President Joe Biden hit three Southwest states this week, including two battlegrounds he is desperately trying to hold onto, taking direct aim at Donald Trump at each stop.
Increasingly, the incumbent president and presumed Democratic nominee is following the presumed GOP nominee’s lead in taking personal shots at his opponent — yet another indication the race will be as much about insults as policy plans. Biden’s willingness to go right after Trump was on display during official White House and campaign events this week in Nevada, Arizona and Texas.
“Just the other day, a defeated-looking guy came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, I need your help. I’m being crushed with debt. I’m completely wiped out.’ I had to say, ‘Donald, I can’t help you,'” Biden quipped to donors Wednesday evening in Dallas, alluding to the former president facing over $400 million in fines from civil cases in New York state. Trump’s lawyers have said in court filings the real estate executive lacks that much cash.
