The campaign enters its final stretch: Trump attacks Kamala Harris for doubting his promise on the vaccine

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden met with leaders of the nation's three major unions on Monday's Labor Day holiday, while his running mate Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence , campaigned in Wisconsin, when the November 2020 election race, interrupted for months by the COVID-19 pandemic, enters the home stretch. 

For his part, President Donald Trump held an afternoon press conference at the White House, in which he spent more time attacking his Democratic rivals than talking about the economy, as he originally planned.

Both campaigns see a victory in Wisconsin as an achievement that could be decisive in winning the election.

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Trump (left) and Biden, in stock footage.

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Trump attacks Harris for not believing what he promises about the coronavirus vaccine: "You must apologize immediately"

Trump once again used the White House as a campaign stage by calling a press conference in which he insulted Biden and Harris, once again transgressing the symbolic line that separates the government from his reelection campaign.

During the press conference on the North Portico of the Executive Mansion,

against the Democratic candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, whom he called "a stupid person" and dismissed his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, as "An incompetent person", of whom he assured that he would never be president.

Trump, who has pressured his government health authorities to speed up the process of obtaining the vaccine against COVID-19, alleged that Harris and Biden were spreading "reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric" because they had questioned the safety of a possible vaccine which will apparently hit the market a few days before the November 3 election.

The president accused Harris of "despising the vaccine so that people will not believe that the achievement was a great achievement."

For his part,

if scientists said the inoculant is safe and effective.

"One of the problems with playing with politics is that he has said so many things that are not true, that I worry that if we get to have a really good vaccine, people will be reluctant to get it," the Democratic candidate said Monday.

During the press conference at the White House, Trump also took the opportunity to defend himself against statements that he had referred to US soldiers killed in combat as "losers."

"I'm not saying the military is in love with me, but the soldiers are," Trump said.

"The most important people in the Pentagon probably aren't, because they don't want to do anything other than fight wars so all those wonderful companies that make bombs and planes and everything else stay happy."

Biden met with unionized workers Monday in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden talks to unionists during a campaign event in Lancaster, Pennsylvania;

on September 7, 2020. AP

Sitting in the backyard of the home of one of his supporters, the Democratic candidate spoke with four union members who support his presidential campaign.

During the meeting he said that Trump was an enemy of American workers and

Then he will travel to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to attend a virtual public assembly with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the largest labor union in the United States. and Canada.

Harris will meet with IBEW union workers and black business owners in Milwaukee, while Pence will visit an energy facility in La Crosse as part of his campaign. 

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The narrow margin of votes by which Trump won in that state in 2016 helped him get to the White House. 

According to details obtained by The Associated Press, Biden's campaign will announce three union supporters: the International Workers Union of North America, the International Union of Elevator Builders and the National Federation of Federal Employees, which collectively represent hundreds thousands of workers across the country who can mobilize to support the campaign.

Biden believes that these endorsements could help win the vote to win states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

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Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris.AP

The final stretch of the presidential campaigns

Labor Day weekend generally marks the unofficial beginning of the last phase of the presidential race, as candidates accelerate their activity ahead of Election Day. 

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The events of this holiday take place against the backdrop of a pandemic that has disrupted the campaign,

.

Today's event Harris marks her first solo election appearance since Biden announced her as his running mate nearly a month ago. 

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Biden stepped up his campaign last week when he made appearances in Pittsburgh and Kenosha, Wisconsin, and also held two press conferences.

The candidate, as well as Harris, is expected to press the accelerator in the more than two months until November 3, the date of the presidential elections.

While Trump's campaign was disrupted last week by an article published by 

about alleged disparaging remarks against fallen soldiers, as well as his criticized visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, site of the most recent protests against police brutality, it is The focus of the president's conference on Monday is likely to be on the topic they are surveying most relevant: the economy.

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A strong economy

that was Trump's greatest asset at the beginning of his re-election campaign

due to the ravages of the coronavirus on the job market and economic growth.

Biden's campaign has emphasized that the economic damage was caused by the government's inadequate response to the pandemic that resulted in more loss of life and jobs than necessary, a strategy with which they aim to win over union voters.

The events of this holiday take place against the backdrop of a pandemic that has disrupted the campaign, forcing much of the electoral activity to be carried out virtually.

Harris's event on Monday marks her first solo election appearance

since Biden announced her as his running mate nearly a month ago. 

[The teacher who has predicted without mistake the outcome of all elections for 30 years has already chosen his winner]

Biden stepped up his campaign last week when he made appearances in Pittsburgh and Kenosha, Wisconsin, and also held two press conferences.

The candidate, as well as Harris, is expected to press the accelerator in the more than two months until November 3, the date of the presidential elections.

While Trump's campaign was disrupted last week by an article published by 

about alleged disparaging comments against fallen soldiers, as well as his criticized visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, site of the most recent protests against police brutality, the The focus of Monday's conference was less on the economy, the issue that polls consider most relevant, and more on the personal disqualifications of his two Democratic adversaries.

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The idea of ​​having a strong economy, which was Trump's greatest asset at the beginning of his re-election campaign, could now become one of his weak points due to the ravages of the coronavirus on the job market and economic growth.

Biden's campaign has emphasized that the economic damage was caused by the government's inadequate response to the pandemic that resulted in more loss of life and jobs than necessary, a strategy with which they aim to win over union voters.

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The US economy has slowly recovered since it collapsed in the spring as many companies have reopened and rehired some laid off employees.

However, recovery is far from a reality.

Only about half of the 22 million jobs lost to COVID-19 have been rescued.

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Additionally, economic inequalities also appear to have deepened, with lower-income and minority workers suffering disproportionately, while wealthy Americans have lost fewer jobs and even benefited from rising stock and home prices. .

With information from the AP agency, CNN and The New York Times.