American people.
In this way, they spoke on issues such as the supposed support given by the president to minorities and women, when there are numerous voices of activists, local leaders and the general public who denounce the president’s attacks against these groups.
The New York Times newspaper said that the interventions in the appointment, which will last until Thursday, often exaggerated the successes of the head of the White House and overlooked the deficiencies in his handling of the pandemic, which has already left almost six million infected and 180 thousand deaths in the country.
At the same time, according to the outlet, the speakers lashed out at the Democrats and Biden, and offered false or misleading characterizations of the president’s rival, whom they called a ‘socialist’ and a ‘radical’ who will pamper criminals, embrace illegal immigrants will raise taxes and destroy the economy.
This Monday’s program featured the interventions of the only black Republican in the country’s Senate, Tim Scott; former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley; the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and Representatives Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan, among others.
These speeches were made virtually from different places, as the pandemic forced a considerable reduction in the format of the event, which is based in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Various press media agreed that there were a lot of exaggerations and erroneous comments, which led journalistic organizations to verify the facts of the statements made by the participants.
In that sense, The Washington Post newspaper pointed out that the first night of the convention was a hose of false or misleading statements, mostly taken from the president’s arsenal, and listed in particular 19 pronouncements of that type.
An opinion piece published in the newspaper argued that as an act of communication with the American public, that opening day was a dishonest farce, but at the same time, it was a brilliant act of entertainment adapted to Trump’s unconditional base.
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