The outgoing American president received a standing ovation on the first day of the Democratic convention and passed the torch to his vice-president, who is about to be nominated as candidate.
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“The sequence is beautiful”believes Marie-Cécile Naves, research director at the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (Iris), specialist in the United States, on franceinfo Tuesday August 20, after the speech of the American president, Joe Biden, at the Democratic convention in Chicago.
There is a “theatricalization” from this passing of the baton, a “staging” with “a very beautiful scenography”between the outgoing president and the Democratic candidate who “galvanized” the party, says Marie-Cécile Naves. The 81-year-old president received a long standing ovation from the party’s supporters. Joe Biden, “gives the image that he sacrificed himself for the country and the party”the specialist maintains. The one who was still the candidate of the Democratic camp a month ago, has since withdrawn from the presidential race, in favor of his vice-president. He is thus putting into practice “the promise he made” coming to power in 2021, “that he would be the president of the transition to Kamala’s America”analyzes the specialist.
The Democratic Party is like this “galvanized”says the researcher who observes a ““State of Grace for Kamala Harris” at the house of “executives, elected officials, activists and relays on the ground” of the party. For this state of grace to continue after the convention, the candidate will have to wear a “clear programmatic message”especially on “The Economy, Inflation, and the Cost of Living for the American Middle Class”. Kamala Harris is also “highly anticipated” on “security and illegal immigration”notes Marie-Cécile Naves.
