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Watch Live From CBS News: 2020 Republican National Convention — Night 4
More than a thousand people are gathered on the South Lawn of the White House to witness President Trump formally accept the Republican nomination for president on the final night of the Republican National Convention, mingling closely together with many not wearing face masks.
In preparation for the night’s festivities, rows and rows of chairs spaced just inches apart were set up on the South Lawn of the White House, where Mr. Trump will deliver remarks to conclude the convention. Roughly 1,500 people were expected at the gathering, a Trump campaign official said.
According to a statement from Dr. Robert Darling, chief medical officer at Patronus Medical Corp, that was distributed by the Trump campaign, Patronus Medical “has worked in partnership with the Republican National Committee to make certain proper protocols are in place” at convention venues.
The “strict protocols,” Darling said, are in compliance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and the D.C. Department of Health, and health professionals from Patronus have been on site to “make sure certain screening has been done on a consistent basis to ensure the convention meets the highest standards of public safety.”
Under the District of Columbia’s reopening protocols, masks are required to be worn in large gatherings where social distance of 6 feet can’t be maintained.
Mr. Trump’s acceptance address comes as Hurricane Laura struck Texas and Louisiana and protests continued to roil Kenosha, Wisconsin, after Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot several times in the back by a police officer and two people were shot to death at a protest.
According to early excerpts of the speech, Mr. Trump will draw a stark contrast between Joe Biden’s agenda and his own — even though this year, the GOP decided not to release a new party platform, the list of Republican goals and promises.
“At no time before have voters faced a clearer choice between two parties, two visions, two philosophies, or two agendas. We have spent the last four years reversing the damage Joe Biden inflicted over the last 47 years,” the president will say from the White House South Lawn. “At the Democrat convention, you barely heard a word about their agenda. But that’s not because they don’t have one. It’s because their agenda is the most extreme set of proposals ever put forward by a major party nominee.”
How to watch the Republican National Convention tonight
- What: Republican National Convention Night 3
- Date: Thursday, August 27, 2020
- Convention coverage on CBSN: 5 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. ET
- Convention speakers live on CBSN: 8:30-11 p.m. ET
- Convention coverage on CBS stations: 10-11 p.m. ET
- Post-convention coverage on CBSN: 11 p.m. ET
- Online stream: Live on CBSN — in the player above and on your mobile or streaming device.
- Full list of speakers here.
Vice President Pence formally accepted the vice presidential nomination on Wednesday in a night filled with fewer surprises and reality show-type twists than in previous nights. He attacked Biden, calling him a “Trojan horse for a radical left.”
“Our economic recovery is on the ballot, law and order is on the ballot. But so are things far more fundamental and foundational to our country,” Pence said. “It’s not so much whether America will be more conservative or more liberal, more Republican or more Democrat. The choice in this election is whether America remains America.”
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