21 Aug 2020

'Hope over fear, fact over fiction' - Biden inspires with campaign speech

From Checkpoint, 5:46 pm on 21 August 2020

"I give you my word if you entrust me with the Presidency, I will draw on the best of us not the worst... we'll chose hope over fear, fact over fiction."

Those are words of Democratic Presidential hopeful Joe Biden during his big virtual convention speech.

A global pandemic forced the party to take the four-day rally online - with Biden closing out the event.

The 77-year-old former Vice President delivered the speech inside an empty arena in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.

CNN's correspondent Nadia Romero was there and says at times it got quite emotional.

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