Remote crash between Trump and Biden for the Coronavirus

The two rivals spoke at two different meetings with questions asked by voters, who were held and broadcast simultaneously on separate television networks, after a debate originally planned for Thursday was cancelled after Trump contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the choreographervirus.

Remote debate was a grim reminder of how the campaign season has been transformed by a pandemic that has prompted more than 18 million people to cast ballots more than two weeks before Election Day on November 3rd.

Former Vice President Biden, speaking to voters in Philadelphia on ABC television, blamed the republican president for keeping him quiet about how deadly the virus was that has infected nearly 8 million people in the United States.

He said he didn't tell anyone because he feared Americans would panic,” said Beden. America's “are not involved in panic. He panicked. ”

Activity at the White House Rose Garden

President Trump defended both his reaction to pandemic and his personal conduct, including the scene of an activity at the White House Rose Garden, where only a few people wore masks or practiced physical distance, resulting in the infection of many.

I'm president. I have to meet people. I can't stay in the basement. Trump told NBC television in front of an open audience of voters in Miami, indirectly criticising Biden, who for several months did not campaign because of the pandemic.

President Trump did not answer questions about when it was the last time he had resulted negative before taking the virus, saying he did not remember it accurately.

Trump, who aggressively interrupted Beden during a chaotic debate two weeks ago, maintained the same belligerent tone, often crashing with Savannah Guthrie modera.

He said he had “learned various variants” about the efficiency of masks, even though public health experts from his administration have said holding them is essential to preventing the spread of the virus.

The president refused to denounce the Qano, the false theory of conspiracy under which the Democrats are part of a global pedophilia network, first praising those who believe that they oppose pedophilia before saying he knew nothing about the movement.

Trump also avoided questions about a New York Times investigation of two decades of his taxes, which he has refused to issue publicly, despite decades of succession, other presidents have done so.

He appeared to confirm the newspaper's report that he has about $400m in debt, arguing that this amount was nothing “ ” compared to his wealth. He also did not deny the newspaper article that he had paid only $750 federal income taxes during his first year at the White House, although he said at one point that the newspaper figures were the wrong “”.

An Early Round of Vote

The second presidential debate was originally scheduled for Thursday evening, but Trump withdrew after organisers decided to change the format to a virtual debate after his diagnosis with COVID-19 two weeks ago. A final debate continues to be scheduled for October 22nd in Nashville, Tennessee.

President Trump, who spent three days in a military hospital but has since returned to the campaign, has been trying to change the dynamics of the race. Reuters / Reuters Polls Ipsos shows that former Vice President Beden has a considerable national advantage, though his priority in the crucial states is less pronounced.

In North Carolina, a very competitive state, there were long lines Thursday as early voting began for more than two weeks after a record turnout in Georgia and Texas during the week.

Some 18.3 million Americans have voted either personally or in the post office so far, accounting for 12.9% of all votes counted in the 2016 general elections, according to the United States Election Project at Florida University.

Voters are trying to avoid ranks on Election Day to guard against coronary safety, while infections and hospitalizations continue to increase, but also to ensure that their ballots will be counted. Many are concerned that President Trump will challenge the votes widely used by mail, following his repeated claims without evidence that they will be manipulated.

The Battle for the Supreme Court

The two candidates were careful in response to the hearings in the Senate for confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, president Trump's candidate for the Supreme Court. Republicans want Mrs. Barrett confirmed before the elections, while refusing to do so for former Democrat President Barack Obama's former candidate in 2016, saying it would be inappropriate in an election year.

Beden said he was not <x0thofoz” of the idea of blowing courts, the idea promoted by certain Democrats to add to the court to counter what they consider a stolen place in court. But he refused to rule out such an option as moderator George Stephanopoulos insisted, saying: “Depends on how events will turn out. ”

Trump refused to say whether he would like the right to abortion abolished, something many legal scholars believe is more likely to happen to the conservative Barrett in court.

“I think it will make a brilliant decision,” he said. I didn't tell him what decision to make”.

$1.5 billion

In an indication of the Democrats' determination to defeat President Trump, a massive flow of funds has been poured into the democratic party's ark.

The Democrat Funding Organisation ActBlue said on Thursday it has collected $1.5 billion online from July to September, the largest sum it has ever collected in a quarter. While the main Republican platform for collecting WinRed funds said on Monday it had collected $623.5m in the same period.

Biden's campaign collected $383m in September, setting a new record for an American campaign for the second consecutive month. Trump's campaign has not published its monthly figures.

Both candidates are visiting the crucial states this week. Trump has held gatherings in Florida, Pennsylvania and Aiva, while Biden is traveling to Ohio and Florida. /voa/