Everything was there : the wall of flags, the tone calm and soothing, the speech unifying the accents from the president. But the speaker, it was Joe Biden, the democratic candidate, not Donald Trump. He repeated ” I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe “, the last words of George Floyd, the Black death during an arrest in Minneapolis. These words, he said, ” don’t go off with him. We will continue to hear. Their echo resounds in the nation… It is an alarm bell for the country and for all of us. “
He turned then to Us : “Look at where we are and think : this is what we are ? This is what we want to be ? “And of course he has attacked Donald Trump, who has transformed the country into a” battle field “. The nation “, calls for a leadership that could unify us “, he added, and, if elected, he would do his best to limit the ” fear and division “.
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Joe Biden, after a two-month cut off in the basement of his home in Delaware, is back in the campaign. Much to the relief of democrats, who were concerned to see conspicuously absent. Yesterday, he went to Philadelphia, the seat of his headquarters, where he delivered his first speech since march in front of a real audience at the town hall. The day before, there was a discussion in a temple with 14 black leaders, and then a video conference with mayors of large cities. On Sunday, it has been circulating in the streets of Wilmington (Delaware), city, and talked with the demonstrators and traders.
Calm, compassion, competence
These last few months have been hard for Joe Biden. He had to convert to the campaign’s virtual, man-in policy to the former, it is more likely to shake hands than to tweet. This is seen in his speeches via Zoom, is often awkward and fraught with technical problems. Especially lack of electoral mandate, it has struggled to make its voice heard in the media, captured by the virus and the statements of Donald Trump.
The main asset of Mr. Biden in the campaign is his empathy tangible
But the race riots provide the opportunity to transform his image of grandpa’s dilapidated and offer a striking contrast with Donald Trump showing himself to be calm in front of the crisis and capable of compassion, a quality that is singularly lacking in the current president.
“The main asset of Mr. Biden in the campaign is his empathy tangible,” said Lis Smith, a strategist, a democrat. “The human touch is particularly important at a time when voters are looking as a comforter-in-chief than a commander-in-chief. “
You must dominate, otherwise you are wasting your time, they will run you over and you are going to have the air of a bunch of morons.
During that Sunday, the democratic candidate spoke to the demonstrators, Donald Trump, himself, tweeted to boast about law and order with accents of general Patton, his hero. Monday, Joe Biden expressed his sympathy to the black leaders and said to understand their anger, the president threatened to call in the army and attacked the governors of the States, during a conference call, saying they were ” wimps “. “It is necessary that you proceed with arrests. You must dominate, otherwise you are wasting your time, they will run you over and you are going to have the air of a bunch of morons. “A few hours later, it was clear to shot tear gas in the square in front of the White House to hunt peaceful protesters and to have their picture taken with the Bible in front of a church.
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The campaign version sub-soil, however, has advantages. Joe Biden has been able to gain some respite in not having to wrap discussions, meetings electoral and fund-raising. The pace exhausting, especially at 77 years old. He then made savings campaign, saving you valuable because of its prize pool is much less well-stocked than that of Donald Trump. Incidentally, the media have eyes only for the president, which limits the opportunities to make blunders, a trait undesirable to Joe Biden. Just recently, he said in an interview that African-Americans were not “black” if they voted for Trump in November. He had to excuse.
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It is, however, far from being out of the woods. He still has five months of campaigning to make their voices heard, to rally the left wing pro-Bernie Sanders and mobilize the democrats, in whom, to tell the truth, Joe Biden does not trigger enthusiasm. However, the pandemic limit the campaign on the ground, door-to-door, galas, fundraising… And global economic crises, and racial will, without doubt require it to revise its program to be very centrist. So far, he had avoided calling for specific reforms against the use of excessive force by the police. In his speech in Philadelphia, he promised to create a commission of supervision, to prohibit certain practices aggressive questioning…
Joe Biden has spent days hiding in his cave while the country was in the uproar
And then, of course, he has in front of him a formidable opponent who is monopolizing the airwaves. Team Trump has immediately counter-attacked. She accused the members of the campaign Biden had offered to pay the bail of the arrested protesters in Minneapolis. “Joe Biden has spent days hiding in his cellar when the country was in full tumult. When he and his team have finally emerged, their first reaction was to pay the bail of the criminals who have burned, looted and trashed Minneapolis, ” said Melissa Reed, his spokesman.
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But the democrats, in the old road of the policy, knows that presidential campaigns are played often on moments like this. In 1992, candidate Bill Clinton went to Los Angeles, which had just experienced the terrible race riots and has vocally criticised the Bush administration’s father. Six months later, he won the elections. Joe Biden will he make it to Minneapolis ? It’s not impossible. In the meantime, in the last poll Washington Post/ABC, it takes the lead in voting intentions, with 10 points ahead of Donald Trump. Two months ago, he had only 2 points difference.
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