Donald J. Trump’s dramatic acceptance of his party’s nomination just days after a failed assassination attempt put an exclamation point on a triumphant week for a Republican Party that emerged from its convention confident and unified.
He described being saved by providence and emerging “more determined than ever” to take back the White House.
The near-universal Republican embrace of Mr. Trump this week — after a deadly riot at the Capitol, an impeachment, four indictments and one criminal conviction since his last nomination — was all the more vivid because Democrats were tumbling further into turmoil over President Biden’s viability.
Trump being Trump, his remarks stretched past midnight on the East Coast, shattering his own record for the longest nominating speech.
But nearly every ad-lib and scripted line was gobbled up by a party that has never seemed more in his grip.
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