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reUS presidential candidate Joe Biden has accused incumbent Donald Trump of capitulating to the coronavirus. It was sparked by comments from Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, who revealed that the White House is more confident in treating the sick than in taking steps to prevent the virus from spreading. The number of new infections in the United States is currently at a record high of 83,700 per day.
“We will not control the pandemic,” Meadows said in an interview with CNN on Sunday. This is because it is a very contagious flu-like virus. In the sometimes heated exchange with CNN host Jake Tapper, it was left open whether Meadows wanted to say that the spread of the crown was difficult to control, or whether the White House no longer wanted to try.
“What we will have under control is the fact that they will give us vaccines, drugs and other relief measures,” said Trump’s chief of staff. Biden described Meadows’s remarks as an admission that the Trump administration “has given up trying to control the pandemic.”
Meanwhile, Trump again asserted in an election campaign Sunday that the country would soon be on the mountain in the crown crisis. “We are turning the curve, we have the vaccines, we have everything. We go around the curve. Even without the shots, we are turning the corner. It will pass, ”the New Hampshire president said. Meanwhile, the number of deaths per crown passed the 225,000 mark on Sunday. The vaccines are still in the testing phase. Government experts believe that sufficient doses of vaccines will not be available to all Americans until spring.
Many Americans vote early
Many voters in the United States take advantage of personal early voting and vote-by-mail in presidential elections. Nine days before the actual election day on November 3, 58.6 million voters have already cast their votes, the AP news agency reports. In the 2016 elections, a total of 58 million people voted by letter or in person in advance.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many people are trying to avoid crowded polling stations. In recent days, the early voting option has been used in large states like Texas and Florida in particular.
Attack on postal voting
On Sunday night, unknown individuals set fire to a special mailbox in Boston to vote by mail. It was apparently a targeted attack, election officials said Sunday. The FBI is on. Of the 122 ballot papers in the mailbox, 87 were still legible.
Authorities asked voters not to be intimidated by the incident. Those affected can now vote in person or request replacement ballot-by-mail ballots. If someone does not respond, your original ballot will be evaluated to the best of your ability. Voters can check online to see if their ballot has been processed.
The mailbox caught fire around 4 a.m. On Sunday, investigators released surveillance camera footage from the time of the alleged arson and asked the public to help identify the person. President Trump has repeatedly criticized the postal elections for being highly susceptible to fraud, without providing any evidence.
Republicans are voting now too
It is generally assumed that Democratic supporters predominantly vote by letter. However, Republicans are catching up with the opening of polling stations where voters can cast their votes in person.
As of October 15, 51 percent of those who voted were registered as Democrats and only 25 percent as Republicans. On Sunday, Democrats held a smaller lead of 51 to 31 percent.
The number of votes cast is reported by local election officials and evaluated by the AP news agency. The data only shows which party voters are registered for, not which party they actually vote for. Therefore, the data is only an indicator of which party could lead. The majority of Republican voters are expected to cast their ballots on Election Day.
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