President Joe Biden officially announced Tuesday that he is running for re-election.
The announcement was made in a three-minute launch video.
“When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are fighting for the soul of America. And we still are,” Biden said. “The question we face is whether we will have more freedom or less freedom, more rights or less in the coming years. I know what I want in response and I think you know it too. This is no time to be complacent. That’s why I’m running for re-election.”
The video, four years after the day Biden announced his 2020 bid, began with footage of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Biden then appears on the screen and says, “Freedom – personal freedom is fundamental to who we are as Americans. This was my first term paper. To fight for our democracy.”
The video also features a slogan — “Let’s get the job done” — while showing several photos of the president with Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden-Harris logo.
Biden’s plans include a massive fundraiser in anticipation of an expensive campaign. This includes contact with small and large donors. Jeffrey Katzenberg, who has long been a leading Democratic fundraiser, was joined by Rep. Lisa Blunt-Rochester (D-DE), Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Julie Chávez Rodríguez will serve as campaign manager and Quentin Fulks become deputy campaign manager.
Biden’s campaign is hoping to allay concerns about his age of 80, and reverse polls show the majority do not want him to run again.
With Biden’s approval numbers still under water, the White House has focused on Biden’s record and accomplishments in the first two years of office. The campaign appears to be gearing up for the possibility of a rematch with Donald Trump, who currently leads the GOP polls. Even if it’s not Trump, the Biden campaign will likely try to brand his opponent as too extreme, emphasizing the GOP’s shift to the right and its stance on issues like abortion and guns.
“Across the country, MAGA extremists are lining up to take away these fundamental freedoms,” Biden said, captioning images of Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
“You’re cutting the social security you’ve been paying for all your life, while cutting taxes on the very rich. They’re dictating what decisions people can make in health care, banning books and telling people who to love, while they make it difficult for you to vote.”
Biden faces two unconventional rivals for the Democratic nomination: self-help guru Marianne Williamson and Robert Kennedy Jr., a leader in the anti-vaccine movement.
The Republican National Committee responded with a video that uses AI-generated imagery to argue that a new Biden-Harris term would propel the country into a dystopian future.
Source: Deadline
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