President Donald Trump promised an uplifting and optimistic vision of the United States for this week’s Republican National Convention. But the first night, at least, had a very different tone. Speakers portrayed their rivals in the Democratic Party – led by candidate Joe Biden – as a menace to the country. From Charlotte, North Carolina, where the convention is being held, Philip Crowther reports.

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• Rina Shah is a political commentator and founder of Republican Women for Biden.
• Michael Johns is the co-founder and national leader of the U.S. Tea Party movement.
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“It will look a little bit like a convention,” @Maddow explains of the #RNC2020. “But it’s not put on by the convention committee. It won’t do any convention business. It’s basically a campaign show, a pageant organized by the Trump campaign itself.”https://t.co/8mSPnna1lb

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 25, 2020

Opinion: The first night of the Republican National Convention was deeply, disturbingly weird https://t.co/YBd3W2btzt

— The Independent (@Independent) August 25, 2020

Republicans made more misleading and false claims during the first night of their convention than the Democrats did over four nights combined.

Here's a fact check of some of the claims from night one of #RNC2020. https://t.co/oWB9pJpQ2G

— CNN (@CNN) August 25, 2020