Eager to hold onto a pair of key swing states, President Joe Biden this week will continue his post-State of the Union roadshow in Wisconsin and Michigan as he tries to keep them out of Donald Trump’s grip.
Biden has used campaign fundraisers to deliver some of his sharpest critiques of the former president, whom he often in official White House settings has called “my predecessor.” He flashed his usual candor with donors Monday in New Hampshire, saying the presidential election is a battle for the “soul of the country.”
“He was with Viktor Orban, who talked about democracy being the problem, and telling how much he understood and agreed with him,” Biden said of Trump’s recent meeting with the hard-line prime minister of Hungary, according to a pool reporter allowed inside the event for a few minutes. “Come on. I mean, this is not who we are. And we’ve got to make sure that we communicate that.”
