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US President Trump posted a doctored image of rival Joe Biden in a wheelchair and suggested that the 77-year-old candidate should live in a nursing home, rather than the White House.
The altered image appears on Trump’s Twitter feed over Biden’s campaign logo, which reads “Biden for President.” In Trump’s version, the letter P is crossed out, leaving the ad to say “Biden for residents.”
Trump, 74, has repeatedly questioned Biden’s mental acuity throughout his campaign. Biden, dismissing the insults, has called Trump a “clown” and a “fool.”
The post was well received by Trump supporters on Twitter, who praised the president for his politically incorrect sense of humor. Critics suggested that some older people, who make up a significant voting bloc, might laugh one last time.
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“OMG President Trump, I love your sense of humor,” tweeted Dawn Miller, who frequently encourages the president on Twitter.
A New York City Twitter user calling himself Murray saw things differently.
“This is one of the most disgusting things Trump has ever tweeted,” Murray wrote. Who are the other people in this Photoshopped image? How dare Trump insult people who reside in nursing homes and care facilities? It’s no wonder the older ones are abandoning him en masse – that’s how he sees them! “
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US President Donald Trump dances and delivers his greatest hits during a campaign rally at Orlando Sanford International Airport in Florida.
Both septuagenarian candidates are courting high-level voters in the final weeks of the election, particularly in the changing states of Arizona and Florida, which have large retirement communities.
Hours before Trump posted his tweet, Biden was campaigning in the Sunshine State, where NBC News said he told a group of seniors that the president views them as “expendable” and “forgettable.”
According to Biden, that’s evident when the president downplayed the Covid-19 pandemic, which is especially deadly for older people.
“Who were you talking about when you said it hardly affects anyone?” Biden asked. “I was talking about older people in America. I was talking about you.”
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Former Vice President of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at the Southwest Focal Point Community Center in Florida.
He also said the closure was costing seniors precious months away from their children and grandchildren.
Last week, the president called the elders his “favorite people in the world” during a videotaped speech from the South Lawn, where he promised his administration would take care of the elders.
“You are not vulnerable, but they like to say the vulnerable,” Trump said. “But you are the least vulnerable, but for one thing, you are vulnerable. I also.”
The president said he wanted older people infected by Covid-19 to receive treatment comparable to what he recently received at Walter Reed Hospital and that they would receive the same medicine as him “Free, no charge!” once those drugs are available to the public.
With the election three weeks away, polls show that Biden leads Trump overall, but particularly among older people.
An NBC / Wall Street Journal poll published Oct. 4 indicates that Biden has a 62% to 35% advantage over Trump with voters 65 and older and a 14-point advantage overall.
A CNN poll released Oct. 6 found the race for the majority vote to be slightly closer, with Biden attracting 60% of that demographic, while Trump was preferred by 39% of those in his years. golden.
– New York Daily News
