CHICAGO — President Joe Biden stumped for suburban Democrats in Joliet on Saturday, part of a final weekend campaign visit to what has been a reliably blue state that underscored national Democratic concerns that Republican gains in several races could give the party control of Congress on Election Day.
In his last minute pitch that echoed his themes in stops that also included California, New York and Pennsylvania, Biden warned Republicans would try to cut Social Security and Medicare if they take over the House and Senate.
“These programs do something so basic, and yet so important,” he told about 300 people in the gymnasium of Jones Elementary School in Joliet. “After working hard for decades, people deserve to retire … with some dignity.”
