Former President Donald Trump delivered an hour and 32 minutes at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night (18) – making it the longest acceptance speech by a major party in recent US history.
This was Trump’s first speech since he was the victim of an assassination attempt during a rally last Saturday (13). He appeared on stage with a bandage on his right ear.
According to the Republican, the text was modified after the attack.
Trump also gave the second and third longest convention acceptance speeches since 1976. He spoke for an hour and 15 minutes in 2016 and an hour and 10 minutes in 2020.
This includes convention speeches by both Republican and Democratic nominees.
Only two other speeches have lasted more than an hour: Bill Clinton spoke for an hour and five minutes in 1996, and George W. Bush’s remarks in 2004 lasted an hour and two minutes.
Trump said his speech brings a “message of confidence, strength and hope” and that he is running for all Americans.
He then stated that he accepts the Republican Party’s nomination to run in the 2024 presidential election.
Check out the list of speeches by other nominees at the convention in the country’s history:
- Trump 2020: 1:10 (R)
- Biden 2020: 0:24 (D)
- Trump 2016: 1:15 (R)
- Clinton 2016: 0:57 (D)
- Romney 2012: 0:38 (R)
- Obama 2012: 0:38 (D)
- McCain 2008: 0:50 (R)
- Obama 2008: 0:42 (D)
- Bush 2004: 1:02 (R)
- Kerry 2004: 0:45 (D)
- Bush 2000: 0:52 (R)
- Gore 2000: 0:50 (D)
- Dole 1996: 0:57 (R)
- Clinton 1996: 1:05 (D)
- Bush 1992: 0:57 (R)
- Clinton 1992: 0:53 (D)
- Bush 1988: 0:49 (R)
- Dukakis 1988: 0:48 (D)
- Reagan 1984: 0:55 (R)
- Mondale 1984: 0:34 (D)
- Reagan 1980: 0:45 (R)
- Carter 1980: 0:50 (D)
- Ford 1976: 0:36 (R)
- Carter 1976: 0:39 (D)
Source: CNN Brasil
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