Joe Biden rejects the veiled insults of his Democratic rivals

NEWTON, Iowa – Joe Biden rejects the veiled insults of his Democratic rivals that his nomination would weaken the party and project a lack of confidence in the approach of the 2020 fight with President Trump.

Cory Booker and Pete Buttigieg urged a group of union activists, mostly Democrats, to prioritize the aspiration to pragmatism in their candidate, warning that a conventional candidate would suffer another defeat against Trump. Neither of them mentioned Biden's name, but their remarks were undeniable shots at the former vice president. He is in the lead in most polling stations nationally and in the major primitive states, convinced of the belief of Democratic voters that he is best placed to overthrow Trump.

Biden dismissed the criticism, echoing at one time or another by several others in the deep field of Democratic presidential candidates.

"I do not think anyone is a safe bet," Biden told the press after spending a few hours with voters in Newton, a modest community of about 15,000 people about 35 miles away. is from Des Moines. "Look, it's a marathon. it's a very long way to go. I think [Democratic voters] should choose someone they think they can win; change the nature of the leadership of the country and decide who is ready on the first day to be president. "

Biden achieves the best against Trump in hypothetical confrontations, holding a substantial lead over the president in recent opinion polls. The former 76-year-old vice-president, who chairs two terms, is partially applying for eligibility, relaying the message in his first television commercial, currently broadcast in Iowa. Opponents of Biden, looking for traction, retreat, saying his traditional approach to politicization would reduce the participation of Democrats in 2020.

Booker, subtly, described Biden as a disappointing candidate who did not want to deliver. "We do not need a leader able to defeat Donald Trump, it's the ground.We need a leader able to excite, activate and unite that nation, "said the 50-year-old senator from New Jersey." We need a candidate who is not a good bet, we need a candidate who can speak not only to the head, but also to the heart and bowel. "

Buttigieg, 37, mayor of South Bend, in Indiana, appeared to compare Biden to Hillary Clinton, defeated by Trump in 2016. "I think the biggest risk we can take is to try to play carefully, "he said. "Because the Democrats seemed to promise a little bit the same thing, back to normal, to keep the system, we were rejected."

Biden, who was performing a two-day bend in central Iowa, refused to directly engage his Democratic opponents, preferring to direct his shot towards Trump.

He blamed the president for arguing that American Jews who vote for Democrats are disloyal to Israel. Trump recently lamented that Jewish voters are overwhelmingly Democratic, despite his administration's close relations with Israel.

"It shows that he knows nothing about the history of the Jewish community in the United States or anywhere else," Biden said. The fact is that talking about loyalty and being disloyal and whether or not – go. That's not what the American Jewish community is. The American Jewish community is very well informed and involved, and comes from a set of core values. "

Biden also said Trump's attempt to influence the Federal Reserve was destabilizing and threatened to undermine the US's influence on the global economy. Trump treated the Fed, charged with overseeing monetary policy, as a punch, accusing a possible recession of being the agency's refusal to further lower interest rates.

"He tried to break down all the rational barriers put in place to prevent the abuse of power and the manipulation of the system. And now he is attacking the Fed, "said Biden. "Even presidents who were not so great refrained from doing so. And look at how the rest of the world sees us as an economic leader and decides whether the president will manipulate the Fed or not. "