President Biden was being introduced at a campaign event in Phoenix on Tuesday when he wobbled from the stage, was taken toward the baby and sat in the crowd.
“I have to be frank with you guys,” says the 81-year-old president. told his supporters After returning to the stage again.
“I love you all, but I couldn’t resist that little baby.”
About a minute after Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez (granddaughter of labor icon Cesar Chavez) finished her brief opening remarks, the president stepped down from the podium.
Biden remained seated in the booth next to a mother holding an infant during Chavez-Rodriguez’s remarks and the incoming speaker’s speech.
“How old are you?” Biden appeared to ask the mother, addressing the mother and baby during his introduction.
Biden has seven grandchildren, but he rarely admits that he had a child out of wedlock with his eldest son, Hunter Biden, and former stripper Landen Roberts, although he has previously declared that he “likes babies more than people.” Was.
In Finland last year, the president playfully bit the shoulder of a girl who flinched when Biden tried to blow on her temple.
Tuesday’s event at a Mexican restaurant in Phoenix marked the beginning of the Biden campaign’s efforts to reach out to Hispanic voters, a key demographic for the Democratic Party where the president is losing support.
A USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll released in January found former President Donald Trump leading Biden among Hispanic voters, 39% to 34%.
a New York Times/Siena College Poll A poll released in February also found that Mr. Biden lost the Hispanic vote to Mr. Trump, 40% to 46%.
“He only cares about the wealthy,” Biden said of Trump at the event.
Yolanda Bejarano, chairwoman of the Arizona Democratic Party, said the 77-year-old former president’s popularity among Hispanics is due to his funny talent.
“People like to be entertained, and sometimes Donald Trump, what he does, provides entertainment,” she told reporters after the event.
“People like to laugh at his rallies, it’s like going to the circus. We need to focus and make sure that Latinos understand exactly who Donald Trump is and what danger he poses to us.”
According to RealClearPolitics polling average, Trump leads Biden by 5.2 percentage points in Arizona.
Biden defeated Trump in the state in 2020.
