From failed Trump assassinations to Biden’s departure – Firstpost

The 2024 presidential election has been the most critical and challenging election in US history.

As the world’s largest economy and military power, the results of these elections could have a greater impact on other countries, especially against the backdrop of two seismic global conflicts.

The lead up to Election Day on November 5 has been quite dramatic, with incumbent Joe Biden dropping out of the race, Kamala Harris entering the picture, and multiple assassination attempts on Trump.

We revisit key moments during the US election.

a convicted criminal

New York jury finds Donald Trump guilty All 34 indictments in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election by paying hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniel, who revealed graphic details about their alleged sexual encounters.

This conviction made Trump the first former American president to be convicted of felonies on May 30.

Trump faces charges that carry a maximum sentence of four years in prison. He pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing on his part. He said it was also an attempt to stop him.

“This was a disgrace,” he shouted outside the court that day. “This was a fraudulent trial by a corrupt, conflicted judge.”

Biden-Trump debate

President Joe Biden faced off against Republican candidate Donald Trump.
presidential debate opens June 27 in Atlanta.

It was painful viewing for many viewers.

While Trump lobbed personal barbs and based his responses on lies that moderators failed to question, Biden sometimes seemed unable to finish a train of thought due to his shaky, scratchy voice and awkward pauses.

Democrats were alarmed by Biden’s dismal performance and began to wonder whether he was still a viable candidate for the White House.

partial immunity

On July 1, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump would at least
partially immune He was not subject to criminal prosecution for anything he did “in his official capacity” as president.

The decision, which comes as a major victory for Trump, eliminates the possibility of a criminal case being filed on the grounds that Trump tried to disrupt the 2020 elections before the new elections in November 2024.

Failed assassination attempts

On July 13, a gunman opened fire at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
assassination attempt against the former US president.

While Trump’s right ear was grazed, one participant died and two people were seriously injured.

Thomas Matthew Crooks reportedly fired eight bullets from an AR-15 style rifle from the roof of a nearby building. While the 20-year-old gunman was killed by the Secret Service, the reason for the attack remains unclear.

Trump, who wore ear bandages, used the attacks as a rallying cry to seek re-election at the Republican National Convention shortly after the assassination attempt.

There is rumored to be a second assassin
targeted Trump Just nine weeks later, on September 15, at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Ryan Wesley RouthThe 58-year-old man was captured by Secret Service agents while hiding in the bushes with a gun in his hand.

Billionaire’s support

Elon MuskHe officially declared his support for Trump, the richest man on the planet; After purchasing Twitter and renaming the platform “X”, many people were suspicious of the move.

He has also been a big supporter of the Trump campaign, giving away $1 million every day to Pennsylvanians who registered to vote. This action led a judge to order him to stand trial for running an “illegal lottery.”

Biden’s departure

After weeks of mounting pressure from Democrats and donors,
Biden He announced his decision that he would no longer run for re-election.

“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden wrote in the letter he posted to social media. “I believe it is in the best interest of my party and my country for me to step back and focus solely on fulfilling my presidential duties for the remainder of my term.”

While he stepped aside, he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement.

‘A new way forward’

Harris She launched her presidential campaign on July 21 and secured the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in early August, becoming the first Black woman to lead a major party’s nominee.

He declared that the election was an opportunity to “chart a new path forward” for the country and encouraged voters to write “the next great chapter of the most extraordinary story ever told.”

With the development, the effect was seen immediately.

He has raised more than $1 billion in less than three months and drawn enthusiastic crowds to energetic rallies focused on reproductive rights, economic aid to the middle class and the preservation of U.S. democracy.

RFK Jr. left

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.The lifelong Democrat has declared his support for Trump, who has become an independent and the leading third-party presidential candidate.

Kennedy had faced a series of scandals, including accusations that he assaulted a former babysitter.

running friends

In July, Trump appointed Ohio Senator
J.D. Vance He would participate in the race as a running mate. It was a dramatic change for the author of the popular memoir Hillbilly Elegy, who once described herself as a “never Trumper.”

Shortly thereafter, Vance made headlines with his controversial description of prominent Democrats: ”
A group of childless cat women.”

Meanwhile, Harris announced Minnesota Governor
Tim Walz As the Vice Presidential pick, he soon attracted national attention for his effective defeat of the Republicans.

“These guys are so weird,” he said.

single discussion

Harris and Trump faced off in the first and only presidential debate on September 11.

The headlines of the debate focused on the former president’s words:
Haitian immigrants Rather than Harris winning: “They’re eating dogs in Springfield,” Trump claimed. “They eat cats. “They eat the pets of the people who live there.”

Those words were echoed by his running mate, who repeated that the campaign promised to carry out the largest mass deportation in history.

final pitches

The most hectic days are always the days before Election Day. This year was no different.

While the candidates were insulting each other and billions of people were glued to poll predictions, there was no clear lead for either Trump or Harris.

Harris attracted a crowd of more than 75,000 people in Washington, D.C., where she referred to Trump as “another petty tyrant” while Trump slandered immigrants and arrived at a rally in a garbage truck as a demonstration to attack Democrats.

With input from agencies

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