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Melania Trump attacks ‘career politician’ Joe Biden and warns he’ll push a ‘leftist agenda’
MELANIA Trump slammed Joe Biden as a "career politician" who wants to push a "leftist agenda" during a campaign speech in North Carolina on Monday.
Before a string of four speeches over the past week, had not appeared at one of her husband's campaign events in well over a year.
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During her fourth and final solo speech for the campaign, Trump mimicked 's mocking tone when discussing the Democratic agenda -- and 's long history in politics.
"When you vote tomorrow, you are choosing between a Washington outsider who will continue to do all he can to improve our country, a president with [an] America First agenda and proven results," she said. "Or, you can choose Joe Biden -- a career politician of over four decades, with no results."
She then went on to claim that President Trump sees the future of America as "bright," while Biden sees only darkness.
The first lady also accused Biden of wanting to ";pack the Supreme Court to protect a radical leftist agenda," while claiming her husband "upholds and defends" the US justice system.
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Trump also took shots at "intolerance and even violence" her husband's supporters face in the US, and slammed Democrats and the media for making the coronavirus pandemic a "politically charged, polarizing" topic.
"The Democrats, together with the media, have attempted to make Covid-19 the most politically charged, polarizing and divisive topic of the last decade," she said.
"Instead of working with our administration to unify and protect our nation, they only sought to attack us."
Her comments come a month after with Trump himself spending several days in the hospital before being given the OK by his doctors to return to the campaign trail.
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The numbers of cases have also been surging across the US in recent weeks, and members of the White House's own task force have warned the country is in bad shape for containing the virus as winter approaches.
The first lady's Monday speech was similar to three she gave over the previous week, including one in Wisconsin on Saturday where she accused Biden of hiding "in a basement."
Trump was apparently taking a jab at the fact that Biden was holding fewer campaign rallies than Trump amid the pandemic.
“Joe Biden says he could do a better job leading our great nation,” the first lady said. “Apparently when you hide in a basement, you feel safe communicating your wishful thinking.”
Biden clapped back by sharing a in Georgia, along with the caption, "Who let all these people into my basement?"
The "hiding in the basement" jab at Biden has been a Trump campaign staple over the past few months.
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The president has made the accusation numerous times himself, including during the first presidential debate in September.
Earlier this year, Biden didn’t campaign in person as much as Trump did because of the pandemic.
He largely did media interviews and hosted virtual events from his home in .
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