Biden assures and reassures
The Democratic candidate for the presidential election of 3 November goof easily. Donald Trump, who nicknamed him Sleeping joe
, and Republican strategists have never ceased to cast doubt on his cognitive abilities. Thursday evening August 20, Joe Biden, 77, answered them without stammering. He pronounced the speech of his life “,
very mastered, at the end of the Democratic National Convention. He posed as a unifier, facing a Trump who divides Americans: If you give me the presidency, I will call on the best of us, not the worst. I will be the ally of the light, not the darkness, ”he promised.
More united democrats
In 2016, knife primaries between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders left their mark and contributed to the Democratic defeat. This time, there is no question of dragging your feet in November: My friends, the future of our democracy is at stake
, the socialist senator said on Monday (August 17th), calling on his supporters to unite behind moderate Biden. The other left-wing figure, Elizabeth Warren, even issued Biden a progressivism patent on Thursday, August 20: Joe Biden has some great programs.
A party more to the left
The Convention also serves to tie up the Party’s program. The 2020 vintage is the most to the left since the 1970s. Biden wants to quadruple spending on housing, triple aid to underprivileged schools; he would go beyond Obama’s health insurance reform by instituting a public option
to allow 97% of Americans to be covered. He also took up ecological priorities, including the end of fossil fuel subsidies.
New generation
This Convention turns the page on the Clintons, dominators since the 1990s. Bill, the former president, appeared aged and had to be brief at the microphone. Biden elected, he would be a one-term president. The party is now that of Obama, Michelle and Barack, whose speeches have won the strongest response. The ex-president cracked: Trump has not risen to the office, he is unable to.
Kamala Harris illustrates, at 55, this handover. The ex-prosecutor perfectly took on the role of Biden’s teammate. The running mate traditionally plays attack dogs. I know how to recognize predators
, she told Trump. Or : There is no vaccine against racism!
Shock formula reminiscent of the double shipwreck that is the Trump presidency in the face of the coronavirus and racial tensions.
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