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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

Trump gets partisan shots in during his America 250 address to demand voter ID and slam communism

After record heat and severe thunderstorms forced America’s 250th birthday party to downsize and later evacuate the venue for fear of lightning strikes, President Donald Trump forced the show to go on so he could have his star turn at the center of the show long after many Americans had finished celebrating.

While Trump mostly stayed on script to highlight America’s success over the last 250 years, he did get in his partisan shots about his modern agenda. One frequent target was his common anti-communist refrain that has used after progressive wins in recent elections.

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