Trump’s acceptance speech: Seeking victory by scaring the country to death - By E.J. Dionne Jr.
CLEVELAND — Perhaps you thought, or hoped, that Donald Trump would use his acceptance speech to offer a softer tone, to sketch a more compassionate vision of the nation, or to reach out to skeptics and former opponents.
Trump chose a different path — or, more precisely, the same path he has taken from the outset of the campaign. Trump will be running as Trump, the candidate of the angriest wing of the Republican Party and the most disaffected members of the American electorate.
He will run as a hard man, a tough, nationalist authoritarian for whom order is paramount. And he will advance his case by offering a dismal and profoundly gloomy account of what he called “a moment of crisis for our nation.”
“The attacks on our police, and the terrorism in our cities, threaten our very way of life, he declared. “Any politician who does not grasp this danger is not fit to lead our country.” He spoke of a nation characterized by “violence in our streets and the chaos in our communities.”
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