Trump returns to campaign trail as vice-president deadline looms, amid calls for Biden to withdraw
Instead, it’s Biden who continues to face an onslaught of negative coverage stemming from stumbles during the presidential debate.
In an interview Monday with Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity, Trump said he thought Biden “might very well stay in” the race. “Nobody to wants to give that up that way,” Trump added. “He is going to feel badly about himself for a long time. It’s hard to give it up that way, the way where they’re trying to force him out.”
In the Miami suburb of Doral, Trump will underscore his strong support in a former battleground state that has now shifted toward the Republican Party. US Senator Marco Rubio, a Miami native and one of the contenders for the vice presidential post, will be attending the rally along with other Florida politicians.
Kevin Cabrera, a Miami-Dade County commissioner who was Florida state director for Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign and is set to speak at the rally, said to expect an “overwhelming show of unity.”
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“The rally will display our unified front, showcasing a stark contrast to the Democrats, who are lost and fighting with each other over Biden’s health and ability to continue,” Cabrera said.
The presumptive Republican Party nominee will also touch on Biden’s handling of immigration and the economy, highlighting the rise in home prices and goods. Trump will also talk about how Florida is affected by the increasing arrivals of immigrants as the final destination for many people illegally crossing the US-Mexico border.
The leadership crisis among Democrats has perhaps given Trump a reason to wait for his VP announcement to not draw attention away from Biden’s woes. Senior advisers and key allies say they still don’t know whom Trump will choose as his running mate, and many believe the choice is still in flux.
Speaking on MSNBC Monday, Biden criticised Trump for not having held events since the debate and suggested he had been “riding around in his golf cart.”
Additional reporting by Bloomberg