Obama first draws votes for Biden to criticize Trump

　　Former U.S. President Barack Obama for the first time on the 21st helped Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate who had assisted him for eight years, offline campaigns. The location was chosen in Pennsylvania, an important "battlefield" in the election.

Data map: Former US President Barack Obama.

　　In his speech, Obama criticized the Republican presidential candidate and current President Donald Trump for failing to fight the new crown epidemic, creating divisions, and "unworthy of virtue."

He also called on voters to vote enthusiastically, "We can't live like this for another four years."

[Blam up the current president]

　　The "no-get-off" campaign rally was held in a park parking lot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's largest city, and gathered nearly 280 cars.

Reuters reported that this was the largest such rally organized by the Biden campaign team since the outbreak.

　　The Associated Press reported that Obama spoke for about 35 minutes and spent most of his time reprimanding Trump for only caring about his own interests.

　　As a two-term former US president, Obama is still one of the most popular figures in the Democratic Party.

He criticized the Trump administration's response to the epidemic, mentioning that the latter was diagnosed with the new crown virus.

"Donald Trump will not suddenly want to protect us all. He can't even do the basic measures to protect ourselves."

On October 5, local time, US President Trump left the National Military Medical Center in Maryland and returned to Washington. After receiving treatment for new coronary pneumonia at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, he took off his mask when he arrived at the White House.

　　From the perspective of the Democrats, Trump has been committed to obliterating Obama's political legacy in the past four years.

Obama said in response that he never thought Trump would accept his ideas and continue his policies, but for national considerations, he hoped that Trump would "show some interest in taking work seriously."

However, Trump "only wants to be fully recognized for the economy (prosperity) he'inherited', and is unwilling to be blamed for the epidemic that he has ignored."

　　Obama also criticized Trump and other Republicans for simply wanting to "shamelessly" repeal the Affordable Care Act introduced during his tenure, but there is no alternative.

Moreover, Trump is accustomed to insulting "people who do not support him", "Why should we tolerate the President of the United States doing this? ... This will make some people wantonly and become cruel, divisive, and racially prejudiced."

　　Not only Obama, but the Atlantic Monthly reported on the 19th that George W. Bush, as the only living Republican former president of the United States, even though he usually stays away from politics, in May this year called on the people to unite in response to the epidemic, "We are not partisan fighters. It’s people.” In June, he voiced the anti-racism protests, saying that “empathy, common goals, bold actions, and peace derived from justice” are a better way to achieve justice. He believes that the American people will choose a better one. method.

[Call for African Americans to vote]

　　Obama also called on voters, especially African American and "progressive" voters, to vote enthusiastically that day.

According to Agence France-Presse, a large number of African-American voters voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012, but their voter turnout rate declined in 2016, which to a certain extent "helped" Trump defeat his opponent Hillary Clinton.

　　Obama said: "I don't care about how the polls are. There were a lot of polls last time, but the results were inaccurate, because a large number of people stayed at home lazy and self-righteous. This time it can't be that way." He said that he understood young voters' political attitudes. Suspicious or indifferent, he confessed that he "didn't quite understand when he was 20", but if everyone did not vote, they would lose their power for nothing, because the political circles would only respond to those who voted for them.

　　The Associated Press reported that on the eve of voting day four years ago, Obama was in Philadelphia for Hillary’s last platform campaign, but Hillary lost to Trump in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin at a slight disadvantage and became the latter’s victory. Key factors.

　　This year, Obama is still regarded as the Democratic Party’s “biggest campaign asset”.

He has appeared in Biden's online fundraising meetings many times before, and authorized mass text messages and emails in his own name to encourage voters to vote and donate.

　　Biden did not go to Philadelphia on the 21st, but stayed at his home in Delaware, preparing for the last face-to-face debate with Trump a day later, which caused Trump to mock him for "hiding in hiding."

[A place where the two parties must compete]

　　The Associated Press said that Obama's election for Biden's offline campaign in Philadelphia was his "first show", highlighting the importance of the "rust belt" Pennsylvania to this year's election.

The most visited state during Biden's campaign was Pennsylvania, and Trump also valued Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes.

　　Trump was in Erie County, Pennsylvania on the 21st, which turned from blue to red four years ago.

The latest polls by Reuters and Ipsos Group show that Biden's approval rating in Pennsylvania is only 4 percentage points ahead of Trump.

Trump then rushed to another "battlefield" state North Carolina.

Polls show that he and Biden are equally difficult to distinguish victory or defeat in the state.

　　The United States is the most severely affected country in the world, with more than 220,000 deaths so far.

Reuters noted that North Carolina, Pennsylvania and other "battlefield" states have recently seen a surge in confirmed cases of the new crown, and some polls show that most voters are disappointed with Trump's performance in fighting the epidemic.

　　According to Agence France-Presse, Trump is still declaring to voters that the outbreak period in the United States is "almost over."

(Ocean) (Xinhua News Agency Special Feature)