2024-03-13 13:30:36
It’s ‘America Now’ time, bringing you vivid American news.
Host) What news is there today?
Reporter) President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump secured the delegates needed to nominate each party’s presidential candidate in the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively. With this, the two presidential candidates for each party were confirmed. Special Prosecutor Robert Huh, who investigated the alleged leak of President Joe Biden’s classified documents, appeared at a congressional hearing and emphasized that there was no political influence on his investigation.
Host) America Now, this is the first news. Let’s start with news related to the presidential election in November.
Reporter) The presidential primaries between the Democratic and Republican parties have been underway since January. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump secured a majority of the total number of delegates for each party on the 12th. As a result, the two were confirmed as the final candidates for the Democratic and Republican presidential elections, respectively.
Host) First, let’s look at the situation on President Biden’s side.
Reporter) Yes, the total number of delegates allocated to the Democratic Party is 3,934. To confirm a candidate, a majority of 1,968 people must be secured. As a result of the primary elections held in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington state on the 12th, President Biden succeeded in securing a majority. As of the 12th, the number of delegates secured by President Biden is 2,101.
Host) So you have confirmed your candidacy regardless of the results of the remaining primaries?
Reporter) That’s right. As of the 12th, primary elections were held in regarding half of the regions across the United States, and primary elections are scheduled to be held in the remaining states in the future. Whatever the outcome, the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate is President Biden.
Host) President Biden issued a statement following being confirmed as the Democratic presidential candidate, right?
Reporter) Yes, President Biden immediately launched an offensive once morest former President Trump, who he will face in the presidential election, in his statement confirming his candidacy. In a statement, President Biden claimed that former President Trump was “waging a campaign of anger, vengeance and revenge that threatens the very idea of America,” and added, “Voters now have a choice that will shape the future of this country.” “Will we stand up and defend our democracy, or will we allow others to undermine it? “Will we restore the right to choose and protect our freedoms, or will we let extremists take them away?” President Biden said.
Host) This time, shall we learn regarding former President Trump?
Reporter) The total number of delegates allocated to the Republican Party is 2,429, and in order to confirm a candidate, a majority of 1,215 delegates must be secured. On the 12th, primaries were held in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington, and caucuses were held in Hawaii. As a result, former President Trump secured 1,247 delegates as of the 12th. Like President Biden, he has confirmed his position as the final Republican presidential candidate regardless of the results of the remaining primaries.
Host) What position did former President Trump convey following being confirmed as the Republican presidential candidate?
Reporter) Yes, former President Trump posted a video on social media and said, “It’s a great day of victory.” “We have to go back and get to work because we now have the worst president in American history,” he said. “After the presidential election in eight months, we will celebrate victory once more.” Former President Trump also mentioned some of the policy directions he would implement if re-elected, saying, “We will expand oil drilling and close our borders.”
Host) Both of them have now mathematically confirmed their positions as candidates. So when is the official selection of candidates?
Reporter) The Republican Party will hold national conventions in Milwaukee and Chicago in July and the Democratic Party in August, respectively, to officially confirm their presidential candidates.
Host) Has there ever been another case of a rematch between candidates in the presidential election?
Reporter) Yes, there was. The most recent was in 1956. The Republican Party faced then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the Democratic Party faced Candidate Adlai Stevenson. The two first faced each other in the presidential election four years ago. The results of both presidential elections ended in former President Eisenhower’s victory.
Host) Now the two must run a long presidential election race of 8 months. What are the challenges for each candidate at this point?
Reporter) One thing that always comes up in President Biden’s presidential race is concerns regarding old age. President Biden is currently 81 years old, and he already holds the record as the oldest active president. If he is re-elected, he will be 86 years old when he completes his term. Concerns are constantly being raised regarding whether the elderly President Biden can properly handle the enormous workload and stress of the presidency.
Host) Another challenge that emerged in this primary was also identified, right?
Reporter) That’s right. This is the backlash from Muslim voters. Since the war between Israel and Hamas began in October last year, the Biden administration has been emphasizing a policy of full support for Israel. Muslim voters protested once morest this. The ‘no candidate supported’ sign campaign in this Democratic primary is a representative example of this backlash. In the previous primary elections held in Minnesota and Michigan, the number of votes saying ‘no candidate supported’ reached 19% and 13%, respectively. If this movement continues, there are concerns that Muslim voters, who have been representative supporters of the Democratic Party, will lose their votes and President Biden will face difficult competition in battleground states during the presidential election.
Host) Let’s also look at former President Trump.
Reporter) If I were to choose a challenge facing former President Trump, the obvious one would be ‘judicial risk.’ Former President Trump, who was criminally indicted a total of four times last year for the first time in the history of a former or current president, is facing trial this year. The first trial to be held is a case indicted on charges of paying money to silence a sexual scandal. This trial is scheduled to be held at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on the 25th, but former President Trump has requested the court to postpone the trial schedule. In addition to his criminal trial, former President Trump is also facing a civil trial on charges of sexual harassment, defamation, and inflating his assets.
Host) Let’s look at the results of the most recent survey on the confrontation between President Biden and former President Trump.
Reporter) The results of a public opinion poll conducted by ‘ABC’ News were announced on the 10th. In a public opinion poll, when asked who they trusted more as the next president to lead the United States between President Biden and former President Trump, 36% of respondents chose former President Trump, and 33% of respondents chose President Biden. The response rate of not trusting either person was around 30%.
Host) America Now, the next news. The former special prosecutor in charge of the alleged leak of President Joe Biden’s classified documents appeared at a congressional hearing?
Reporter) Yes, former special prosecutor Robert Heo testified at the U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing on the 12th. Former Special Prosecutor Heo answered questions from lawmakers regarding the report recently issued by his special prosecutor.
Host) What cases did former special prosecutor Heo investigate?
Reporter) In November 2022, media reports emerged that confidential documents were discovered while President Biden’s personal lawyers were packing to vacate their personal offices at the ‘Penn-Biden Center for Diplomacy and International Engagement’ in Washington, DC. Suspicion has emerged that President Eden’s confidential documents were leaked. Accordingly, the Ministry of Justice appointed former special prosecutor Heo as the person in charge of investigating the case. Former Special Prosecutor Heo concluded in his investigation report last month that he would not file criminal charges once morest President Biden.
Host) In that report, what received more attention than the alleged leak of confidential documents was the part regarding President Biden’s cognitive ability contained in the report, right?
Reporter) That’s right. The special counsel’s report noted that President Biden had “significantly limited memory” when he was being investigated. For example, President Biden might not remember when he served as vice president, and he might not remember what year his eldest son, Beau Biden, died. When the contents of the report were made public, there was a huge stir in the political world surrounding it.
Host) At the hearing on this day (the 12th), former special prosecutor Heo made a statement regarding this, right?
Reporter) Yes, regarding the mention of President Biden’s memory in the report, former special prosecutor Heo explained that mentioning President Biden’s memory is relevant to revealing whether he committed a crime. Former special prosecutor Heo said, “My assessment of the relevance of the president’s memories was necessary, accurate, and fair.” Former special prosecutor Heo also emphasized that regarding the use of the contents of the report in political strife, “politics had no influence at all on the stages of the investigation, decisions, or words written in the report.”
Host) The Republican Party has been fiercely pushing former special prosecutor Heo in other areas, right?
Reporter) That’s right. Former President Trump was also criminally indicted on charges of leaking confidential documents, but he argued that this was not fair, saying that he did not indict President Biden on the same charges. Republican Rep. Tom McClintock also argued that it was a double standard in the judiciary that resulted in different results for the same charges. In response, former special prosecutor Heo said, “I had a specific task and specific evidence to consider,” and “My job was to make a decision based on this specific evidence.”
Host) How did the White House react to this hearing?
Reporter) Regarding the hearing on this day, the White House said, “Former special prosecutor Heo’s testimony was enough to put to rest suspicions regarding leaking confidential documents once morest President Biden,” and added, “The special prosecutor’s decision not to indict President Biden is evidence that the president is innocent.” He said. He then said the matter was “closed.” However, former special prosecutor Heo said during the hearing that the decision not to indict President Biden should not be interpreted to mean that he has been proven innocent.
Host) America Now, we will listen to this point.
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