Biden speaks from a place Trump doesn?t know ? the heart

Biden spoke not to his political base but to those who have lost loved ones to the virus.“On this summer night,” Biden said, his voice growing rough, “let me take a moment to speak to those of you who have lost the most. . We will choose hope over fear, facts over fiction, fairness over privilege.”On the same night Trump tweeted about polls showing support for him among his Republican base, Biden told America: “I will work hard for those who did not support me — as hard for them as I did for those who did vote for me. As Democrats opened their convention this week, Trump said Biden “doesn’t know where he is” and is “afraid to leave his basement because he can’t speak any longer.” Trump and his team have variously described Biden as senile, corrupt, a tool of China and the far left, and even a pedophile.Biden spoke more in sorrow than anger as he described his opponent standing up for white supremacists in Charlottesville and looking out for his own interests while Americans lose their lives and their jobs: “A president who takes no responsibility, refuses to lead, blames others, cozies up to dictators, and fans the flames of hate and division.”Watching Biden accept the nomination not in a thunderous convention hall but as a solitary figure on the screen, speaking calmly and conversationally, added to the sense of reassurance. “You know,” Biden said, “I’ve always believed you can define America in one word: possibilities. Thiessen: The convention shows Democrats have ceded the working class to the GOPAlyssa Rosenberg: If genuine friendliness were to decide the election, Joe Biden would win in a landslideJennifer Rubin: Biden’s speech must summon Trump and the GOP to respect the resultsPaul Waldman: If anything, the Democratic convention has been too soft on Trump Joe Biden accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night with a call to optimism at a time of national fear.