DEMOCRATS SAY RNC IGNORES TRUMP RECORD ON CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, ECONOMY

As speaker after speaker took the stage at the Republican National Convention on Monday, Democrats reminded voters of what was not being said by President Donald Trump and his surrogates, and furiously fact-checking what they did say. 

Democrats were especially focused on drawing attention to what they considered the largest elephant in the room at the RNC: the president's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The effort to remind voters of the consequences of the virus was encapsulated in a Democratic National Committee ad released early Monday, titled, "Republican National Chaos."

a close up of a flag: President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Monday August, 24, 2020. President Trump made a surprise visit to the RNC to accept the nomination in person after the coronavirus pandemic forced the GOP to scale back their convention.© Jessica Koscielniak, Pool Photo President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Monday August, 24, 2020. President Trump made a surprise visit to the RNC to accept the nomination in person after the coronavirus pandemic forced the GOP to scale back their convention.

"Trump is meeting the COVID moment with job-destroying incompetence and deadly mismanagement," the ad alleged.

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Here's a look at other ways Democrats sought to keep COVID-19 in the spotlight, and