Joe Biden Visits Miami First Time As The Democratic Presidential Nominee
After being announced as the Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, for the first time, visits Miami on Monday. He was campaigning for votes that are likely to play a vital role in his election in Florida, a swing state. He landed before 2:30 p.m., making his first stop at the Little Haiti Cultural Center.
“There’s no quit in America," the former vice president told a crowd wearing masks. He went on to say that the Haitian community does not quit, before vowing that there will be no quit in his part as their president when it comes to ensuring the Haitian community gets an equal chance to get back on its feet and move towards realizing its "incredible potential."
He then visited the Jose Marti Gym, which is in Little Havana, before heading straight to the town hall event at Perez Art Museum later in the day. Biden is accompanied by his wife, Jill Biden, who will be campaigning in Boca Raton on Monday night, Local 10 reported.
The trip is planned to coincide with the concluding day to register to vote in Florida. Aside from that, it takes place at a specific location crucial to securing the state's 29 electoral votes.
If the current polls are anything to go by, Biden is leading his rival, Donald Trump, by anywhere from 1/2 percent to about 3 - 4 percent in Florida. Professor of political science at Nova Southeastern University, Charles Zelden, describes this as a soft lead, adding that a key element to any democrat (or Biden) winning at Nova Southeastern University involves running up the numbers in South Florida.
Zelden suggests it is imperative for them to win big in South Florida because they are likely to lose big in the panhandle, as well as in southwest Florida. He said a significant turnout of Haitian-American voters, which alludes to a constituency that usually feels ignored when it comes to politics, could counterbalance the potential losses for the former vice president in Miami-Dade County with Cuban-American voters.
The Cuban vote, according to Zelden, has always been more conservative and Republican as compared to other Latin constituents. A Haitians for Biden supporter, Paul Christian, said the two issues that define their situation today include COVID-19 and immigration-related issues.
Biden addressed the coronavirus pandemic during his stop in Little Havana, shortly before President Donald Trump was slated to leave a Washington-area military hospital, where he is being treated for COVID-19. The Democratic presidential nominee pointed out that since Trump's hospitalization, over 100,000 more people have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
As far as immigration is concerned, Biden said his view about the temporary protected status is clear. “This is not the time to lift it,” he said. This is the first time Biden is visiting South Florida after been announced as the Democratic presidential nominee.