Biden’s team announces a reinforcement of the electoral campaign in the face of unfavorable forecasts for the Democrat, with more interviews, initiatives against hate and press conferences.
US President Joe Biden is set to step up his re-election campaign agenda with several initiatives in the states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania following his poor showing in the televised debate against Republican Donald Trump.
This Friday, the Biden campaign team announced in a statement the launch of a “Aggressive and targeted” campaign to reach voters in “battleground states that will decide this election”.
This weekend, Biden will travel to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — states that are part of the so-called “blue wall” (the color of the Democrats) in the United States, which also includes Michigan — to try to regain ground, at a rate at which the polls indicate that his popularity is declining.
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Despite these negative signs, the Democratic Party announced that it had raised a record $127 million (about 120 million euros) in June, an advantage that it will use for “new efforts in the areas of organization and mobilization.”
During the Republican National Convention, where Trump is expected to accept the nomination and which will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in two weeks, Democrats will use the occasion to Campaign initiatives against “hatred and extremism”..
Biden will also begin to increase the pace of interviews, including one that will air this afternoon with journalist George Stephanopoulos on the ABC television network.
After a trip to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania this weekend, President Biden will return to Washington for the NATO summit next week.
At the summit, Biden will deliver a keynote address and attend a press conference before returning to campaign activities in the southwestern United States, focused on engaging Black and Latino voters.
During Independence Day celebrations on Thursday, July 4, Biden responded to those calling for him to stay in the race with a resounding “I do not go anywhere“.
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For several days, the President has been answering questions, both privately and publicly, about whether he will be able to face a second term at 81 years old and whether he is in a position to defeat Trump.
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His poor performance in last week’s debate against Trump sparked speculation that he should be replaced before the Democratic convention in August.
Biden confessed in a meeting, this Wednesday, with Democratic governors in the White House, that you need to sleep more and that you will avoid organizing events after 8 p.m. (The debate against Trump began at 9 p.m.)
Source: Observadora
