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    Biden casts his last vote in a US presidential election

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    President Joe Biden voted early in the 2024 general election on Monday, casting his final vote as president and sharply attacking Donald Trump at his rally on Sunday at Madison Square Garden.

    Biden waited in line to officially announce his pick at the Election Department office near his home in Wilmington, Delaware. The president chatted with people waiting in line as he waited his turn.

    After casting his vote, he shook hands with some voters and posed for a photo. When asked if the experience was bittersweet, he said it was “just sweet.”

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    Biden said he was dismayed by former President Donald Trump’s Sunday rally at Madison Square Garden in New York. The event was marked by racist comments and hate speech from several speakers.

    Comedian Tony Hinchliffe, one of the keynote speakers, called Puerto Rico a floating island of trash and talked about carving watermelons with a black friend. Trump called Vice President Kamala Harris, his opponent and Democratic presidential nominee, a “very low IQ person.”

    “It’s just been embarrassing under every president, but we’ll get used to it,” Biden said. “That’s why the election is so important.”

    Presidential scholars often point to a president’s “character” as the “most important factor,” he said.

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    Before casting his vote, Biden had breakfast for nearly two hours with Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester in New Castle.

    Rochester became the first woman and first African American to represent Delaware in Congress when she was elected in 2016.

    With just eight days until Election Day on Nov. 5, Biden said he plans to campaign for Harris in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in the coming days.

    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is the White House correspondent for USA TODAY. You can follow her on X @SwapnaVenugopal.

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