Biden and Harris make a rare joint campaign appearance to shore up Black voters' support
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made a rare joint campaign appearance in Philadelphia to shore up support from Black voters in Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden signaled the start of a more aggressive campaign against Donald Trump as the former president’s criminal trial nears an end, telling voters here the threat he could pose in another term is even greater than the damage he did in his first.
During a rare joint campaign appearance with Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden said his predecessor was running a campaign of lies, especially to Black voters, by “trying to make the country forget just how dark and unsettling things were when he was president.”
“Donald Trump is pandering and peddling lies and stereotypes for your votes so he can win for himself, not for you. Well, Donald Trump, I have a message for you. Not in our house. And not in our watch,” Biden said.
Biden and Harris, joined by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, were set to make multiple stops in Philadelphia on Wednesday to kick off “Black Voters for Biden-Harris,” part of a new push to counter Trump’s efforts to make inroads among the voters who helped power Biden to the nomination and then the White House four years ago.
“Joe Biden’s approval rating is underwater in Pennsylvania, and he knows it. Despite Biden and Harris’s best attempts to gaslight Keystone State voters, they know exactly who is to blame for soaring costs, a spiraling border crisis, and staggering crime rates across the country,” Rachel Lee, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee, said in a statement.
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