By Luis De Jesus
In South Carolina, United States Vice President Kamala Harris urged voters this Saturday to come and cast their votes to show their support for President Joe Biden.
He portrayed Biden as a symbol of “unity” and “compassion,” in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s “division” and “cruelty,” as cited by the Efe news agency.
Harris delivered the campaign closing speech before the Democratic primary begins. And he emphasized the importance of this process in the state to gauge support for the Democratic president, particularly among the African-American community, even though he hopes there will be a victory.
Before students at the University of South Carolina, he highlighted the need for a solid result in the state for an electoral victory in the presidential elections in November, where Biden could face Trump, the probable Republican candidate.
“President Biden and I are guided by a fundamental belief: we work for the American people and we fight for you every day. Unfortunately, this is not the case for everyone, and I mean Donald Trump,” he stated.
Harris criticized Trump because she believes he has incited hatred, intolerance and racism over the years to gain power and political benefits.
“Whoever occupies the White House matters. In this election, each of us faces the same question: what kind of country do we want to live in? Do we want a country of freedom, autonomy and the rule of law, or one of disorder, fear and hatred? We must choose between cruelty or compassion, between chaos or experience, between division or unity,” said the vice president.
South Carolina will be the first state to begin the Democratic primary process, as emphasized by signs held by some people that read “first in the nation.”
This change, initiated by President Biden, ends the decades-long tradition of Iowa and New Hampshire leading the primaries since 1972.
The modification aims to reaffirm President Biden’s loyalty to South Carolina, a crucial state that revived his candidacy in 2020 after unfavorable results in Iowa and New Hampshire. In addition, it seeks to regain the support of African-American voters, decisive in a possible electoral confrontation against Donald Trump.
South Carolina will be fundamental to measure the support of the African-American community for Joe Biden, since it is estimated that 60% of the state’s Democrats are part of this minority. The Democrat’s campaign has worked to reach this group through numerous radio and television ads, as well as several visits by both Harris and Biden.
However, the president will not be in South Carolina in the hours before the vote and will instead be in Nevada, the next state in the primary process.
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