The Biden campaign is adjusting its strategy in response to new reports about former President Obama's criticism of the Biden team's structure and his concerns about former President Trump's strength as a political candidate heading into 2024. defended.
Quentin Fawkes, President Biden's re-election chief campaign manager, defended his campaign's approach Sunday, stressing that Obama and Biden agree on the need to defeat President Trump. .
“We're going to continue to do what we need to do to stay competitive and make sure we grow the infrastructure we need to win. President Obama and President Biden have spoken frequently, and their campaigns and “We have frequent conversations with former operatives of the Biden administration and campaign,” Fulks said in an interview on NBC News' “Meet the Press,” when asked about how the campaign is responding to Obama. said.
“But one thing is clear: we are united in the fact that we must defeat MAGA extremists and the threat they pose to freedom and democracy. Therefore, we are committed to doing just that.” I’m focused on what I’m doing.”
“The president believes that the experience he has gained… [vice president] Serving President Obama was critical to the experience he brought to the job and what he has accomplished. But we are united in the fact that we must do everything we can to push back against Donald Trump and the threat he poses to our democracy.”
Fawkes defends president and re-election after Washington Post I reported the story about the concerns President Obama expressed to Biden during a lunch at the White House in December. Obama reportedly told Biden it was important to add more top-level decision makers to his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, or to empower those already there. That's what it means.
Foulkes did not respond to specific follow-up questions about whether he planned to make any structural changes to the campaign.
But he said the campaign has been “awakening” since April and Americans are only now starting to pay attention.
“Since the President's announcement in April, our campaign has woken up and that's why we have a solid start. [innovative] Organizing programs to start communicating with voters on the ground is why we made the largest investment in precinct media ever for voters of color, Hispanic voters, and young voters. be. ”
He added, “And now we're at a stage where more Americans are paying attention to what's going on. That's why we're making choices. The president's speech at Valley Forge is the first of many. We're going to do it again tomorrow in South Carolina, and we're going to keep telling the American people about it, because we're going to do this as if democracy is on the ballot. Because they're running and organizing campaigns, and that's what this election is about.”
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