1:10 PM ET April 12, 2024
Biden plans to start campaigning in Pennsylvania, while Trump faces trial in New York
From CNN's Arlette Saenz
President Joe Biden President Biden addresses local supporters and volunteers during an office opening at the Wisconsin Coordinating Elections Headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 13.
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President Joe Biden is preparing to campaign in the battleground state of Pennsylvania next week, aiming to provide an economic contrast to former President Donald Trump with plans to increase taxes on America's wealthy and large corporations. is focused on.
The push will begin on Tuesday with a big speech in Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, campaign officials told CNN. It's a site he often uses as a backdrop for his economic populist pitch to voters.
“This speech raises a simple question: Do you think the tax code is better suited for the wealthy or the middle class?” a campaign source told CNN. “The president has made it clear what he thinks the answer is, and so has Donald Trump.”
Biden then traveled to the Pittsburgh area on Wednesday and is scheduled to speak at a campaign event in Philadelphia on Thursday, officials said. The campaign also plans to hold events in other battleground states next week to promote its economic case against Trump, who will have to appear in a New York City courtroom to select a jury in his hush money trial. be.
The shake-up in Biden's campaign is the first since the March storm in a battleground state that effectively served as a counterbalance to Trump's trial, as both men seek to win support from working-class voters. It was realized inside. The president also focused on taxes at a time when voters remain pessimistic about their personal finances and the president's handling of the economy, proving to be a thorny political issue in his bid for re-election. They are trying to find a way out of their economic problems by guessing. .
