PHILADELPHIA – Speaking to a packed House of Democrats, many holding signs saying “Thank you, Joe,” President Joe Biden campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday in the largest city of the largest swing state and called her opponent, former President Donald Trump, “ out of balance.” “
“Folks, we’re in the final stretch,” Biden told several hundred people gathered at the GOTV dinner hosted by the Democratic Party in Philadelphia in Room 19 of the Sheet Metal Workers.
“Kamala will lead the country in her own direction, and that is one of the most important differences in this election,” Biden said. “Kamala’s perspective on our problems will be fresh and recent. “Donald Trump’s perspective is old, broken and, frankly, completely and utterly dishonest.”
During Biden’s less than 20-minute speech, he promoted the achievements of the Biden-Harris administration.
“I am one of the few people in America who has been vice president and president, I know both positions, what their responsibilities are, and I can say that Kamala Harris was a great vice president,” Biden said. “He will also be a great president.”
Biden also referenced his behind schedule son Beau Biden, who served as Delaware attorney general at the same time Harris served as California AG, and said Beau told him he “was an extraordinary leader. She is the next generation.”
“She was that and more to me,” Biden said.
He also spent a lot of time serving as a storm dog, criticizing Trump.
“Trump wasn’t just a loser in 2020,” Biden said. “He’s a loser at everything he does.”
Biden made the connection Trump’s comments made on August 30 that the United States is a “failing nation,” which Biden said angered him.
Although Biden stepped down from the top spot in July after a impoverished performance in the debate with Trump, the Trump campaign continues to link Harris to Biden in various attack ads. During a rally in Pennsylvania on October 9Trump played a clip of Harris’ interview on “The View” and her response that “I can’t think of anything” when asked if she would change anything from the previous four years.
Trump campaign in eastern Pennsylvania with rallies in Scranton and Reading
“Each president must choose his own path. That’s what I did,” Biden said Tuesday night. “I was loyal to Barack Obama, but as president I forged my own path.”
“That’s what Kamala will do,” he added. “She’s been loyal so far, but she’s going to choose her own path.”
Trump was last in the state on Monday for its first public campaign event in a Philadelphia suburb. The event was scheduled to take place at a town hall, although Trump only answered five questions after two apparent medical emergencies in the audience. Trump then stood on stage for about 30 minutes, swaying to songs he liked.
Biden pointed to Monday’s event with Trump and asked the audience, “What’s wrong with this guy?”
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to the Capital-Star’s request for comment.
A number of Pennsylvania Democrats spoke before Biden’s speech, including Lt. Gov. Austin Davis.
He described Philadelphia as a “city of history makers,” pointing to the city’s immense population that helped make him the state’s first black lieutenant governor and Joanna McClinton as the first black woman speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and his confidence that it would happen. lend a hand Harris get to the White House.
In the 2020 election, 92% of Black voters in Pennsylvania voted for Biden and 7% voted for Trump, according to Trump. exit poll. Despite a huge advantage among black voters, there was a gender gap in Pennsylvania. Biden won black women by 90% and won black men by 79%.
Latest national polls indicates that Trump continues to make some gains among black voters, especially among men. The Harris’ campaign responded with a recent announcement a recent plan to court these voters.
Ex President Barack Obama campaigned for the Harris-Walz ticket in Pittsburgh On October 10 and during a visit to the field office, he discussed his concerns about Trump’s gains with black men.
On Tuesday night, Davis painted an hopeful picture of Harris’ campaign.
“And I know we had a little bit of a debate,” Davis said. “I see a lot of brothers in the room and I want to send the message that brothers no longer have anything against Kamala Harris.”
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker touted the investments the Biden-Harris administration has made in Philadelphia since she was sworn in as mayor earlier this year, saying more than $900 million in federal funds has been allocated to lend a hand the city.
She also praised Biden’s character, describing how he called her on the evening she won the race to become the city’s 100th mayor. During the call, Biden spoke to her and her son Langston.
“Philly, these are the kinds of things you don’t see on camera that speak to someone’s integrity and character,” she said.
Parker also promoted Harris’ candidacy, referencing her middle-class upbringing and her economic agenda.
Brady, the chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic Party, told reporters after Biden’s speech that the president called him Saturday evening and said “I’ll come if you invite me” to dinner. Brady said he would invite him to campaign again in Philadelphia.
“We are peaking at exactly the right time,” Brady told reporters Tuesday night.
Harris’ campaign needs a immense number of people in Philadelphia, the state’s largest Democratic stronghold, to carry Pennsylvania. Polls show Harris and Trump competing for Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes.
Trump held a rally in Philadelphia in summer and Voting trends show Republicans making gains with working class voters in the city.
But Brady said he was confident Democrats would produce the numbers necessary to send Harris to the White House.
“Donald Trump said bad things are happening in Philadelphia and bad things will happen again in Philadelphia,” Brady said. “For him. He needs to find another place to go.
“He won’t be coming back to the Four Seasons and Rudy won’t dye his hair… They’re crazy. They are crazy,” he added.
Harris is expected to be in Bucks County on Wednesday, and Trump is reported to be holding a rally in western Pennsylvania on Saturday.
