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This tension, this agony: for Joe Biden (77), Friday became the longest day of his life. The Democratic challenger to Trump had once again pushed his voice and voice forward in the last moment of the count in the disputed undecided states and surpassed Donald Trump (74).
What happened yesterday in the still open Swing States was hard to beat in terms of tension. Because democratic city votes and mail-in votes are only counted last, Biden slowly but steadily caught up. He surpassed Trump in Georgia, which has been a Republican majority for 50 years, and he surpassed Trump in Pennsylvania, who voted for Trump four years ago. In Nevada, he widened the lead.
On Friday night, Biden was still at 253 voters, Trump at 214.
Georgia retells
There was a huge disappointment when Georgia announced that night that it would recount the votes due to Biden’s slim lead of only about 1,500 (out of a total of about 5 million) votes. That could take until the end of November!
Joe Biden had previously tweeted: “Please keep calm. The process is running. The count will soon be over. “
Trump announced a spate of lawsuits on suspicion of voter fraud. Donald Jr. (42) asked his father on Twitter to start a “total war” around the elections. It must “reveal all fraud and cheating.” His brother Eric (36) also criticized on Twitter: “Where are the Republicans?” He called on the leaders: “Show more guts, fight this fraud!”
Criticism from Republicans grows
But criticism from Trump’s own ranks is growing. Senator Mitt Romney, 73, said the president was wrong “in stating that the election was bogus, flawed and stolen. That hurts the cause of freedom here and around the world. Trump is weakening the institutions that formed the basis of the republic and fueling dangerous anger.
Republican Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, 64, was also angry: “There is no justification for the president’s statements that undermine our democratic process. No choice or person is more important than our democracy. “
Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger (42) said, “Stop spreading exposed misinformation, this is slowly freaking out.” And Congressman William Cogswell (45) in the South Carolina House of Representatives tweeted that he was embarrassed, even as a Republican who had just won a constituency previously held by Democrats.
Will Trump step up again in 2024?
In the event of a defeat, many now fear that Trump will not rest and run again in four years. Mick Mulvaney (53), Trump’s former chief of staff, says: “I absolutely hope the president remains involved in politics and would absolutely put him on a short list of people who are likely to run in 2024.”
In fact, the Constitution of the United States allows a president to have a maximum of two terms. If Trump loses re-election, he is likely to run again for a term in 2024.
Since then, several Republicans have announced that they will leave the party due to Trump’s undemocratic behavior. In the US this is called: “Trumptanic” sinking rescue jump.
