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The Guardian - US
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Lauren Gambino in Washington

Democrats insist Joe Biden’s low midterms profile is smart strategy

Joe Biden takes a selfie with attendees during an event on Chips manufacturing, at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York, last week.
Joe Biden takes a selfie with attendees during an event on Chips manufacturing, at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York, last week. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Music, chants and applause filled the gymnasium of a community college in an upstate New York battleground district, where Joe Biden delivered Democrats’ closing economic argument of the midterm election season.

The president acknowledged Americans’ struggle to cope with painfully high inflation, while touting the progress his administration had made toward a post-pandemic recovery. He closed his remarks with a stark warning: if Republicans win control of Congress, they would create “chaos” in the economy. Then he waded into the crowd to shake hands and snap selfies.

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