the president Joe Biden A travel blitz followed on Friday State of the Union addressHe heads to the critical state of Pennsylvania to drive home some of the key points he made during his speech Thursday.
The president’s speech in a solidly Democratic county almost immediately led to an attack on former President Donald Trump. Biden criticized the remark reproductive rights issues and addressed a family affected by a controversial Alabama Supreme Court ruling judgment Embryos are considered children, prompting IVF providers to suspend services.
“Do you know why it happened? I’ll tell you why. One reason: Donald Trump,” Biden said Friday of the family’s aborted IVF plans. “He came into office to overturn Roe v. Wade. In fact, he bragged about it over and over again.”
The President then addressed issues including cooling inflationto put down prescription drug prices and the demand for its ban assault weapons.
“Too many corporations are raising their prices and raising their profits, charging you less and less,” Biden said. “That’s why we are taking strict action against corporations that engage in price gouging and deceptive pricing.”
Biden also contrasted his governing philosophy with Trump’s.
“My life has taught me to accept the future. I say this sincerely: freedom, democracy, [and a] the future is based on the core values that define America,” Biden said. “Integrity, decency, fairness, equality.”
“Donald Trump sees the story differently,” Biden said. “He sees a story of resentment, revenge, revenge.”
The audience included people who had volunteered or worked for the Democratic Party, the Biden campaign, or a similar organization. The high-energy crowd occasionally chanted “four more years.”
Before the president’s speech, the first lady Jill Biden strongly condemned her husband’s predecessor: “Donald Trump insults our veterans and belittles those who died in the war, calling them “losers” and “suckers”. How dare he?”
“We must face this moment as if our rights are at stake, because they are,” said the first lady. “As if our democracy is on the line, because it is.”
Aside from the State of the Union, Friday’s speech saw the largest audience for Biden January speech Criticism of Biden’s response to the Israel-Hamas war has centered around abortion rights, which have been cut more than a dozen times by anti-war protesters.
The president’s speech kicks off what the campaign is calling a “month of action,” during which Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will visit each battleground state.
According to the campaign, Biden will visit Georgia on Saturday, New Hampshire on Monday, Wisconsin on Wednesday and Michigan on Thursday. Meanwhile, Harris visited Arizona on Friday and will travel to Nevada on Saturday, zeroing in on mobilizing Latino voters.
Of those states, Biden turned around Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona blue in 2020.
The president’s Cabinet and senior administration officials are also touring the country this month, visiting more than two dozen states, including Texas, Ohio, Florida and New York, according to the White House.
The campaign announced Friday that “Team Biden-Harris” will open 100 offices in the battleground state and hire at least 350 new staffers and begin a six-week, $30 million ad buy that will “make intentional and significant buys for Hispanic, African-Americans.” , and AANHPI stations and radios,” according to the campaign. The campaign often uses “Team Biden-Harris” to refer to itself and related groups such as the Democratic National Committee.
The $30 million ad buy is in a similar range to certain super PAC ad spends this campaign cycle. Pro-Biden super PAC Future Forward about $20.8 million, pro-Trump super PAC MAGA Inc. $39.5 million, the pro-Ron DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down spent about $40.2 million and the pro-Nikki Haley super PAC. According to AdImpact, PAC SFA Fund spent $64.4 million.
Mark Murray , Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner, Nnamdi Egwuonwu, Monica Alba and Emma Barnett contributed.