Republican convention speakers ramp up anti-Democratic rhetoric despite campaign promise of unity

Kari Lake attacks media as fake news' as Elise Stefanik calls Biden feckless and failed' and says he's caused chaos'

Speakers at the Republican national convention ramped up their rhetorical attacks on Democrats on Tuesday night despite Donald Trump's presidential campaign signalling that the party would adopt a message of unity in the face of political violence.

Kari Lake, a Trump ally and Republican candidate for senate in Arizona, used her speech time to launch an attack on the media, which she called fake news", and said more Americans were no longer tuning in to mainstream media.