Biden mobilizes his troops, threatened by a Republican wave in the United States elections

Threatened by a Republican rally in Tuesday’s midterm elections, which could put donald trump heading to the 2024 presidential elections, the US president Joe Biden he made an effort on Sunday to mobilize his troops around the defense of democracy.

“If you all go to vote, democracy is saved, it’s not a joke”He said democrat president before an audience mostly committed to his cause, at Sarah Lawrence University, in upstate New York, a traditionally Democratic state.

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“Now is the time for her generation to defend her, preserve her, choose her,” he insisted, after recalling the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 by supporters of the Republican Trump.

The latter also chose Sunday to speak in a state favorable to his field, Florida, in the south.

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In Miami, Trump continued to fuel anticipation around an imminent declaration of his presidential candidacy in 2024.

Former United States President Donald Trump speaks at a rally for Mehmet Oz, Republican candidate for the Pennsylvania Senate, in Latrobe, (EFE/EPA/JIM LO SCALZO).

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“I’ll probably have to do it again”he said, in his classic attire of a red cap and tie.

Then, his followers began to chant “Four more years! Four more years!”, referring to the length of the presidential term in the United States. Trump urged them to “stay tuned” for his final campaign rally on Monday in Ohio, a Midwestern state.

The destinations chosen by Biden and Trump show that two days before the midterms of November 8, it is no longer about convincing the undecided.

In a country where partisan divisions run deeper than ever, each camp must convince as many supporters as possible to go to the polls.

Dynamic

In this game of mobilization, the dynamic was, in recent days, on the Republican side.

Biden can present himself as a defender of the middle classagainst the Republicans whom he paints as the party of the rich, but in a context of rampant inflation, that rhetoric does not generate support.

The Democratic Party He is also trying to campaign for abortion rights and democracy, but Republicans have focused on two particular issues: high prices and insecurity.

US President Joe Biden speaks during a rally for New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Democratic candidates. (SAUL LOEB / AFP).

In PennsylvaniaIn one of the states that could be decisive for Republicans to regain control of the Senate, Trump-backed candidate Mehmet Oz crushed the White House speech on both counts on Sunday.

In front of an audience gathered to hear him in Bethlehem, a city that symbolized greatness and after the decline of “Made in the USA” steel, Oz echoed the concerns of Paul Nelson, an 80-year-old retiree.

“Wake up call”

“Everything is shooting up” he lamented about skyrocketing prices, also expressing concern about irregular immigration and drug “cartels.”

According to Oz, if Congress leans to the right, “Then we will have a president like Trump, we will continue where Trump left off.”

A Republican Senate boss, Rick Scott, predicted a “big night” on November 8, while his co-religionist and Governor of (Eastern) Virginia, Glenn Youngkin, said it will be “a wake-up call for President Biden.”

Confident of their victory, the Republican candidates will “accept” all the results of the polls, win or lose, the party’s president, Ronna McDaniel, promised in statements to CNN.

For two years, the Democrats have had a narrow majority in the lower house and only one majority vote in the upper house, that of Vice President Kamala Harris.

The polls predict a clear victory in the House of Representatives for the Republicans, they could also retake control of the Senate.

“Respect” the results

By promising to “respect” the results, the president of the Republican party contradicted many statements by candidates close to Trump, who never admitted defeat in the November 2020 presidential election.

According to the Democratic field and analysts, there would be about 300 Republican candidates ready to dispute the results of Tuesday’s elections.

The state of New York, where Biden went on Sunday, illustrates the state of the presidential field: Governor Kathy Hochul, who is seeking re-election, is struggling in the polls against her Republican challenger Lee Zeldin, something very unusual in this Democratic stronghold. .

The mid-term elections in the United States, in which the entire House of Representatives and a third of the Senate are renewed, as well as putting a series of state offices on the line, are often seen as a referendum on the incumbent president. The party in power tends to lose seats in Congress, particularly if, as with Biden, the president’s approval rating is below 50%.

Some 40 million Americans have already voted early, according to NBC News.

Source: Elcomercio