Watch 28 years of acceptance speeches in just 90 seconds

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If Donald Trump is still working on his big address for tomorrow night, all he has to do is watch the CNN video below, featuring 28 years of acceptance speeches. From Barack Obama to Mitt Romney, Bill Clinton to Ronald Reagan, the candidates followed the same formula so closely that their words were easily spliced together to form a 90-second mega-oration. It's not a Michelle Obama speech, but this could still come in handy for Trump. Catherine Garcia

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.