Trump to address 1,000 supporters on White House lawn despite coronavirus risks – RNC live

President expected to portray Joe Biden as a radical in speechRepublicans have rarely mentioned shooting of Jacob BlakeSign up for our First Thing newsletter 3.00am BST Alice Johnson, whose life sentence in prison was commuted by Trump in 2018, addressed the Republican convention and thanked the president for helping her.“When President Trump heard about me — about the injustice of my story — he saw me as a person,” Johnson said. “He had compassion. And he acted.” 2.57am BST The general consensus, especially among Republicans, is that Ann Dorn has provided one of the emotional highlights of the convention. Ann is the widow of David Dorn, a retired St Louis police captain who was fatally shot by people looting a pawn shop amid nationwide protests in June. She delivered a moving speech, condemning the violence and livestreaming of her husband’s death. This video from Ann Dorn is the most effective moment of the convention. Enraging and heartbreaking. #RNCConventionAnn Dorn, the wife of the retired St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn, is delivering an emotion speech about her husband death.More on that: https://t.co/P52gBYtqc9ANN DORN has us all in tears right nowI’m crying in my chair watching Ann Dorn. May God Bless her. Continue reading…
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