Trump denies polls … and Biden: era of chaos is over

Donald Trump lied Monday on the eve of the presidential election, polls predicting that his rival, Joe Biden, would win over the Americans, who urged an end to the chaos in the country under Trump.

FayettevilleIn Fayetteville, North Carolina, US President Donald Trump told supporters in his first of five meetings on the last day of the campaign: “I see bogus polls … Tomorrow, anyway, we will win four more years. in the White House. “

Trump’s assault on pollsters, along with his anger at everyone from journalists to CEOs of social media platforms, his 2016-defeated rival Hillary Clinton and his Democratic opponents in Congress, reflected his bitter humor in facing the prospect. of being banished from the White House after one term.

When he did not blame his “twisted” opponents, Trump again focused on his months-long attempts to portray Biden as “asleep” and “corrupt,” prompting the audience to yell, “Lock him up!”

Trump tried to regain the momentum of his surprise victory four years ago by portraying himself as a rebel against an “arrogant, corrupt and ruthless” establishment.

He told the audience: “You elected as president someone from outside the institution who finally put America first … Come out and vote, that’s all I ask.”

But Biden, who built his election campaign by portraying Trump as a failure and reckless during the emerging Corona pandemic, acted as if he felt close to victory, as polls give him a slight but steady advance across all undecided states that they decide who wins and even threaten Republican strongholds like Georgia and Texas.

“We are full of chaos. We are full of tweets, of anger, hatred, failure and irresponsibility,” Biden said during Monday’s meeting in Ohio. “It’s time for Donald Trump to pack his bags and go home.”

And his campaign team announced Monday that he will be in Pennsylvania on Election Day Tuesday to encourage voters to go to the polls.

Biden will also go to his hometown of Scranton and Philadelphia, while Kamala Harris, whom he chose to be his understudy should he win, will head to Michigan and his wife Jill to Florida, according to a statement.

Fears of violence and chaos

Tuesday is officially Election Day, but it actually marks the culmination of a long month of elections. With the massive expansion of voting by mail to prevent the Covid-19 pandemic, it is estimated that more than 95 million people have already voted, highlighting that the election turned into a referendum on the first Republican term that broke traditional norms.

In central Washington, businesses closed their facades in anticipation of unrest and NBC News reported that a new “non-scalable” fence had been planned around the White House surrounded by ever-increasing layers of fortifications since the summer anti-racist protests.

As the Trump administration warned of left-wing extremists causing chaos, the president’s supporters deployed a force and drove convoys of flag-decorated pickup trucks and blocked numerous highways across the country.

The FBI said it was investigating an incident in Texas where Trump supporters had their trucks cordoned off to Biden’s campaign bus while it was on a highway.

For his part, the Democratic mayor of Philadelphia, Jim Kenny, called for patience and calm on the eve of the elections. Jim Kenny assured voters that the election would be free and fair despite Trump’s claims of possible fraud in Pennsylvania, which he won with just 44,000 votes in 2016. His victory in the main state is crucial to his re-election.

Kenny promised a fair and accurate count of personal and postal ballots. “We waited for long lines in front of the polls … so on Election Day, be patient … and calm down,” he said.

Biden ends his campaign quietly by hosting rallies during which social distancing was observed in Ohio and Pennsylvania, the fiercest battlefield in history.

It was announced that pop star Lady Gaga would join the campaign for Biden, 77, while former President Barack Obama stepped up his political clout by mobilizing crowds behind Biden in Florida and Georgia, a targeted Republican state. of the Democrats.

Trump questions the integrity of the elections

Trump has been claiming for months that voting by mail will lead to massive fraud, but has stepped up his offensive in recent days by saying he will push to exclude votes that come in after Tuesday, a de facto legal practice in many major states, always that the ballots are It was sealed on time.

Combined with his attempts to obtain a court ruling to eliminate more than 100,000 votes in Texas and other hostile legal measures, Trump’s rejection of electoral rules raises concerns that he may attempt to declare victory early or refuse to admit defeat.

And the Axios news site reported Sunday that Trump had informed those close to him that he would declare victory immediately if he appeared to be making progress.

If Trump describes the polls as “bogus,” he has repeated his argument that “I don’t think it’s fair that we have to wait long after the election.”