2024-10-23 06:37:00
Joe Biden, in an image at the White House Kevin Mohatt | REUTERS
The Republican candidate’s campaign asks Kamala Harris to condemn the American president’s comment. The Democrat says she is worried that Trump will try to declare victory early
23 Oct 2024 . Updated at 08:38
The president of the United States, Joe Bidensaid during a campaign event Tuesday that the former president and Republican White House candidate needs to be “locked up.” Donald Trumpbefore quickly adding that it refers to his removal from the political arena. «This also wants to replace all public officials, every one of them. He believes he has the right, under the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, to be able, if necessary, to physically remove, shoot, kill someone he believes poses a threat to him. He apparently said this five years ago: “They would lock me up.” We have to lock him up,” he said as the crowd applauded and a few seconds later added: “Block him politically.”
Biden underlined that “American democracy is at stake”, inviting his supporters to think about what “would happen” if Trump won this election, and asking them to vote for the Democratic candidate. “It’s a real threat to our democracy, and that’s not an exaggeration. This guy is a danger to the Republic,” he said.
These words were quickly rejected by the Trump campaign, which called on Kamala Harris to condemn President Joe Biden. «Joe Biden just admitted the truth: his and Kamala’s plan from the beginning was to politically attack their opponent, President Trump, because they cannot defeat him fairly. The Harris-Biden administration is the real threat to democracy. “We ask Kamala Harris to condemn Joe Biden’s shameful comment,” Karoline Leavitt, national press secretary for the Trump campaign, noted in a statement.
This year, Trump was convicted in a criminal trial of several crimes after a New York jury found that he had illegally paid a porn star with whom he was having an extramarital affair to prevent the scandal from coming to light in the media. judge will be known after the elections, November 26. The former president also faces pending cases related to alleged irregularities after the 2020 election and his alleged mishandling of classified documents. Trump stressed that all these cases are the result of a witch hunt by Democrats.
Declare your victory soon
For her part, the vice president and Democratic candidate said in an interview with the American television network NBC that she was worried that Trump would try to declare his victory early, as he did in the 2020 elections, when asked what he would do If Trump were to make this decision, he at first resisted answering, but then indicated that there are still “two weeks” to go and that in this hypothetical situation he will deal with “election night and the days afterward as they come.” », making sure they have the resources, the experience and the focus.
“He is a person who (Trump) sought to overturn a free and fair election, who still denies the will of the people, who incited a violent mob to attack the United States Capitol, and 140 law enforcement officers are were attacked, some died. This is serious. “The American people are right now, two weeks away from making a very serious decision about what the future of our country is going to be,” he said.
In fact, the former president Barack Obamawho cast his vote by mail earlier in the day, recalled from a rally in Wisconsin with Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz the chaos that Trump fomented in Detroit following the 2020 election, while defending that Michigan voters would will rally in support of Harris. Having said that, the American tycoon criticized Obama, going so far as to define him as a “real idiot”. «I think he’s a real idiot, I’ve seen him campaigning in recent days. “He’s trying to campaign because (Harris) isn’t capable, so they sent him to try, but he won’t be successful.”
Mitim with Eminem’s rap
At this rally, it was the rapper Eminem who introduced former President Obama before encouraging Americans to vote for Harris. “Looking ahead to this election, the spotlight will be on us more than ever and I think it’s important to make our voices heard, so I encourage everyone to please go out and vote,” Eminem said from the stage.
After Eminem’s presentation, Obama was encouraged to rap an excerpt from Get lostbut his main message to Detroiters is to go vote, as the results will be “close.”
Secret donation of 50 million dollars
On the other hand, today the secret donation of 50 million dollars with which Bill Gates, one of the founders of Microsoft and one of the richest people in the world, demonstrated his support for Kamala Harris was revealed, as noted last Tuesday. The New York Times. According to the newspaper, Gates privately told three different sources that he had recently made this donation to a nonprofit organization supporting Harris’ presidential bid. However, the former Microsoft executive director has not made public his financial support for the Democratic leader.
«I support candidates who demonstrate a clear commitment to improving health care, reducing poverty and fighting climate change in the United States and around the world (…) I have long experience working with leaders across the political spectrum, but This election is different, with unprecedented importance for Americans and the world’s most vulnerable people,” Gates said in a statement. The New York Times.
Gates’ philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is very concerned about potential cuts to family planning and global health programs if former Republican President Donald Trump is elected, according to two people who spoke to the NYT.
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