Joe Biden was officially invested Tuesday by the Democratic Party to face Donald Trump in the US presidential election on November 3.

Joe Biden invested by the Democrats for the US presidential election 

Joe Biden was officially invested Tuesday by the Democrats for the US presidential election on November 3 where he will face Donald Trump who accused him of being the "puppet" of the left wing of the party.
In a vote without surprise, the majority of Democratic delegates chose the former vice-president to challenge the Republican billionaire, on the second day of the party convention organized in Milwaukee (north) but entirely virtual because of the Covid-19.
"Thank you from the bottom of my heart," Biden, 77, responded in a live video message.
He must accept this appointment Thursday, during the closing speech of the convention which will bring the electoral campaign to the heart of the matter.
Two former presidents, Jimmy Carter, 95, and Bill Clinton, 73, were the stars of the second night. Both accused the tenant of the White House of having installed "chaos" as the country is plunged into a serious economic and health crisis.
"The Oval Office should be a command center. Instead, it is the heart of the storm. There is only chaos," Clinton said.
Jimmy Carter for his part praised Joe Biden's "experience, personality and decency" in bringing us together and restoring America's greatness. "

Kindness and courage

The rising star in Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, figure of the left wing of the party and staunch opponent of the president, was entitled to only a brief intervention.
Joe Biden's wife, Jill, spoke at the end of the evening from a school in Wilmington, the family's stronghold in Delaware (northeast). The former teacher notably denounced the damage of the pandemic on families.
She also delivered a vibrant testimony on the courage of her husband who lived through two personal tragedies, the death of his first wife and his daughter in a car accident in 1972, then that of her eldest son Beau who died of cancer. in 2015.
"How do you reunite a broken family? The same way you unite a nation," she said. "With love and understanding, and with small gestures of kindness. With courage. With unwavering faith."
Two respected figures in the Republican Party have shown their support for Mr. Biden, capable, according to them of unifying the moderates of the two camps: Colin Powell, former general and chief of the American diplomacy, and Cindy McCain, widow of Senator John McCain , who died in 2018, a hero of the Vietnam War that Mr. Trump hated.
Barack Obama is due to speak Wednesday evening, after Mr. Biden's running mate, Kamala Harris.
Anxious not to let the Democrats monopolize all the media attention, Donald Trump travels the United States, concentrating his efforts on the key States, before the Republican convention organized next week, also in virtual.
After Minnesota and Wisconsin on Monday, he traveled to Iowa and Yuma, Arizona on Tuesday, where he defended his record in the fight against immigration.

- "Puppet" -

He renewed his attacks on the man he systematically gave the mocking nickname of "Sleepy Joe" ("Sleeping Joe").
"Joe Biden is the puppet of the radical left," he said, to mobilize his conservative electorate. "It goes beyond socialism".
"China absolutely wants him to win! Iran absolutely wants him to win!" He said to applause, posing an intractable negotiator.
The day before, the former First Lady Michelle Obama, who enjoys a popularity rating stainless in the Democratic camp, had denounced her "total lack of empathy" which, according to her, has created a deep division in American society .
"People are forgetting how divided our country was under ObamaBiden," the troubled president replied on Twitter in national polls.
He swept aside criticism of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 170,000 lives in the United States, claiming to have "saved millions of lives".
Mr. Trump has confirmed that he will deliver his speech after the Republican convention from the gardens of the White House on August 27.
"Unlike Michelle Obama, I'll be live. It's always much better live," assured the former businessman, who largely built his 2016 success on his taste for the stands and his ability to play with crowds.