Biden has been an expected Democratic candidate since April, when Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders came out of the main election. His election victory in Guam on Saturday allowing him to surpass the 1,991 delegates needed to claim the nomination at the first vote of the party convention, which will be held in August. Biden currently has 1,992 delegates, according to CNN calculations.
“A little more than three months ago I stood on the stage in South Carolina and told the Americans that our campaign is a campaign for all those who have been torn down, counted, and abandoned. Those words take on an increasingly resonant day. this, at a time when so many Americans have been injured and have suffered so many losses, “Biden said in a statement. “So many feel destroyed by public health and the economic crisis that we are experiencing. So many feel they are being counted on and abandoned by people who have long regarded them as unequal, their lives are worthless.”
He added, “It is an honor to compete with one of the most talented candidate groups the Democratic Party has ever had – and I am proud to say that we will hold this election as a united party. I will spend every day between now and November 3 fighting to get the votes of Americans throughout this great country so that, together, we can win the battle for the soul of this nation, and ensure that when we rebuild our economy, everyone follows. “
The moment came after the coronavirus pandemic which delayed most of the primaries scheduled for April and May and stopped the direct campaign.
Seven states – Indiana, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Dakota – and Washington, DC, held a major presidential election last Tuesday, from where Biden took a large number of delegations. He is expected to get more next Tuesday, when Georgia and West Virginia hold a main contest.
CNN Poll of Polls in the election battle between President Donald Trump and Biden found 51% of nationally registered voters supported Biden while 41% supported Trump. That represented a change in Biden’s support since April, when the CNN Polling Poll found support for Biden averaging 48% while Trump averaged 43%.
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Biden’s seizure of the nomination came after more than a week of turmoil in the United States, with protests against racism and police brutality raging in the country after the death of a black man in police custody in Minnesota. Biden, on his first trip outside Delaware in a few months, gave a speech on Tuesday in Philadelphia condemning Trump and addressing protests that had taken place across the country.
“‘I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe.’ “George Floyd’s last words. But they didn’t die with him. They are still heard. They reverberate throughout the country,” Biden said.
“They spoke to a country where your skin color too often put your life at risk. They spoke to a country where more than 100,000 people lost their lives due to viruses and 40 million Americans had filed for unemployment – the number of deaths and lost jobs not “this proportion is concentrated in black communities and minorities,” Biden said. “And they are speaking to a country where every day millions of people – not at the time of their lives – but in living their lives – say to themselves, ‘I can’t breathe.’
