Biden promises to end ‘darkness’ of Trump era
WASHINGTON:JOE Biden accepted the Democratic nomination for the American presidency on Thursday with a promise to unite the country and help it “overcome this season of darkness”.
Biden, a former vice-president and a six-term senator before that, criticised President Donald Trump for his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic that has killed at least 174,000 Americans.
Biden said on the concluding day of the Democratic National Convention that Trump has “cloaked America in darkness for much too long. Too much anger. Too much fear. Too much division”.
Presenting himself in contrast, he said, “Here and now, I give you my word - if you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us, not the worst. I will be an ally of the light, not of the darkness... United we can, and will, overcome this season of darkness in America. We will choose hope over fear.”