Time.news – The President of the United States, Joe Bidenmentioned the result of the Italian elections during a fundraiser organized by Democratic governors, inviting them to “not be optimistic” in view of the mid-term elections on November 8, which could see Republicans win a majority in both branches of Congress. .
“You just saw what happened in Italy in that election. You are seeing what is happening around the world,” Biden said, reported on Twitter by Associated Press reporter Seung Min Kim, “the reason I worry about to say this is that you cannot be optimistic even about what is happening here “. According to Seung Min Kim, Biden was “issuing a warning about the fate of democracy”.
Biden’s speech, who was at a Democratic Governors Association event in Washington, was unprepared. And it appears destined to have a place of great importance in the Italian political debate in the coming hours.