Barack Obama will warn on Wednesday night that “democracy itself is on the line” in the approaching presidential election contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Obama’s former vice-president. The Trump presidential campaign on Wednesday sued the state of New Jersey over a plan by the Democratic governor to mail a ballot to every household. In some selected excerpts released ahead of the speech, Obama was set to say: “Donald Trump hasn’t grown into the job because he can’t. After running against Obama in the 2008 presidential primary, Biden agreed to join the ticket as vice-president on the condition that he would have Obama’s ear. After Biden was formally nominated at the convention on Wednesday night, Obama marked the news with a personal tweet.

Source: The Guardian August 19, 2020 16:36 UTC