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(34,195 posts)
Thu Sep 9, 2021, 03:11 PM Sep 2021

Biden to stump for Newsom on Monday during western swing

Source: The Hill

President Biden will travel to California on Monday to campaign on behalf of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), one day before the state's recall election, the White House announced on Thursday. The campaign rally will take place in Long Beach, Calif., ahead of the election on Sept. 14. The trip on Monday will also include stops in Boise, Idaho, to visit the National Interagency Fire Center, Sacramento, Calif., to survey wildfire damage, and Denver, Colo., for a Build Back Better event.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters earlier this week that Biden would travel to California “early next week.On Thursday, she previewed the trip to Boise, Sacramento and Denver, saying the president will speak about the economic impacts of extreme weather and push for investments to fight climate change that are in his Build Back Better plan.

“The president will highlight how wildfire season is now a year-round event because of climate change, that no one is immune to climate change, and how one in three Americans have been impacted by severe weather events in recent months,” Psaki told reporters. The president’s trip follows Vice President Harris’ campaign stop for Newsom on Wednesday. Harris, who was a senator from California, spoke at an event in San Leandro, Calif. She called the recall a “political game” and praised Newsom’s leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and his support for workers, women, and voting rights.

Former President Obama also has extended his support for Newsom this week, cutting an ad in which he tells California voters that they have a “big choice to make” in the election, while also defending Newsom’s pandemic job performance.



Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/571529-biden-to-stump-for-newsom-in-los-angeles

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Biden to stump for Newsom on Monday during western swing (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 OP
Don't know if this is bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #1
And Obama is coming too. Not sure if I should feel more or less confident Dream Girl Sep 2021 #2
Be confident bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #3
"Obama is coming too" left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #6
Insurance, probably. n/t Moebym Sep 2021 #4
Turnout. Dawson Leery Sep 2021 #8
western swing Javaman Sep 2021 #5
Of course this just insurance If they were really in panic mode do you honestly think they would be deizo Sep 2021 #7

bucolic_frolic

(43,161 posts)
1. Don't know if this is
Thu Sep 9, 2021, 03:33 PM
Sep 2021

insurance, doubt, or confidence in Newsom's political fate. VP Harris was there this week too.

bucolic_frolic

(43,161 posts)
3. Be confident
Thu Sep 9, 2021, 03:38 PM
Sep 2021

Any doubt is related to our turnout. We would never deploy ALL our top party elected officials if this were a crisis. But we do have to get our voters to vote. This may also be testing a model for turnout in a prominent race. If bringing prime assets works, it could be replicated.

 

deizo

(59 posts)
7. Of course this just insurance If they were really in panic mode do you honestly think they would be
Thu Sep 9, 2021, 06:34 PM
Sep 2021

waiting until Monday. You never want to take any election for granted but I wouldn't be to worried!

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