With less than a week until the US midterms, President Joe Biden has warned voters that “democracy is on the ballot”.
Biden was speaking at a fundraising event for Charlie Crist, the Florida Democratic candidate for governor, who is running against Ron DeSantis, the state’s incumbent Republican governor.
“You’ve got 350-so-election deniers on the ballot, on the Republican ticket … democracy is on the ballot this year,” Biden said.
He was referring to Republican candidates who back Donald Trump’s false assertion that he won the 2020 presidential election.
Biden also took aim at DeSantis.
“Charlie is running against Donald Trump incarnate,” he said.
DeSantis is widely believed to be considering a presidential run in 2024, along with former President Trump.
Crist said DeSantis “is tearing us apart”.
He accused his opponent of “attacking anyone who doesn’t look like him, doesn’t act like him, doesn’t think like him and they are women, people of colour, LGTBQ community, teachers, doctors, scientists.
“He punishes businesses like Disney World because they disagree with him on a bill. It’s unconscionable.”
“Governor DeSantis only cares about the White House. He doesn’t give a damn about your house,” he added.
Source: BBC.com