WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t even need to leave the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., to show the breadth of the coalition they need to keep together as they run for reelection in 2024.
On Tuesday afternoon, a crowd of union members greeted Biden with chants of “Run, Joe, Run” as he appeared to deliver his first remarks since announcing his run for reelection at the North American Building Trades Unions’ convention, with the mostly white, mostly male, mostly older delegates from around the country eating up a speech chock-full of economic populism.
“My economic plan is a blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America,” Biden told the crowd in a speech dedicated to slamming GOP economic plans and hyping his own progress, with nary a mention of abortion or any other social issue. “Like many of you, not much trickled down to my dad’s kitchen table.”
Biden was not the only attraction at the convention. A sign in the lobby…