Hillary Clinton supports Joe Biden

Hillary Clinton, Tuesday, April 28, unsurprisingly, supported Democrat Joe Biden's candidacy for next November's presidential election in the United States.

"This is a time when we need a leader, a president like Joe Biden," said Hillary Clinton during a virtual event co-hosted with Joe Biden.

The 77-year-old former vice president thanked "the woman who should have been president of the United States" for her support. The Democratic candidate had won the popular vote against Donald Trump in 2016 with almost 2.9 million votes in advance, but the republican billionaire had won the vote of the great voters, who elect, through the electoral college, the president American.  

I've known @HillaryClinton for years, and know that her dedication and passion for bettering our country are second to none. I'm grateful for her endorsement and for her friendship - and look forward to working alongside her to get Donald Trump out of the White House. pic.twitter.com/rv3BuW2BUx

"Awareness"

"Just think of the difference it would make right now if we had a president who not only listened to science, put facts before fiction, but also brought us together," said Hillary Clinton. "Think what it would be like if we had a real president and not just someone who plays one on television," she said to Donald Trump, ex-star of a reality show.

The former secretary of state exhausted the Republican president by calling to elect Joe Biden, "his friend", on November 3 to "put an end to the contempt, not only of American values ​​but American institutions, of the State of right, and so many other things that are at stake, because of its current occupant. "

"I think that from the tragedy of the pandemic, and the loss of lives, income, and all the suffering we are going through, will come a moment of awareness," said Hillary Clinton. "And that's what will be on the ballot in this election: what type of America will people vote for?"

Sexual assault charge

Donald Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale denounced the concentrate of "establishment" according to him embodied by the union of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. "Donald Trump beat her once and now he will beat the candidate she chose," he tweeted.

There's no greater concentration of Democrat establishment than @JoeBiden & @HillaryClinton together. Both carry baggage of decades in the DC swamp & both schemed to keep the Dem nomination from Bernie Sanders. @realDonaldTrump beat her once & now he'll beat her chosen candidate.

Donald Trump's campaign team sarcastically welcomed the announcement of this support, citing Tara Reade on Twitter. This woman accuses Joe Biden of having sexually assaulted her in 1993, when he was a senator and that she worked for her team in Washington.  

The Democratic candidate denied, through his spokesperson, these accusations, which were broadcast for the first time in a podcast at the end of March. Since then, Tara Reade has repeated these accusations to several media, then presented a report to Washington police in early April, without mentioning the name of Joe Biden, according to American media. A year ago, Tara Reade had accused Joe Biden, with other women, of gestures that they considered embarrassing but did not constitute a sexual assault.

Many Republicans, but also former members of the team of the former Democratic primary candidate Bernie Sanders, accuse the mainstream media and the Democrats of not echoing these accusations enough.

With Reuters and AFP

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