Trump's nomination acceptance speech fails to draw Democrats' support

Donald Trump repeatedly tried to create a sense of urgency about his re-election

Donald Trump delivered his second Republican Party acceptance speech from the White House on Aug. 27, shattering the norm that presidents do not campaign at the public’s expense, and describing a nation in crisis.

Trump spoke of internal enemies intent on destroying the American way of life and offered himself as the nation’s only protection against widespread rampaging violence. It was a speech meant to draw a stark contrast between Trump’s view of America and what he portrayed as his Democratic opponent Joseph Biden’s view of America.

I’ve been analyzing Trump’s rhetoric since 2015. I wrote