The former Republican president was to speak from his luxurious Florida residence. But, in a statement, he protests again against the "fraud" which would have tainted the presidential election which Joe Biden won.
The remote clash with Joe Biden will not take place: former President Donald Trump did an about-face, and gives up giving a press conference Thursday, January 6, exactly one year after his supporters stormed the Capitol .
In a statement released Tuesday, Jan.4, the Republican said he would speak Jan.15 at a rally in Arizona. He again protests against the "fraud" which he claims has, and without providing any proof, marred the last presidential election won by Joe Biden. “The crime of the century! », Writes Donald Trump, whom his Democratic opponent has beaten by seven million votes.
The ex-businessman does not provide a clear explanation for the cancellation of the press conference he was planning from his luxurious residence in Southeast Florida. He says he is giving up "in light" of the "biased and dishonest" parliamentary commission investigating his role and that of those close to him in this attack that has traumatized America. The Republican also charges the media with "Fake News", one of those favorite targets.
The announcement of the event, which would have coincided with a moment of meditation by the US Congress in Washington, had been received as yet another provocation by critics of the former president. But the prospect of this speech also seemed to embarrass the Republican camp, on which Donald Trump nevertheless has an immense influence. The majority of supporters of the conservative party indeed subscribe to the thesis of the "theft" of the last presidential election that it peddles.
Biden will speak from the Capitol compound
Donald Trump's about-face leaves the way open to Joe Biden, who will speak Thursday from the precincts of the Capitol, where thousands of supporters of his Republican opponent tried to prevent Congress from certifying his election .
"He will talk about the work that remains to be done to ensure and strengthen our democracy and our institutions, to reject the hatred and lies that we saw on January 6, to unite the country," his spokesperson said on Tuesday. , Jen Psaki.
Since his election, Joe Biden seems reluctant to attack the "other guy" or the "guy from before" - the formulations used by the president and by the White House especially not to name the one that, can - to be, it will be necessary to face again during the presidential election of 2024. Officially, Joe Biden intends to represent himself, and the Republican, him, suggests that he is thinking about it.
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