Former President Barack Obama presented the election campaign of Joe Biden as a battle to defend the institution of democracy, calling on voters to "make sure that the basic tenets of our democracy endure, because that's what at stake right now."
In this screenshot from the DNCC's livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, former ... [+] 
Trump weighed in during Obama's speech with a pair of tweets, written in all caps.
"HE SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN, AND GOT CAUGHT!"
"WHY DID HE REFUSE TO ENDORSE SLOW JOE UNTIL IT WAS ALL OVER, AND EVEN THEN WAS VERY LATE? WHY DID HE TRY TO GET HIM NOT TO RUN?"
"This president and those in power - those who benefit from keeping things the way they are - they are counting on your cynicism. They know they can't win you over with their policies. So they're hoping to make it as hard as possible for you to vote, and to convince you that your vote doesn't matter. That's how they win. That's how they get to keep making decisions that affect your life, and the lives of the people you love. That's how the economy will keep getting skewed to the wealthy and well-connected, how our health systems will let more people fall through the cracks. That's how a democracy withers, until it's no democracy at all."
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