Exclusive: President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ re-election campaign unveils continued “aggressive” strategy to gain advantage in key battleground states heading into November’s general election and hopes to defeat former President Biden. “It’s going to take a relentless effort,” he told Fox News Digital. President Trump.
Biden-Harris communications director Michael Tyler said in an interview with Fox last week, amid a crossroads that the president plans to culminate in visiting all six states where he narrowly defeated President Trump in 2020. He emphasized that his campaign is taking a hawkish approach in the face of a fierce election campaign. Union status.
“We knew we were going to start the year wanting to be proactive heading into 2024. So the president started the year with speeches in Valley Forge, Charleston, etc. election,” Tyler said.
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President Biden (left) and former President Trump. (Getty Images)
“We knew heading into March that there were going to be big moments like Super Tuesday and the State of the Union. In the minds of American voters, we thought the general election was really starting,” he said. added.
The day after his State of the Union address (which avoided the big gaffes that Republicans often point to as evidence of cognitive decline), Biden stopped in Philadelphia to start campaigning, and the next day he made a stop in Atlanta.
Suspensions in Wisconsin and Michigan continued on Thursday, with more scheduled this week in Nevada and Arizona, all of which will, as Tyler put it, “make the choice” for voters this November. This is an effort to demonstrate that it is a real thing. “Joe Biden, who wakes up every day to fight for the American people and unite people to get results, and Donald Trump, who is waging a campaign of revenge and retribution and is focused on himself.”
“Of course, like any presidential election, this general election will be very competitive, but based on some key metrics, we feel good about where we are. Candidates are fully consolidating their support bases, and Joe Biden has continued to do so throughout the primaries, but Donald Trump continues to plateau in proving unable to expand beyond his MAGA base. “We’re working hard,” Tyler said.
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Concerns continue to grow about whether President Trump will be able to rally the various factions of the Republican Party behind his candidacy after former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley dropped out of the race the morning after Super Tuesday.
President Biden speaks during the State of the Union address on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Despite canceling her campaign, Haley still received more than 13% of the vote in last week’s Georgia primary, but how much of that was from early votes or absentee votes cast before she withdrew. It is unclear whether it was a vote.
Recent polls also suggest that the majority of voters who supported Haley in other states were motivated by opposition to Trump and may not shift their support to Haley as the Republican candidate. There is.
That doesn’t mean those voters will automatically support Biden, but as a Fox News contributor, Republican strategist Karl Rove “Team Trump should be concerned about the unity of the Republican Party,” he said as the Super Tuesday results were being tallied.
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“I just think we have the ability to expand beyond the MAGA base. We’ll see which candidates accumulate the financial resources and build the infrastructure necessary to reach the voters who will decide this election.” Joe Biden is doing that. Donald Trump isn’t.” I mentioned that I keep it.
“We have $130 million in the bank to fight the general election battle, but Donald Trump…is spending money up to this stage of the campaign to fend off Nikki Haley, or is he paying legal fees?” Either he’s spending money on it. So far, he’s spent zero money on reaching the voters who will once again decide his path to winning 270 electoral votes in the general election.” ” he added.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 6, 2024, announcing that she is suspending her campaign. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
Mr. Trump’s fundraising group spent $50 million on legal defense last year, according to FEC filings, adding up to more than $90 million in 2022 and 2021. When you combine this with Trump’s fundraising costs (almost half of the $282 million he has raised), his cash burn rate is a whopping 81%, or just $0.19 for every $1 raised. .
“He is using that money to keep shouting into the echo chamber of MAGA extremism and, most importantly, which candidates are actually running on an agenda that is popular with the American people. And I think it means he has a track record of getting results for the American people,” Tyler said.
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“Joe Biden is clearly doing that, he’s doing it based on his historic accomplishments, he’s doing it based on a very popular agenda, whereas Donald Trump has ruled during his presidency. “He’s running on an agenda that’s even more extreme than what he had in power and campaigned on in 2020. It’s dangerous,” he said.
Biden, who has trailed Trump in recent swing state polls, could be given a boost by potentially being asked to appear in court instead of campaigning. When asked if he thought that would be the case, Tyler declined to allow any aspect of the campaign to be influenced. It will be easier.
President Biden speaks at a campaign event at Pullman Yards in Atlanta on March 9, 2024. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)
“I think it’s going to take a lot of hard work on behalf of this campaign to get our case to voters,” he said. “We have the support of the people based on our historic record. We want to tell the voters who will be voting in this election that everything this administration has done over the past four years to make their lives better. Our job is to convey this message.”
“The more Americans hear about Joe Biden’s accomplishments and positive vision for the future, and the dangers and extremism posed by Donald Trump, the more they will take sides.” Over the next eight months , I support Joe Biden,” he said.
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Tyler dismissed the idea that the campaign’s aggressive stance was part of an effort to push back on concerns about Biden’s age and cognitive abilities, saying instead that he was “actively campaigning and working hard to improve this election.” This is an attempt to actively contrast what is actually being fought over.”
“The president himself has said that this is not a contrast of ages. It will be a contrast of eras in the candidates’ thinking.”
“Donald Trump’s ideas are totally outdated and already rejected by the American people. Therefore, Joe Biden will actively encourage us to permanently reject Trump’s ideas and continue pursuing a more positive vision. “We’re going to work to think about what this country can accomplish if we all work together,” he added.
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