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Trump Holding Center Stage at US Republican Convention

Ken Bredemeier

   A parade of Republicans is set Monday night to acclaim President Donald
   Trump at the Republican National Convention and call for his
   reelection. But the main event is the finale for the evening, Trump
   himself unleashing attacks on his Democratic opponent, former vice
   president Joe Biden.

   Party stalwarts renominated Trump earlier Monday for a second four-year
   term, with the U.S. leader appearing shortly after at the convention
   site in Charlotte, North Carolina. He called the November 3 vote "the
   most important election in the history of our country."

   He contended that the only way Democrats could defeat him is through a
   rigged election using mail-in ballots sent to voters.

   "They're trying to steal the election," Trump declared without
   evidence. "Suppose they don't mail them to Republican neighborhoods."

   Trump's speech Monday night is the first of four straight evenings he
   plans to speak to the mostly virtual convention, in Charlotte and
   Washington, culminating Thursday with his renomination acceptance
   speech at the White House.

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