One month before the American presidential election, Joe Biden said he was worried on Friday about the risk that the vote would not be “peaceful” due to the behavior of the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.
The things Trump said and the things he said last time, when he didn’t like the outcome of the election, were very dangerous
alerted the American president.
So I’m worried about what they’re going to do
during the vote, he said during an impromptu exchange with journalists in the White House press room.
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Security is reinforced around the White House in Washington, where an additional fence has been installed in anticipation of the presidential election which will take place on November 5, 2024.
Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque
The November 5 election, which will pit Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris against former Republican leader Donald Trump, promises to be as indecisive as it is tense.
As the vote approaches, illustrations of an American society on edge are omnipresent. The electoral offices of the most contested counties, targets of great tensions four years ago, have turned into fortresses, protected by wrought iron fences and metal detectors.
The certification of the results of the presidential election at the Capitol, the scene on January 6, 2021 of an attack by unleashed Trumpists, will this time be supervised by the highest level of security possible for an official event.
The fear is that, once again, the vote will be so close that it will take not hours but days to declare a winner.
Cheating like hell
Donald Trump, who never acknowledged his defeat in 2020, has already laid the first stones of a new protest, accusing rally after rally of Democrats of cheat like hell
.
The Republican candidate also attributed the second assassination attempt of which he was the victim to rhetoric
of his adversaries, when the Democrats accuse him on the contrary of being the instigator of a sometimes unbreathable political climate.
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Republican candidate Donald Trump visited another key state, Georgia, on Friday, where he met with Governor Brian Kemps to discuss the impacts of Hurricane Helene, which hit the southeastern state hard.
Photo : Reuters / Octavio Jones
The septuagenarian Republican will also return on Saturday to the scene of the first assassination attempt, when he narrowly escaped, in July, the bullets of a killer in the town of Butler, in Pennsylvania, for a new campaign rally .
His team has already announced the presence of a distinguished guest: Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, owner of SpaceX.
Before that, Donald Trump was in Georgia on Friday, a state hard hit by Hurricane Helene, which left more than 200 dead in the United States.
During this trip, he accused the White House of mismanagement terrible
of the crisis.
Endorsement of Barack Obama
Kamala Harris is expected in Michigan, a key state in the Great Lakes region and symbol of industrial decline in the United States from the 1980s.
The Democratic candidate began her trip to the large city of Detroit, cradle of the American automobile industry, where she wants to strengthen her image as a pro-union candidate.
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Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris delivered a speech Friday at the fire station in Redford Township in the swing state of Michigan.
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While the working electorate was traditionally favorable to the Democrats, Donald Trump has managed since his entry onto the political scene in 2015 to attract the favor of many of its members.
To try to stop this exodus, Kamala Harris will be able to benefit from strong support in the coming weeks in the person of Barack Obama. Still very popular, the first black president in the history of the United States will take the field in several key states until the November 5 vote, the campaign team of the Democratic vice-president announced on Friday.
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Former US President Barack Obama offers his support to Kamala Harris and will campaign in the most contested states until the elections on November 5. (Archive photo)
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In Michigan, Kamala Harris will also make a stop in Flint. According to the channel CNNshe will meet local leaders of the Arab and Muslim communities, many of whose members are angry at the unwavering support of Joe Biden’s United States for Israel.
This electorate played a major role in helping Joe Biden win in 2020 in Michigan and should weigh heavily again on November 5.