Published on September 29, 2023 at 6:01 Updated on September 29, 2023 at 6:02
Seen from Europe, the presidential election of November 2024 may still seem far away. Seen from the United States, the electoral campaign is already in full swing. After the televised debate of the Republican primary on Wednesday, Joe Biden was in Arizona on Thursday to already open a new sequence of his project.
For months, the American president has promoted his economic doctrine and his achievements, “Bidenomics”, this supply-side policy aimed at reinvesting in strategic sectors to regain sovereignty and reinvest in “made in USA “. Thursday, it was about returning to the fundamentals of the 2020 campaign: talking, once again, about the risks that Donald Trump poses to democracy.
“All Republicans, and even the majority of them, do not adhere to the extremist ideology of MAGA (Make America Great Again, Editor’s note) […]. But there is no doubt that today’s Republican Party is led and intimidated by MAGA Republican extremists,” he denounced in his speech. “Their extremist agenda, if implemented, would fundamentally alter the institutions of American democracy as we know it,” he warned.
“Revenge and vindictiveness”
For his fourth speech on the theme of democracy, Joe Biden explicitly targeted the responsibility of his predecessor. “Trump says the Constitution gave him, quote, ‘the right to do whatever he wants as president.’ I’ve never heard a president say that jokingly. It is not guided by the Constitution nor by common service and decency towards our fellow Americans, but by vengeance and vindictiveness,” criticized Joe Biden.
To give more strength to his message, Joe Biden gave this speech in front of the family of the late Republican senator John McCain, a “true patriot”. The opportunity to show that partisan divisions can be overcome.
Incidents
Tensions are increasing today at all levels of the Union: a parliamentary hearing led by Republicans was held on Thursday to initiate a procedure for the impeachment of Joe Biden, against a backdrop of the discredit of his son Hunter. In the midst of an internal crisis, the right is also torn apart over the budget, bringing part of federal services to the brink of closure from October 1. Donald Trump, finally, is expected to appear in court next week in New York, accused of having overestimated the value of his assets to obtain loans.
Another sign of the growing intensity of the campaign: the multiplication of fundraising. In New York for the UN General Assembly, Joe Biden went to four receptions to raise money. The president also participated in two fundraisers in California on Tuesday, after his visit to striking auto workers near Detroit. And he once again appealed to the generosity of Arizona’s wealthy donors on Thursday.
2023-09-29 04:01:42
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