Biden attends the first rally of his 2024 reelection campaign

President Joe Biden finally set out to deliver a campaign-style speech in a state of contention following the launch of his re-election bid in April.

Biden visited Philadelphia, near where he grew up, to tout his agenda and new job recommendations at a labor rally in a state that was key to his 2020 victory.

The 80-year-old president ranted through remarks, ranting at billionaires and joking with the crowd as he delivered his economic message to a crowd of about 2,000.

“I am more honored by your endorsement than you can imagine,” Biden told a crowd of about 200 members of the organized labor movement, most decked out in T-shirts bearing their union names, a day after the AFL-CIO concluded its re-election campaign. approved. .

With polls showing Biden unpopular, the president is fueling his base by touting infrastructure projects and exports.

Biden visited Philadelphia, near where he grew up, to tout his agenda and new job recommendations at a labor rally in a state key to his 2020 win

‘We are having a fight. And my question to you is simple: are you with me in this battle,” he said, cheering “We love Joe!” of the trade union public.

He blasted Republican economic and budgetary plans during his remarks.

Biden told his labor troops, who he credits for getting him to the White House, “I need you badly. Are you on my side?’ he asked.

Biden reiterated his vow to raise taxes on billionaires and not tax families earning less than $400,000 a year after pointing to their growth from 750 to 1,000 due to the last administration.

‘Guess. They come for your work. They’re coming for your future,’ he said.

A pro-Biden heckler yelled, “What are you paying, Joe?”

“I pay a hell of a lot more than that man,” he joked.

“It’s time for the super-rich to pay their fair share,” he said, as the president seemed determined to quickly get through his remarks without some of the lingering anecdotes that sometimes get him into hot water.

The event — organized by unions backing Biden — put him on a stage outside of Washington, as Republicans are already campaigning in states with early elections.

Biden reiterated his vow to raise taxes on billionaires and not tax families earning less than $400,000 a year

“It’s time for the super-rich to pay their fair share,” Biden told the crowd

The president is fueling his base by touting infrastructure projects and exports

But a White House official told DailyMail.com that Biden will continue to focus on the presidency, pointing out that Barack Obama did not hold his first campaign re-election until 2012 after announcing it in 2011.

It is not until later this summer that Biden’s campaign will likely make its appearance in Wilmington.

But a Biden campaign official attended the event, and it was the campaign — not the White House — that sent background information on Biden’s pro-labor policies.

It comes after Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman stumbled over his words, mispronouncing “infrastructure” and “delegation,” as he spoke to the media earlier Saturday after showing up in a hoodie and shorts to talk with President Biden at the collapsed I-95 Bridge.

Fetterman, who is still recovering from a stroke, was criticized earlier today for his casual choice of outfit, while his fellow Democratic politicians were all smartly dressed in suits.

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman stumbled over his words, mispronouncing “infrastructure” and “delegation” as he spoke to media Saturday after showing up in a hoodie and shorts to explore the collapsed I-95 bridge with President Biden

Fetterman took a beating for wearing his signature shorts and hoodie during a meeting with a smartly dressed President Biden on Saturday as the two lawmakers tour a collapsed freeway in Philadelphia

The politicians were all dressed in suits except Fetterman who was dressed casually in shorts and a hoodie. His performance drew harsh criticism online with one person tweeting that Fetterman was ‘ready for a game of hoops’

In his remarks to the media, Fetterman said Biden is “here to commit to working with the governor and the ‘delegation’ to make sure we get this resolved quickly, quickly as well. This is a president committed to “infringement,” yes, and then the jewel-like law of “infringement.”

Biden – no stranger to verbal blunders – nodded politely when Fetterman stumbled over his speech.

It comes just days after the embattled senator raised health concerns at a Senate Environment Committee hearing Wednesday when he stumbled over his comments about the collapse of the I-95 bridge.

The stretch of the East Coast’s main north-south highway collapsed last Sunday after a tractor-trailer carrying gasoline overturned on an exit ramp and caught fire. State transportation officials said the driver tried to take a turn and lost control.