Photo: Jim Watson Agence France-Presse US President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders during an event at the White House on April 3
Robin Legrand – Agence France-Presse in Washington
Published yesterday at 5:09 p.m.
- United States
Under pressure to withdraw due to doubts about his health, Joe Biden received strong support on Saturday, with the figure of the American left Bernie Sanders supporting the candidacy of the 81-year-old Democratic president.
” Enough ! Mr. Biden may not be the ideal candidate, but he will be the candidate and must be the candidate. And with an effective campaign that speaks to working families about their needs, he will not only beat Mr. Trump, but beat him big time,” the 82-year-old senator said in an op-ed for the New York Times , calling on Democrats “to stop the bickering and nitpicking.”
I will do all that I can to see that President Biden is re-elected.
Why?
Despite my disagreements with him, he has been the most effective president in the modern history of our country and is the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump — a demagogue and pathological liar.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) July 13, 2024
Since a disastrous debate on June 27 against Republican candidate Donald Trump, 78, Joe Biden has been bombarded with strong criticism concerning his physical and mental state. Some 20 parliamentarians are now calling on him to step down.
Vice-President Kamala Harris, seen as a possible alternative, once again assured him on Saturday of her loyalty and of his confidence, during a campaign event in Philadelphia (north-east), shortly before a Donald Trump meeting in the same key state of Pennsylvania.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000“This is the most existential, most consequential and most important election of our lifetime and we always knew it would be difficult,” she said.
“But if we know one thing about our president, Joe Biden, it’s that he’s a fighter,” noted Ms. Harris. “So we will continue to fight, to mobilize and in November we will win. We will win,” she assured.
The person himself repeated Friday in Michigan (north) that he remained in the race. “I’m a candidate and we’re going to win,” a galvanized Joe Biden told his supporters in Detroit.
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Serial slip of the tongue
All the polls since the debate indicate that his performance is disastrous, if it raises concerns of Americans on his ability to govern for a long time, does not move the electoral lines much.
But many seem to give the Republican a relative advantage for November. The most worrying trend for the Democrat remains his persistent delay in certain decisive states.
In addition, more than half of American Democrats believe that Joe Biden should withdraw from the race for the White House, according to a poll Thursday.
According to this Ipsos survey for the Washington Post and ABC, 56% of Democrats and 67% of those questioned believe that the president should withdraw his candidacy.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are, however, equal at the national level, with 46% of voting intentions each.
Ahead of a highly anticipated press conference on Thursday, the American president announced “President Putin” as he wanted to welcome his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. He immediately recovered.
Facing the journalists, he then mentioned “Vice-President Trump”, instead of his vice-president, for the greater joy of his opponent. “Nice job, Joe!” », had jeered Donald Trump.
Bernie Sanders, unsuccessful candidate against Joe Biden in the Democratic primaries in 2020, therefore wanted to show his support on Saturday, affirming that he would “do everything in [his] power to see President Biden re-elected.”
“Yes. I know: Mr. Biden is old, accustomed to gaffes, has a stiff gait, and had a disastrous debate against Mr. Trump. But I also know this: a presidential election is not an entertainment contest. It neither begins nor ends with a 90-minute debate,” he writes.
The senator also cites the recent French legislative elections as an example: “It is time to learn a lesson from the progressive and centrist forces in France who, despite their deep political differences, united this week to squarely defeat right-wing extremism “.