Biden WON’T be stuck in the basement in 2024, top Democrat says

President Joe Biden launched his reelection campaign with a video and a TV ad — but that doesn’t mean his desire to stay in the White House will consist only of a low-key “Rose Garden Strategy,” says one of his top advisers.

“Nobody likes working in a union hall, restaurant, garage or fire company more than Joe Biden. He struggled with how little he could travel in ’20. I mean, it was almost perfect agony watching him, you know, the night he was named president-elect in Delaware,” Biden campaign co-chair Senator Chris Coons told DailyMail.com.

“I mean, here’s a guy who gets energy from ducking into the crowd, so I expect him to campaign vigorously,” he said.

But on a day when Biden actually held an event in the White House Rose Garden with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Coons indicated that running for president would be an implicit part of Biden’s re-election.

“But I also expect him, I mean, he takes the job of president very seriously. I expect him to do a lot as president. I think so too, the best way to run for re-election was to show what you can do as president.’

Former President Jimmy Carter used the ‘Rose Garden Strategy’ tag as a pejorative to criticize the incumbent Gerald Ford for taking advantage of the office’s perks. In Biden’s case, the use of the White House allows him to both highlight his achievements and issue new executive orders, downplaying his rivals while allowing the candidate, 80, to stay off the campaign trail and avoid opportunities for blunders. to avoid.

Potential rematch rival Donald Trump even mocked Biden Monday for being “in the basement” in 2020, accusing him of using the campaign video to avoid blunders. “This way he can do it four or five times so he gets it right,” Trump said.

Biden’s campaign launch week did not include a political event, although he did speak to the powerful North America’s Building Trades Unions group on Tuesday in DC.

To pull it all off, Biden needs money, and he’s already assembled a team of boosters, including Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Biden’s latest campaign broke the $1 billion mark, and senior Democrats say this effort could match or surpass it.

But Coons doesn’t have his marching order yet: He says Biden called him 20 seconds before he was scheduled to go live on the air with MSBNC’s Andrea Mitchell on the day of Biden’s campaign announcement.

Vice President Kamala Harris held an event Tuesday night at Howard University and Biden spoke to a union in DC, but has not held a political event since his announcement

Staying in the White House allows Biden to harness the power of the office while avoiding blunders and minimizing long-distance travel

“No one likes working in a union hall, a restaurant, a garage or a fire company more than Joe Biden,” said Sen. Chris Coons, who said Biden would not employ a “Rosary Strategy” to stay in place

Biden answered a few questions in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, after failing to hold a formal press conference during his trip to Ireland this month

“I’m like, Mr. President, I’m live in 20, in 19, in 18, I’m going to hang up now.

“He said, ‘I’m just calling to say you’re doing a great job,'” Coons said, mimicking his former Senate colleague from Delaware.

He said Biden has not given a target for how much to raise as he prepares to run against Donald Trump or another Republican.

This will be a robust and hard-fought campaign. And I think we will all have to cooperate in every way we can to support and contribute to our president’s re-election,” he said.

“We don’t know who the Republicans will hang, but remember: This isn’t a coronation, it’s a contrast,” said Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), after Biden opened his campaign video with a Jan. 6 shot.

“We know that MAGA has an incredible influence on the Republican Party,” he said.

“I’m frustrated with the cost of campaigns. I wish they didn’t come near here,” he said. “I just hope there are lots of presidential debates and as little cutesy as possible about how you spend campaign money,” he said, referring to debates between the two main party candidates.

Vermont senator Bernie Sanders spoke of the money fight coming hours after announcing that he would support Biden and try to stop Trump, whom he called a “right-wing demagogue.”

“Of course it will be a big money campaign. Look, we have a corrupt political system. There are super PACs run by billionaires who can spend as much money as they want. Am I worried about it? I think it’s outrageous and I think it should be reformed,” he told DailyMail.com.

When asked if he was willing to use his email list to help Biden, Sanders replied, “I haven’t thought about it.”

Even on a crisp spring day within the confines of the Rose Garden, a stone’s throw from the Oval Office, Biden couldn’t avoid a question about his age during a press conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

“As for the age, I can’t even say — I guess how old I am, I can’t even say the number, it doesn’t register me,” he said.