Fourth of July 2021: Joe Biden, US Presidential Candidate, Says Wearing Mask ‘Most Patriotic Thing to Do’

Washington, July 4: Joe Biden, the Democratic Get together’s candidate for upcoming US presidential elections 2021, took a swipe in opposition to his rival and incumbent head of state – Donald Trump – over the use of face masks. In a one-liner on social media, Biden mentioned carrying a face masks is most patriotic act on Fourth of July 2021.

“This Fourth of July, one of probably the most patriotic issues you are able to do is put on a masks,” Biden mentioned. His comment got here hours after Trump, whereas addressing a rally in Mt Rushmore in South Dakota to kickoff Independence Day celebrations, was seen with no face masks regardless of the raging transmission of COVID-19.

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The Fourth of July commemoration is one of the largest annual nationwide occasion within the US. The day, this yr, marks 244 years for the reason that American colonies have been formally free of the British colonial rule.

Biden, in accordance to current surveys, enjoys almost a 10 percentage-point lead in opposition to Trump forward of the November elections. The previous Vice President, thought-about the closest aide of Barack Obama, obtained the backing of Afro-American voters which powered his victory in opposition to Bernie Sanders within the Democratic Primaries.

The alleged mishandling of coronavirus pandemic by the Trump administration – with instances rising exponentially on each day foundation – and the financial fallout of the virus outbreak has additional bolstered his probabilities of beating Trump within the race to the White Home later this yr.