Melania Trump slams Biden and Democrats in first solo campaign stop

FIRST LADY MELANIA Trump lined up directly with her husband yesterday on his first solo trip of the 2020 campaign, criticizing Joe Biden, Democrats and the media as he pushed the message of re-election of the president of the United States in the state of Pennsylvania, battlefield.

The First Lady defended Donald Trump’s record on Covid-19. She tried to put the blame on Democrats, who said they tried to “put their own agendas ahead of the welfare of the American people” and focused on “sham impeachment” rather than coronavirus.

Melania Trump also denounced what she called Biden’s “socialist agenda” and criticized the media coverage of “idle gossip and palace intrigue” at the White House.

Biden’s “policies and socialist agenda will only serve to destroy America and everything that has been built in the last four years,” he said.

“We must keep Donald in the White House so that he can finish what he started and our country can continue to flourish.”

The First Lady, who recently recovered from what she described as a mild case of Covid-19, appeared one day when Pennsylvania health authorities reported a record 2,751 new virus infections statewide.

Covid-19 deaths and hospital admissions in Pennsylvania have more than doubled since the beginning of October.

Melania Trump also took an empathetic tone about the virus, calling herself a “concerned mother and wife” who knows that “there are many people who have lost loved ones or know people who have always been impacted by this silent enemy.” .

But she defended her husband’s handling of the virus, saying her administration “chooses to keep moving forward during this pandemic, not backward,” insisting that schools, restaurants and businesses have learned to operate safely during the pandemic.

“We don’t shut down and hide out of fear. We put ourselves to work to find real and lasting solutions ”, he said.

The First Lady’s event 50 miles west of Philadelphia drew a couple hundred supporters who crowded into a converted barn normally used for wedding receptions.

Two large doors were opened at the rear to allow fresh air into the building. The vast majority of attendees wore masks, but there was little social distancing.

Pennsylvania Democratic President Nancy Patton Mills ridiculed Melania Trump’s campaign stoppage, saying the First Lady would not have an answer for Pennsylvania’s rising unemployment rate or why her husband’s administration has “stopped trying to fight. a virus that has killed 8,700 Pennsylvanians and counting. “

The First Lady spoke a day after the president held three rallies in Pennsylvania, a state that helped deliver him the White House in 2016 and is key to his bid for reelection.

Polls show a close race in the state between Trump and Biden, who also visited the state on Monday to boost efforts to get the vote.

President Trump and the First Lady flew Marine One together from the White House to Joint Base Andrews before boarding planes for separate campaign trips.

“I would like to go with her and be with her,” Trump said.

“She will give a speech in Pennsylvania. That’s great. He does it very well, he is very popular. “