Washington — President Joe Biden can make the presidential race sound like a high school prom when addressing his supporters. On a campaign call Friday, he told Irish Americans, “You guys brought me to the dance in 2020,” suggesting they got him where he is now, on the eve of his last waltz in politics.
Biden (who claims to have two left feet) has other loyal dance partners. He claims Black Americans brought him to the dance. Unions. Big-wig donors. Environmentalists. Jewish Americans. Teachers. Of course, his Delaware campaign personnel.
“These are the folks, as that saying goes up in Claymont, who ‘brung me to the dance,’” he said in February at his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, 15 minutes south of Claymont, where he attended high school.
He said the Michigan UAW “brung me to the dance... and I never left you” that month. Last September in Virginia, he told fundraisers, “I wouldn’t be here without you.”
Biden's thanks to a variety of dance-floor besties are aimed to make different voter blocs feel relevant. They also emphasize the opposing coalitions the president and probable Republican nominee Donald Trump must form to prevail in November.
The Biden team claims the president's words demonstrate his capacity to unite people. Trump's campaign says they show the Democrat is failing to keep his coalition together.
The president’s secret weapon has always been his ability to connect with people,” said Biden campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz. Donald Trump has divided Americans his whole political career.”
Trump's campaign claims it's stealing Biden support. “Joe Biden no longer has a base, as key Democrat constituencies such as African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and women are supporting President Trump,” stated Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Recent studies reveal that some nonwhite voters aren't ready to vote for Biden, but that doesn't imply they're all voting for Trump. There is still time for poll movement with almost six months till the general election.
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