The pandemic has fundamentally reshaped this year's presidential election, prompting both parties to ditch their traditional arena-style conventions.
Instead, what he mostly got in his social media feeds were posts from left-leaning friends, trolls and memes disparaging Republican convention speakers.
In South Carolina, one grassroots Trump backer hosted mask-wearing fellow supporters at a watch party in Aiken County.
But other Republicans like Emma Scott, a University of South Carolina junior, opted to keep their distance.
Scott chairs the South Carolina Federation of College Republicans, which relied on Zoom calls or group messages to stay connected and discuss this weeks speeches.