Corruption: Key Issue in U.S. Elections

⚠️ Urgent Update — Flash Radio is following this situation in real time. Donald Trump's audacity has no limits. While he and his crew are drowning in corruption scandals and the cases are countless, he dares to repeat the old Republican trope of blaming the poorest who fraudulently use social aid programs, 'these vile profiteurs living off the state'. ⏰ 10 min read. The facts and recent developments. He made it a central theme of his mid-term election campaign, while he and his family are scandalously indulging since his return to the White House. On Tuesday, November 3rd, American voters will decide whether to sanction the most vulnerable, who are destined for Trump's scorn, or their president, the businessman, greedy and corrupt, whose personal and family fortune has exploded since January 2025. Imed Bahri In the Guardian's investigation on this topic, Eduardo Porter recalls that voters under 50 probably don't remember the 'welfare queen' (The welfare queen). She has, however, embodied, in the eyes of Republicans, the deep cause of American society's decline: the poor would, by nature, be fraudsters. 'These vile profiteers living off the state' 'There are individuals who choose to fraudulently use these programs, and in this specific case, they literally take the bread from the mouths of hungry children to enrich themselves.' In 1976, during a presidential Republican primary meeting, Ronald Reagan instrumentalized the case of Linda Taylor. A resident of Chicago's South Side, Taylor had been arrested for fraud on social benefits. 'She used 80 names, 30 addresses, and five phone numbers to receive food stamps, Social Security benefits, and veteran's allowances in the names of four spouses — themselves former combatants —