Former US President Barack Obama spoke at the Democratic Party convention in Chicago.
The main point of his speech: “We are ready for President Kamala Harris, and Kamala Harris is ready for this job.”
“Yes, she can,” Obama continued, paraphrasing his campaign slogan, “Yes we can. Harris is a person who sees you, hears you, and will fight for you every day.”
Harris was also supported by Obama’s wife Michelle. She emphasized that Kamala rose to the top thanks to her hard work and talent, and not her parents’ wealth, like Trump. The delegates greeted the former “first lady’s” speech with thunderous applause.
Barack Obama also slammed Trump, calling him a “78-year-old billionaire who never stops whining about his problems” and who would plunge the country into “chaos and disorder.”
Trump is like the neighbor who leaves his vacuum cleaner on 24 hours a day: just annoying, Obama said.
Obama ended by mocking Trump’s penchant for childish nicknames, wild conspiracy theories, and his obsession with “crowd sizes.” Obama spoke of the latter by clasping his hands together as if measuring a certain size.
Politico magazine, following the public, interpreted this as a hint at Donald Trump’s sexual insecurity.
But despite the encouraging poll numbers, Democrats are still afraid of Donald Trump.
We must not deceive ourselves – we remain an outsider. A black woman as president would be a sensation, one official in the Democratic Party told BILD.
Many Democrats use the word “underdog” to describe Kamala Harris’s position in the race, harking back to the 2016 election, when Hillary Clinton also beat Trump in the polls but ultimately lost the campaign.
One of the Democratic delegates to the convention in Chicago told BILD:
The danger is that we become overconfident and, like in 2016, everyone convinces themselves that we will definitely win because the poll says so. And then there will be a shock.
Harris’s tactic of not giving interviews and playing it safe has worked so far. Her poll numbers are rising, while Trump’s are holding steady or falling.
But the Democrats will not be able to avoid a direct duel forever. No later than mid-September, it will come to televised debates and heated polemics on migration, economics and identity politics.
Source: Racurs
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