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While Donald Trump has multiplied lies and untruths, Joe Biden has been unable to respond, clearly diminished
physically and mentally. Some Democrats are calling for him to withdraw from the race.
Poor face of American democracy, during an hour and a half of debate, Thursday evening in the premises of the CNN channel. On one side, a former President, Donald Trump, multiplying lies and untruths on almost every subject. On the other hand, the current President, Joe Biden, unable to highlight his opponent’s inconsistencies and sometimes even to finish his sentences, clearly diminished and whose performance has rekindled doubts about his ability, at 81 years old, to ensure a new mandate.
Both are candidates in the November 5 presidential election and have barely taken advantage of this highly watched moment in American political life to discuss their programs and ideas for the next four years. Joe Biden has barely assured that he would ensure that the right to abortion is restored throughout the United States, and Donald Trump has mentioned a 10% tax on all imported products.
A meager outcome for a confrontation that was supposed to enlighten Americans on their choice, while this election promises to be more uncertain than ever. The strongest doubts concern Joe Biden’s fitness and health. In his camp, as soon as the debate was over, tongues were loosened to revive the hypothesis of a new candidacy. “Joe Biden had one thing to do during this debate, reassure Americans about his age, and he failed,” for example pointed out former Democratic senator from Missouri Claire McCaskill on MSNBC. Does this mean that he should no longer be our candidate? We will know more in a few weeks, by analyzing the consequences of this moment, particularly on the polls. How did we get to this point?”
Can Joe Biden be replaced?
Present on TV sets to analyze Joe Biden’s performance, Vice-President Kamala Harris and California Governor Gavin Newsom are the two names that come up most often to replace Joe Biden if he decides to finally throw in the towel . The Democratic Party Convention is not scheduled until the end of August, with the next debate on September 20.
The coming weeks will be difficult for the American President and his closest advisers. Because Joe Biden has completely failed to highlight the far-fetched and very often false statements of his opponent, Donald Trump.
As usual, the former businessman has multiplied the untruths. The right to abortion? “Everyone wanted this Right to no longer be recognized at the national level but to be left to the States,” he said, for example, defying all logic while opposition is very strong on this subject, then adding: “It (Biden) wants to take the baby’s life up to 9 months and even after birth, which is what they’re doing in some Democratic-led states.” This is obviously false.
Climate change ? “During my four years in power, I had the best environmental figures of all time,” he boasted, although he is best known for his promises to fossil industries and for having withdrawn the States- United by the Paris climate agreement.
The invasion of the Capitol on January 6, 2021? “I did not ask the demonstrators, except in a peaceful and patriotic manner,” while his speech that day on a platform a few hundred meters away left little room for doubt (“We are going to march on Capitol […] and you must show strength “). Four months before the election, the Americans are no further ahead.
