Former President Donald Trump was posting on Truth Social throughout Kamala Harris' DNC speech, when she formally accepted the party's nomination for president.
Russell has gained popularity on TikTok. On the main stage, he blasted Trump for being a billionaire who wants to promote increased fossil fuel production and business.
“He spent a small fortune on full-page ads calling for the execution of five innocent young teenagers,” Sharpton said in reference to the five Black and Brown New York teenagers who were wrongly convicted of rape.
The event, billed as focused on national security issues, was part of former President Trump's weeklong series of counterprogramming to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Donald Trump is holding his first outdoor rally since narrowly surviving an attempted assassination last month. Trump's podium at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame is surrounded by panes of bulletproof glass that form a protective wall across the stage.
The Harris campaign says she'd give families $6,000 when they have a new baby, and would restore the pandemic-era child tax credit, too. It's part of an economic plan focused on the cost of living.
"This is a photo of an event in one city on one day," said one AI researcher. "I mean, what hope do we have to actually tackle complex problems in society if we can't agree on this?"
Democrats are exuberant. Money is flowing in. Volunteers are signing up. But campaign veterans say there will come a day when attacks start to land and mistakes will be made.