It seems to be becoming increasingly clear who will be Donald Trump's challenger in the US election in November: Democrat Joe Biden now apparently has enough votes for the candidacy.
- US Democrat Joe Biden is now Donald Trump's toughest competitor in the presidential race.
- Biden has now secured the necessary votes for the presidential candidacy .
- Most recently, he had repeatedly criticized Trump .
Washington - Democrat Joe Biden * claims he has secured the votes necessary for his party's presidential candidacy. So it can now be considered certain that he will stand for the Democrats against the Republican Donald Trump * in the election on November 3 . This seeks a second term. On the night of Saturday, Biden said that with the success of the recent primaries, he had now secured more than the 1991 delegate votes needed to nominate the party.
US election: Biden was already designated as the Democratic candidate
As president, he would endeavor to unite the country after the polarizing years under Trump, Biden promised. He will strengthen the economy and fight for equal opportunities , said the 77-year-old. Biden was most recently Vice President under President Barack Obama.
After his competitors * left, Biden was already a designated candidate for the Democrats. Now he also has the necessary votes for the nomination - and should surely win in the pending primaries .
The states of Indiana, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Dakota as well as the US capital Washington had held primaries on Tuesday - in the middle of the Corona * pandemic and ongoing protests against racism and police violence in the country. As expected, Biden was able to prevail everywhere. The next area codes are scheduled for June 9 in Georgia and West Virginia.
Biden has recently criticized Trump for the death of George Floyd
Most recently, Biden has sharply criticized its competitor Trump * in the protests following the death of George Floyd * . African-American Floyd was killed in a brutal police operation in Minneapolis on May 25. Biden expressed his support for the demonstrators and assured them that they would support police reform and against racism. Biden said in a guest article in the Los Angeles Times that "concrete measures that are long overdue" are needed to put an end to "systematic racism" in the USA .
The protests continue almost two weeks after George Floyd's death in the United States - like here in Washington.
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The Democrat promised to set up a police reform commission as president in his first 100 days in office . In addition, the Congress should act now and ban controversial police methods such as stranglehold on arrests . George Floyd shouldn't just be another hashtag, Biden wrote on Twitter. Instead of splitting the country like Trump and stoking "hatred", he will try to heal the wounds of racism.
Also on Twitter, Biden wrote that Floyd's last words "I can't breathe" * echo in the United States and around the world. "It is contemptuous that the President wants to put other words in his mouth," he said in his posting. This was triggered by a statement by Trump at a press conference in the rose garden of the White House. There he announced a surprising drop in US unemployment and claimed that Floyd would have been happy about it.
George Floyd's last words, "I can't breathe," have echoed across our nation and around the world.
For the President to try to put any other words in his mouth is frankly despicable. https://t.co/8dWu78dtGP
Trump is also receiving criticism from Biden for dealing with the corona pandemic
Biden does not only criticize Trump for dealing with the protests in which the President threatened to use the military *. He also accuses Trump of reacting too late in the corona pandemic, exacerbating the crisis.
Also interesting: Joe Biden recently received clear criticism for a radio interivew.
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