Friday, 21 Aug 2020 12:46 PM MYT
“If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us, not the worst. I will be an ally of the light, not the darkness,” he said.Speaking in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, but with an audience almost entirely online or on television, Biden's acceptance speech reflected the enormity of the shutdown that has upended life across the United States in the battle against the deadly coronavirus.
Democrats hope the strong performance, as well as the vice presidential nomination of Kamala Harris — the first black woman ever to make it onto the White House ticket of a major party — will deflate those attacks.Biden leads in almost every national opinion poll and also in the crucial swing states.
Earlier, Trump also tried to overshadow Biden's thunder with a visit just outside his challenger's birthplace in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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