Joe Biden is slated to campaign in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, on Monday. The former vice president will be delivering remarks that represent his first major campaign address after this month's DNC (Democratic National Convention), marking a come back to the campaign trail after the coronavirus pandemic shut off in-person events earlier this year.
The impending speech in the Pittsburgh area will raise questions about voters' safety in the U.S. under Trump's administration, according to a news release from the Biden campaign. The former vice president is slated to visit southwestern Pennsylvania to bring voters' attention to a core question they face in this election.
"Are you safe in Donald Trump's America?" the press release inquires. It also brings up the damage caused by the still raging coronavirus pandemic that continues to claim thousands of lives across the country every week, while causing serious damage to the economy.
Furthermore, the press release states that parents across the country and struggling to send their children to school without jeopardizing their safety. In the meantime, Donald Trump continues to divide the people and promote chaos in various cities, while he should be trying to calm tensions and help the country recover from these damages, the press release states.
Joe Biden, according to the press release, will be offering a different vision for a better future in "Joe Biden's America," it added. The Democratic nominee for president has grabbed every opportunity to take jabs at the president since he received the Democratic nomination earlier this year, but he will be making his first major address on the campaign trail after making virtual appearances at the DNC's remote convention earlier this month.
Biden was left with no choice but to cancel in-person events and forced off the campaign trail as the pandemic began to tighten its grip across the country in March. Most of his events were virtual, with only a few exceptions.
The Trump campaign has repeatedly criticized Biden for not hosting in-person events, but the former vice president's campaign recently confirmed that they were gearing up to resume campaign travel, The Hill reported. Biden led Trump in several national polls of the presidential race until the two candidates came within single digits of each other in Pennsylvania at a poll released at the end of DNC.
Biden led with 49 percent support among voters in Keystone State, with Trump trailing close behind with 45 percent. Three percent of voters said they would vote for neither candidate, while another 3 percent said they weren't sure.