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Republicans Hail Trump, Ignore the Headlines
With sports leagues shutting and protests flaring, the convention has seemed more than a little out of touch.
Praise for the boss.
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Way back in March, President Donald Trump gave an Oval Office speech about the coronavirus, which was immediately rendered irrelevant by the breaking news that Tom Hanks had contracted it and that the National Basketball Association was shutting down.