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Joe Biden in Virginia
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Recently, US President Joe Biden has avoided criticizing Donald Trump's behavior.
His direct predecessor in the White House would have given him cause.
Biden has now evidently got rid of this reluctance.
During an appearance in the state of Virginia on Tuesday evening, he criticized, among other things, Trump's remarks about the former Foreign Minister Colin Powell, who died last week.
The attack against Powell was "offensive".
"I'd say it's incredible," Biden said in Arlington.
But: “It wasn't.
Trump did the same with (his sharp inner-party adversary, d. Ed.) John McCain.
Donald Trump is like that. "
Trump had ridiculed that Powell had been treated well by the "fake news media" after his death, even though he had made "big mistakes in Iraq" and justified a military operation in the country with reference to alleged weapons of mass destruction.
Biden then replied that Powell was an "American hero".
Trump, on the other hand, urged a mob of insurgents to storm the Capitol on January 6th.
"And to this day he incites people all over the country."
Virginia election is likely to be a mood test
Biden found clear words for Trump's Republicans during his campaign appearance in Virginia, where a new governor will be elected on November 2nd.
"Today's Republican Party stands for nothing more than further tax cuts for the rich and the most powerful corporations," he said.
Extremism has taken the helm in the party across America.
The leading candidates in the Virginia gubernatorial race are former Democratic incumbent Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin.
Biden called Youngkin "a supporter of Donald Trump."
The hotly contested vote in the state is also seen as a test of sentiment for national politics.
This is one of the reasons why Biden has always interfered in the election campaign recently.
jok / dpa
