Trump Holds Rally Under Tight Security in North Carolina

Protected by glass shields and snipers on adjacent rooftops, Donald Trump held his first outdoor event outside his various properties since last month's attempt on his life.

During the rally in North Carolina, Trump accused the Biden administration of manipulating jobs statistics.

"The Harris-Biden administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating jobs statistics to hide the true extent of the economic ruin that they've inflicted on America. The new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the administration padded the numbers with an extra, listen to this one, 818,000 jobs that don't exist. So, they said they existed and they never did exist. They built them up so that they could say what a wonderful job they're doing. No, we've never had numbers like this. They don't exist," Trump said.

Trump also asked the crowd if he should start "getting personal" after saying former president Barack Obama had "taken shots" at him during the Democratic National Convention.

On August 15, the Washington Post reported the U.S. Secret Service approved a new plan for Trump to continue outdoor rallies in the wake of a July assassination attempt.

Meanwhile Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president, showcasing his appeal at the Democratic National Convention as a candidate who can fuse a middle-class image to a fairly progressive record and effectively attack the Republican alternative.

In his speech to delegates packed into the United Center, an introduction to millions of Americans, Walz made the case that Democrats’ policies were the ones more consistent with heartland values than those of Republicans, led by the presidential ticket of former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance.

"Republicans invoke freedom to pass restrictions on reproductive rights, allow corporations to pollute and permit banks to take advantage of customers," he said.