LThe 81-year-old Democrat had, as early as Thursday evening, headed to North Carolina, for a rally in this southeastern state that he believes he can turn in his favor in November, and where he will be accompanied by his wife Jill Biden. In the process, he will go to raise funds in New York and then in the Hamptons, a very chic resort area not far away.
His 78-year-old rival will be on Friday in Chesapeake, in the state of Virginia (central-east). Donald Trump will, according to his campaign team, explain how “Reversing the effects of the failed presidency” from his rival, whose victory he never accepted in 2020.
If Joe Biden hoped to gain momentum during Thursday evening’s meeting in Atlanta (Georgia, southeast), in the opinion of all experts, it failed. During a sometimes frankly angry confrontation, the Democrat tried to push his opponent to his limits, and to praise his record as well as his vision of America.
But his remarks often fell flat, the fault of particularly muddled speech, which brought concerns about his age to the forefront, including within the Democratic Party. Vice President Kamala Harris herself acknowledged that Joe Biden had made a start “laborious” during the debate, but felt he was finished “in strength”.
The Democrat’s supporters want to believe, at least publicly, that by November the Americans will forget this poor performance in form, to rally, in the words of the president of his campaign team Jen O’Malley Dillon, to “the positive and victorious vision” of the Democrat for the Future.
The octogenarian president will obviously not be the only one at work. Kamala Harris, sent to the front on Thursday evening to limit the damage after the debate, is going to Nevada on Friday, a state that will be hotly contested in November, and where Joe Biden’s running mate will make her fifth visit since the beginning of the year.
The 59-year-old Democrat, who is vigorously campaigning across the country, will seek to “highlight the issues of the election for Hispanic voters”, according to a press release.
The American president can even count – so to speak – on the help of a Jedi. Mark Hamill, actor who played Luke Skywalker in the films Star Warsand a staunch supporter of the Democratic candidate, wrote on X: “One failed evening doesn’t change the fact that the guy from before is a habitual criminal, a serial liar and an admitted rapist who is not qualified for any warrant. Period.”
