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Biden and Harris head to Philadelphia to rally Black voters amid persistently dismal approval ratings
Good morning, US politics blog readers. Days after Donald Trump appeared in New York City’s South Bronx neighborhood in an effort to build support with Black and Hispanic voters, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will hold a joint rally in Philadelphia this afternoon to launch their own outreach effort, Black Voters for Biden-Harris, targeted at African Americans. It is the latest event by the Democratic duo aimed at re-engaging with the racial group that was crucial to their 2020 election victory, and is expected to be similarly vital to their prospects of winning re-election in November. In recent weeks, Biden has met with the plaintiffs in a landmark desegregation ruling and assailed Trump before a prominent civil rights group – all signs of a concentrated effort to ensure the allegiance of Black voters with the election less than six months away.
And yet, familiar challenges for the president remain. New polling from Gallup released yesterday showed his public approval rating is at 39%, which is not the worst it has ever been, but certainly not good. We’ll tell you more about his campaign’s strategy for turning the situation around later on.
Here’s what else is going on today:
A Democratic Pac announced a $100m investment in attacking Republicans on abortion in key congressional races that will decide control of the House of Representatives.
Samuel Alito, the conservative supreme court justice, is under scrutiny again after a New York Times article cast doubt on his explanations for the controversial flag that flew at his house in Virginia.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold a brief gaggle with reporters as Biden flies to Philadelphia, sometime after 12.10pm.
Donald Trump’s hush-money trial is inching towards its conclusion as jury deliberations are expected to start today. You can follow the latest news in our standalone blog on the trial.
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Biden campaign accuses Trump of 'anti-Black agenda'
With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris set to debut their outreach effort to Black voters at a joint rally in Philadelphia today, their re-election campaign accused Donald Trump of merely paying lip service to African Americans.
“To no surprise, the Trump campaign has no real outreach or engagement plan to reach Black voters. Unlike our campaign, Trump believes that he does not need to put in any effort to earn the support of Black America,” the Biden-Harris campaign said in a statement that accused Trump of “running on an anti-Black agenda”.
“Trump used his time in the Oval Office to make life worse for Black America, and if reelected, he will go to enormous lengths to undermine and hurt Black communities by repealing Obamacare and ripping away health care from millions of Black Americans, continue to divide the nation by emboldening white supremacists, and support policy that works to widen the racial wealth gap. And even if he did have a positive agenda for Black Americans, he doesn’t have the resources or support to tell it.”
Biden and Harris head to Philadelphia to rally Black voters amid persistently dismal approval ratings
Good morning, US politics blog readers. Days after Donald Trump appeared in New York City’s South Bronx neighborhood in an effort to build support with Black and Hispanic voters, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will hold a joint rally in Philadelphia this afternoon to launch their own outreach effort, Black Voters for Biden-Harris, targeted at African Americans. It is the latest event by the Democratic duo aimed at re-engaging with the racial group that was crucial to their 2020 election victory, and is expected to be similarly vital to their prospects of winning re-election in November. In recent weeks, Biden has met with the plaintiffs in a landmark desegregation ruling and assailed Trump before a prominent civil rights group – all signs of a concentrated effort to ensure the allegiance of Black voters with the election less than six months away.
And yet, familiar challenges for the president remain. New polling from Gallup released yesterday showed his public approval rating is at 39%, which is not the worst it has ever been, but certainly not good. We’ll tell you more about his campaign’s strategy for turning the situation around later on.
Here’s what else is going on today:
A Democratic Pac announced a $100m investment in attacking Republicans on abortion in key congressional races that will decide control of the House of Representatives.
Samuel Alito, the conservative supreme court justice, is under scrutiny again after a New York Times article cast doubt on his explanations for the controversial flag that flew at his house in Virginia.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold a brief gaggle with reporters as Biden flies to Philadelphia, sometime after 12.10pm.
Donald Trump’s hush-money trial is inching towards its conclusion as jury deliberations are expected to start today. You can follow the latest news in our standalone blog on the trial.
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