[News] Trump is ramping up his electoral campaign amid growing Republican anxiety

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US President Donald Trump continued with great momentum organizing a series of election rallies across the United States on Saturday, October 17th, as he sought to avoid a humiliating defeat at the polls after 17 days.

 

Trump visited Michigan, where he described his rival as a "criminal", considering the Democrats to be anti-American, and then visited Wisconsin.

 

In front of a rally in Muskegon, Michigan, Trump said that Democrats want "to erase American history and destroy the values and way of life in America."

 

"We love you," he added to his supporters, who chanted "Joe Biden is a corrupt politician" and the Biden family represents "a criminal enterprise." "A criminal, he committed crimes," Biden said. It represents a threat to national security. ”

 

The 74-year-old president's frenzied pace, and the fact that he had to devote time to states like Georgia and Florida that gave him victory in 2016, reflects the growing anxiety among the Republican Party, even if his aides seek to show self-confidence.

 

"The president's strategy is to work hard to win the votes of the American people," said his spokeswoman, Kylie McKinani.

 

"That is why he will be in two states today, two rallies will take place tomorrow and two others will be in Arizona on Monday, and he will give his full energy," she added.

In contrast, Biden, who visited Michigan as part of his campaign Friday, will stay in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.

 

But he released a statement to voters in Wisconsin hours before Trump's expected arrival, in which he focused on his favorite topic: the way Trump dealt with the Covid-19 crisis.

Biden said that "his (Trump's) response to the epidemic has crushed the Wisconsin economy," noting that 150,000 residents of the state have lost their jobs since the current president took power in 2016.

 

Trump is still recovering from his COVID-19 infection, as is the case with dozens of White House employees and his campaign cadres, including McKinani herself, but the latter sought to add a positive touch to the experience.

 

"He has experienced a Covid experience himself, he will speak directly to the American people on the debate platform about his experience," she said.

 

On Thursday, the final televised debate between the two candidates will be held, which will be Trump's last chance to defend himself in front of a wide audience. More than 21 million Americans have so far cast their vote in an early ballot.

 

Trump withdrew from what was to become the second debate, after its organizers announced that it would take place online due to his COVID-19 infection. The two rivals held separate meetings with voters rather than debates; those organized by Biden had higher viewership.

 

McKinani said Trump will use the latest debate "to talk about his wonderful response to Covid." But the president's job will be difficult in this regard.

The virus has killed more than 215,000 people in the United States, in a toll that is the worst in the world, while the president repeatedly mocked or ignored the advice of health experts.

"Ignore the epidemic"

 

Biden (77 years) stressed this point in his statement.

"The president knowingly understands the seriousness of the virus," he said. At virtually every turn, he panicked and tried to ignore it instead of making efforts to contain it.

 

As the maturity date approaches, the president appears to be in a difficult position, with poll results showing his Democratic opponent's lead while Republican senators have publicly voiced their doubts about their party leader.

 

Senator from Nebraska Ben Sas warned the people of his state in a phone call that Republicans are facing "massacre in the Senate" after Trump failed in his response to the epidemic, and caused a rift between Washington and its allies in the world and abused women.

 

As usual, Trump responded on Twitter Saturday to "stupid and hateful (SAS) methods."

 

In turn, Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz warned of "a massacre of the Republicans by Watergate standards."

 

Perhaps Democrats, and many Americans, have distrusted the polls since the surprise defeat of Hillary Clinton, which polls indicated in 2016. Nevertheless, the polls indicate that Trump is in a more difficult situation this time.

 

The average national polls on the "RealClearPolitics" site show that Biden is leading by nine clear points and outperforming the president in major states, although the average in these states is lower at 4.5 points.

 

On Saturday, thousands participated in demonstrations in Washington and other American cities, in protest against Judge Amy Connie Barrett, who was nominated by Trump to take a vacant seat on the Supreme Court, and called for his defeat in the elections scheduled for the third of next month.

 

Thousands gathered outside the US Supreme Court in Washington on Saturday to pay tribute to late Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg and protest against President Donald Trump's rush to choose Amy Connie Barrett as her successor.

 

And the US Senate Judiciary Committee has set a date for a vote on October 22 on the nomination of Barrett, a conservative appellate judge, despite Democrats' objection to the voting process shortly before the presidential election.

 

Protesters marched in downtown Washington to the stairs of the Supreme Court. Hundreds of marches and demonstrations are expected to take place in the direction of municipal councils, parks and memorials across the country.