The attack is frontal. This Thursday, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, denounced the “extremism” of Donald Trump and his followers, accusing them of shaking the “foundations” of American democracy, from the city that was his birthplace.
In Philadelphia, he proclaimed: “Donald Trump and the ‘MAGA Republicans’ represent extremism that threatens the very foundation of our Republic.”
The former president and those who subscribe to his “Make America Great Again” ideology, “do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people,” the Democratic president hammered.
The White House had warned that the speech would be “important” about the “soul” of the United States. Joe Biden, whose team did not skimp on the scenery, spoke at the foot of “Independence Hall”, where the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were adopted. Behind him, on a wall partially lit in blood red, were the motionless silhouettes of two soldiers in full dress.
Donald Trump, in an enigmatic reaction, posted on his Truth social network an image of Joe Biden brandishing both fists in this shocking setting, flanked by a photo of himself kissing an American flag.
The Democrat, who had held his first meeting as a presidential candidate in Philadelphia, knows well that the state where the city is located, Pennsylvania, may hold the key to the legislative elections in November. And therefore the rest of the mandate of him.
The leader of the Democrats wanted to dramatize this election, traditionally unfavorable to the party that holds the White House, to turn it into nothing more and nothing less than a referendum on Donald Trump and his ideas.
Representatives of the radical right “applaud anger. They feed on chaos. They do not live in the light of truth, but in the shadow of lies,” the 79-year-old president chanted again.
“Fuck Joe Biden”
Joe Biden had already sung during his campaign the refrain of the “battle” that will be waged for “the soul of the United States”, but in a softer tune: that of reconciliation and calls for unity.
For a long time, this former senator, a veteran of politics, sang of the virtues of cooperation with Republicans of good will. On Thursday night, the tone changed markedly.
“Not all Republicans adhere to this extreme ideology,” he certainly admitted, but to better shoot this arrow later: “There is no doubt that the Republican Party today is dominated, trained and harassed by Donald Trump” and his followers.
Denouncing the billionaire’s persistent and baseless attacks on the validity of the 2024 election, Joe Biden said, “You can’t love your country only when you win.”
When a group of opponents gathered nearby shouted “Fuck Joe Biden” during his speech, he replied: “You have a right to be outraged. This is democracy.” Not resisting, however, the temptation of the shovel: “They have never been suffocated by good manners.”
change situation
A direct and rare attack, which therefore comes only a few weeks before the highly anticipated elections scheduled for November 8. According to a poll published Thursday by the Wall Street Journal, if the vote were held today, 47% of voters would vote Democrat and 44% Republican. A reversal of the situation as the right still held a 5 point lead in March.
Joe Biden’s party then begins to dream of a feat during this election that renews the entire House of Representatives and a third of the Senate. Opinion polls are not infallible, and in American political life, two months is an eternity.
But the political debate has changed since the beginning of the summer, abandoning economic issues for abortion rights, social gains, concerns about democracy, all promising topics for Democrats. .
In their first reactions on Thursday, Republicans accused Joe Biden of stoking divisions and tried to return to issues that are more favorable to them.
“All is well with the soul of America. Americans are suffering because of your politics. Rampant inflation. Out of control crime. Rise in terrorism. Destroyed borders. Stop your preaching,” responded Senator Lindsey Graham, a Donald loyalist. Trump.
Source: BFM TV
