It was a noticeably strange scene, and I’m sure people would have been taken aback even if safety concerns due to the pandemic hadn’t meant Pence was addressing a vastly reduced crowd. Just a very strange, very powerful person, standing in front of a bank of flags, telling lies. They look so lost up there, rocking backwards and forwards on their lonely lecterns, trying their best to bring down the empty house. Speeches streamed from living rooms or empty classrooms are not much better, as last week’s Democratic national convention made clear. Or were Donald Trump’s shiny adult children standing near Greek Revival columns, sweating under the lights as they told lies about their dad.

Source: The Guardian August 27, 2020 06:00 UTC