With Republicans increasingly confident of a victory in the November midterm elections, US President Joe Biden rejected the polls on Tuesday and assured that there was still time for “one more turn” in favor of the Democrats.
“If we get people to vote, we will win,” Biden told dozens of Democratic Party members, who applauded his entrance into the room before the speech he called his “closing argument.”
Members of the Democratic campaign shared the live broadcast of the speech, made 15 days before the November 8 elections.
This was Joe Biden’s latest attempt to turn the midterms into a Democratic-Republican election, rather than a referendum on his unpopular administration, at a time of economic unrest.
Biden has largely eschewed traditional campaign events across the country in favor of speeches in which he tries to frame proposals for voters.
“Polls say it all,” said the US head of state, adding that they have become less and less reliable as a gauge of public opinion.
“Republicans in front, Democrats in front, Republicans in front. But I think it will end with one more change: Democrats in front,” Biden said.
The Democrat noted that Republicans intend to reverse progress in expanding health coverage by capping the cost of prescription drugs and raising taxes on businesses.
“At least they’re being honest this time and saying exactly what they want to do if they win,” he said, adding, “They’re so confident they’re going to win, they say it without a shred of embarrassment.”
Biden again sought to associate Republicans with former President Donald Trump, accusing them of being “mega-MAGA political extremists,” a reference to the rival’s catchphrase. [Make America Great Again].
And he again expressed his contempt for three Republican leaders, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Sen. Rick Scott of Florida.
Scott, who heads the Senate Republican National Committee, has been Biden’s most popular opponent because of his proposal to require all federal laws to be reauthorized every five years.
For Democrats, this proposal is a clear threat to popular rights programs.
“Let’s be clear. I’m not cutting Social Security. I’m not going to cut Medicare,” Biden said.
The Democrat also emphasized that the federal deficit has been reduced under his leadership, in response to charges from Republicans that he has been too careless with spending.
“Democrats are fiscally responsible,” he stressed.
Amid applause, Biden greeted the Democratic workers, with whom he also took several selfies before leaving the Democratic Party headquarters.
The Republican party regained favor in the polls to take control of Congress in the midterm elections on November 8, in line with the historical trend of defeating the party of the president in power.
According to the predictive model of the specialized platform FiveThirtyEight, the most likely outcome of the elections is that the Republicans regain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate, with a probability of 44 out of 100.
The chance of Republicans only winning the House and Democrats retaining the Senate is now smaller, 37 out of 100.
Source: TSF
