US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump gave their last campaign speeches on the night before Tuesday Finnish time.
11:17•Updated 11:18
Thousands of elections will be voted in the United States today, Tuesday, of which the greatest attention will be paid to the congressional elections.
President of the United States Joe Biden and his predecessors Donald Trump gave their last campaign speeches on Monday to gather support for their parties’ candidates.
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Biden warned that a Republican victory would weaken the country’s democratic institutions and destroy much of the achievements of his presidency.
– Democracy is under threat. This is your moment to defend and protect it, Biden told supporters in Maryland, where he was trying to get votes for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination For Wes Moore and to the senator To Chris Van Hollen.
Biden’s comments reflected the inflamed political atmosphere in the United States. Democrats fear the latest predictions that Republicans could gain a majority in the lower house or both houses of Congress. In the Upper House, i.e. the Senate, the race is very even.
Trump announced that he would make a “big announcement”
Ex-president Trump has tried to use the midterm elections to strengthen his position as the party’s possible presidential candidate. Trump has not announced his candidacy yet, but on the eve of the election, he announced that he would make a “big announcement” in a week.
Trump spoke in Ohio to endorse the Republican senatorial candidate JD Vance.
The former president stayed true to his style as he told his supporters how freedom-loving Americans need to understand that the “tyranny of the left” must be opposed now.
– If you want to save your rights and freedoms, the radical left must be humiliated in the elections, Trump said.
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Sources: Reuters, STT, AFP