Former President Donald Trump is delivering his first public speech since he narrowly escaped an attempt on his life Saturday at his rally in Pennsylvania.
formally accepted the GOP presidential nomination Thursday night and delivered his first speech since Saturday's assassination attempt, capping off an ebullient Republican convention at a time of heightened political uncertainty.An adviser to President Biden told ABC News Trump's speech was "all about him, no plan for future, exactly what people hate about politicians."Trump has gone off script pushing false claims about the 2020 election and immigrants stealing jobs.
He used the racist phrase "China virus" which has been used to push anti-Asian hate, and called about "partisan witch hunts" and "Crazy Nancy" Pelosi. There was a six-minute rant where the teleprompter froze and several other times where it scrolled trying to catch where he was going.Trump said of Biden's administration, "This is the only administration that said we're going to raise your taxes by four times what you're paying now."
Biden proposes a tax increase of roughly 7% over the next decade, not 300%, as Trump claims. About 83% of the proposed Biden tax increase would be borne by the top 1% of taxpayers, who earn just under $1 million a year in income.Trump displayed a chart on undocumented migrants coming into the U.S. that he said he was discussing at the time of his assassination attempt during Saturday's rally.
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