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Added on the 13/04/2022 13:35:30 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Voters cast their ballots in the first round of the presidential election in the polling station set up in Lille City Hall in the middle of the afternoon. IMAGES
Voters crowd into a polling station in Lyon's 2nd arrondissement at midday during the first round of the French presidential election. IMAGES
National Rally presidential candidate Marine Le Pen takes selfies with activists as she arrives outside the polling station where she is voting in Hénin-Beaumont, Pas-de-Calais. IMAGES
Democrats saw a sight for sore eyes on Wednesday when former President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail in Philadelphia. They see the former president as a key factor in encouraging Black men, Latinos, and younger voters to turn out and vote. CNN reports Obama delivered a blistering account of President Donald Trump's first four years in office. He argued that Trump has proved to be 'incapable of taking the job seriously' and has shown no interest in 'helping anybody but himself and his friends.' Obama suggested Trump uses the presidency to boost his own profile, then noted, 'Even then, his TV ratings are down. So you know that upsets him.' Obama's remarks will undoubtedly anger Trump, who has continued to attack his predecessor even after almost four years removed from his last day in office.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton alongside her running mate Tim Kaine rallied over a thousand supporters in the small town of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Friday. Both Clinton and Kaine slammed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, as they adressed the crowd of supporters.
US President Joe Biden mixes up the current President of France Emmanuel Macron with former French leader Francois Mitterrand who died in 1996. Speaking at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, Biden recalled a discussion with other heads of state at the G7 summit held in Cornwall in June 2021, a few months after his inauguration: "I said, 'America is back'". 81 years old Biden then remembers how it elicited a reply from "Mitterrand from Germany" before correcting himself : " I mean, from France". Francois Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995, serving a record two seven-years terms. SOUNDBITE