Trump 'profoundly' accepts Republican nomination and mispronounces words in rambling RNC speech
Speaking to the crowd of an estimated 1,500, the president says in apparent gaffe: 'I profoundly accept this nomination for president.'
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Your support makes all the difference.As he formally accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for the presidency, Donald Trump addressed a massive, non-socially distanced crowd of supporters — the majority of them without face masks— at the White House on Thursday night, with a predictable gaffe.
Speaking to the crowd of an estimated 1,500, the president said: “I profoundly accept this nomination for president.”
Of course, the line was supposed to be read as: “I proudly accept this nomination for president.”
Mr Trump delivered his speech as protests enveloped the Black Lives Matter Plaza in the nation’s capital just a few short blocks from the White House, where the grounds were converted into what essentially served as a campaign stop for the president and Republican Party.
For a president who has repeatedly attacked his opponent Joe Biden over his occasional gaffes, Mr Trump’s botched delivery of the speech was quickly met with criticism online.
Mr Trump’s critics mocked him for failing to accurately deliver the prepared remarks, with Democratic strategist Adam Parkhomenko writing in a tweet: “Trump just ‘profoundly’ accepted the nomination. It’s like he’s his own ramp.”
The president’s speech was also quickly met with fact-checking that pointed the significant misleading claims he made while accepting the nomination.
While Mr Trump attempted to cast the Democratic National Convention the week prior as a godless event, claiming during his speech that the DNC removed “Under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance twice throughout the weeklong event. This was immediately rated as partly false, among other inconsistencies and outright falsities Mr Trump said.
However, the “profoundly” gaffe was perhaps one of the lighter immediate criticisms of the president’s speech, which largely focused on his vision for the country compared to that of Mr Biden.
Mr Trump also mispronounced several names like "Soleimani," and botched words like "reliable," though his audience appeared to love the speech, standing and cheering for "four more years" as protestors continued to blare horns within an audible distance of the White House. Fireworks then exploded over Pennsylvania Avenue, reading in bright lights: "Trump 2020."
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