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President Joe Biden kicks off the final week before the midterms on Tuesday with a trip to Florida, where Democrats are bracing for a potential Republican red wave in next week’s election.
Biden boarded Air Force One for the flight south with a copy of Jon Meacham’s new book “And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle.”
The biography examines how Lincoln prioritized his policies and ending slavery over his own future before the 1864 election and during the Civil War.
Lincoln’s Republican party also performed poorly in the 1862 midterm elections, with the Democrats taking several seats and ending their majority.
Polls suggest Biden could suffer a similar fate with the 2022 midterms, with polls suggesting Republicans will resolutely take control of the House and have a path to winning a majority in the Senate.
“Lincoln was a politician, but he was a politician who was ultimately driven by his conscience,” Meacham . said NPR. This is my whole argument in the book. If he had only been a cynical political creature, he would have made radically different decisions at critical points.’
Biden will appear in Donald Trump’s home state to blast “MAGA Republicans,” who he says want to cut social programs and raise taxes on the rich.
Biden will campaign for Democratic governor candidate Charlie Crist and Senate hopeful Val Demings in the Sunshine State, even if he avoids some of the bigger battlefield contests like Georgia, Nevada and Arizona.
President Joe Biden kicks off the week before the midterms with a visit to Florida on Tuesday. He was holding Jon Meacham’s book “And There Was Light – Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle” when he boarded
Meacham’s book looks at how Lincoln wanted to prioritize emancipation and democracy over his own political future. Lincoln’s Republican Party also underperformed during the midterms
He will appear in Donald Trump’s home state to destroy ‘MAGA Republicans’, who he says want to cut social programs and raise taxes on the rich
Crist follows Republican administration Ron DeSantis, who is seeking a second term. And Deming will take on GOP Senator Marco Rubio in a match that will help decide which side will control the Senate next year.
Struggling with low approval ratings, the president is trying to contrast how his Democrats will govern versus Republicans as voters prepare to head to the polls on Nov. 8.
He will make his closing arguments over the next seven days at stops in New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
He’s not the only Democrat to follow the campaign trail. Jill Biden goes to Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Obama will be in Nevada on Tuesday for Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, who faces a tough reelection campaign and heads to Arizona on Wednesday to campaign for Senator Mark Kelly.
In Florida, Biden will criticize Republicans over proposals to undo prescription drug price caps and change Social Security and health care — topics of concern to the elderly population of retirees.
The president has made the policy proposals of Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida a boogeyman in the election and called the senator by name in his critique of the GOP.
Scott, who heads the Republicans’ campaign committee for Senate races, has drafted a plan that puts Medicare, Social Security and other government programs to the vote every five years.
University of North Florida pollster Michael Binder told the Palm Beach Post that Biden’s visit could be “six months late” as millions of Florida voters have already cast their votes in the early vote.
Election forecasters see that Republicans have a good chance of winning control of the House of Representatives. The Senate is seen as more up for grabs.
By gaining control of even one chamber of Congress, the GOP could hamper Biden’s legislative agenda for the next two years.
Meanwhile, Trump will hold a rally in Miami on Sunday, though he will campaign for Republicans in general. DeSantis, who is rumored to be a 2024 presidential candidate, will not appear with him.
President Biden will not appear on battlefields like Georgia, Arizona and Nevada, but Barack Obama will be in Nevada on Tuesday and in Arizona on Wednesday; over former president Obama campaigns in Wisconsin on Saturday
Florida has become an increasingly difficult state for Democrats to win. Trump wore it in 2016 and 2020.
DeSantis took advantage of anti-covid sentiment to push back against lockdown restrictions and signed legislation against vaccine mandates.
Biden wants to increase voter turnout but stays away from most battlefield states.
The president has not been to Arizona, Nevada or Georgia—three states that helped land the White House—and is not expected to be. All three states have closely contested Senate races.
President Joe Biden to campaign for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist in the Sunshine State
Donald Trump to hold Republican rally in Miami on Sunday
The president will campaign with Barack Obama in Philadelphia on Saturday for gubernatorial candidate Josh Shaprio and Senate rival John Fetterman.
With the Senate currently sitting at 50-50 — and giving Vice President Kamala Harris the casting vote — any race can decide which party will hold the majority next year.