Final midterm pitches from Biden and Trump hint at 2024 rematch
Updated at 9:10 p.m. with Trump hinting at campaign launch on Nov. 15.
Biden cast the elections as the last hope to ensure abortion access, protect school kids and save American democracy from the corrosive influence of his vanquished rival. Although Trump continued to blame his loss in 2020 on cheating, he also used his star power in the run-up to the midterms to reinforce GOP attacks on Biden’s handling of the economy and border security.
First lady Jill Biden speaks as President Joe Biden and Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore look on during a rally at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md., on Nov. 7, 2022.“I’m going to be making a very big announcement on Tuesday, November 15, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida,” he said, while campaigning Monday night in Ohio forauthor J.D. Vance.
“Drugs are causing us tremendous problem,” he said. “I’m tired of Blue Ribbon committees. ... You have to get tough and if you don’t do the death penalty, you’ll never stop crime in this country.” He stumped with Wes Moore, a combat veteran, bestselling author and Rhodes Scholar who would be the state’s first Black governor.
Trump held a flurry of rallies in the last five days, in Iowa — where he lost the 2016 caucuses to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — and Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio, all key presidential states, dropping hints along the way.
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