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The virus in the white house
After his latest mistake, when he advised to inject disinfectant to cure Covid-19, Trump also suspended press conferences for the coronavirus task force. The task force that the White House is preparing to dismantle in May (as revealed by the New York Times), and which is led by scientific adviser Anthony Fauci: The immunologist in an interview with National Geographic denied that the virus was modified. by men, or escaped from the Wuhan lab that was studying him.
And this as the virus gets closer and closer to the American president: after the news of the infection of one of his “valet” and the spokesman for Vice President Mike Pence, Katie Miller (wife of presidential adviser Stephen Miller) it is now the assistant’s turn. Ivanka Trump’s staff.
Battle in the elections
Meanwhile, California, often the precursor to many democratic battles, becomes the first US state. USA On allowing everyone to vote by mail in the November presidential and parliamentary elections. An open challenge to Donald Trump, opposed to voting by mail because he is afraid of losing: he is afraid of fear of fraud, but above all he believes that voting by mail increases participation, which generally favors Democrats.
This is not an exclusive voting method, but an option: those who prefer to go personally to the polls can do so. Today several states allow absentee ballot for specific and documentable reasons, such as poor physical conditions or absence for work reasons. Some, like Oregon and Washington, only support voting by mail. But California, the most populous US state with the majority of “super voters,” is the first to introduce this power for everyone due to the coronavirus, after many postponed or changed their primaries in the past two months.
The democratic offensive
“No voter should be forced to choose between their safety and the exercise of their civic duty to vote,” Hillary Clinton tweeted, saying that all governors should follow California’s example.
