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Biden to use Labor Day to appeal to two key 2024 constituencies
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette link: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2023/09/01/biden-2024-election-labor-day/stories/202309010092
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will spend Labor Day with two constituencies crucial to his 2024 re-election chances — union workers and Pennsylvanians. The president is scheduled to mark the holiday on Monday in Philadelphia, the White House announced.
That’s a city that has seen a lot of Mr. Biden, who is seeking a second term. This will be Mr. Biden’s seventh trip to the City of Brotherly Love this year, including holding a campaign rally there in June with union members and touring the Philadelphia shipyard in July.
And Vice President Kamala Harris used Philadelphia as the backdrop last month to announce steps designed to increase pay for 1 million construction workers.
“It makes sense that the president would spend time in Pennsylvania with a core constituency like labor, who he’s generally been popular with,” said Mike Soliman, a New Jersey-based Democratic consultant. “The fact is Pennsylvania is an incredibly important state to his re-election prospects.”
That’s a city that has seen a lot of Mr. Biden, who is seeking a second term. This will be Mr. Biden’s seventh trip to the City of Brotherly Love this year, including holding a campaign rally there in June with union members and touring the Philadelphia shipyard in July.
And Vice President Kamala Harris used Philadelphia as the backdrop last month to announce steps designed to increase pay for 1 million construction workers.
“It makes sense that the president would spend time in Pennsylvania with a core constituency like labor, who he’s generally been popular with,” said Mike Soliman, a New Jersey-based Democratic consultant. “The fact is Pennsylvania is an incredibly important state to his re-election prospects.”
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Welcome back to Pennsylvania, President Biden!
