Their stop in Pittsburgh capped a Labour Day spent seeking to press Harris’ advantage with union voters.
US President Joe Biden has given a demonstration that the Democratic Party now belongs to Vice President Kamala Harris, stepping to the microphone at a campaign event in Pittsburgh to introduce his No.2 rather than taking the speaking slot of honour for himself.
“Folks, we’ve made a lot of progress, and Kamala and I are going to build on that progress, and she’s going to build on it,” Biden said at a local union hall as he rallied the labour movement in support of Harris, who stood behind him leading the crowd in applause. “I’ll be on the sidelines, but I’ll do everything I can to help.”Credit:Although the atmosphere between Harris and Biden was warm at their first joint campaign appearance, the president hardly seemed eager to take the supporting role.
When Biden finally invited the Democratic nominee up to speak, the crowd chanted “Kamala” as they clasped hands before he planted a kiss on her forehead. “Can we please give it up again for our president, Joe Biden,” Harris said before delivering a speech that served as a paean both to organised labour and to the Biden administration’s support of unions.Harris’ stop in Pittsburgh capped a Labour Day spent seeking to press her advantage with union voters. Earlier in the day, she held an event in Detroit while her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, appeared in Milwaukee.
All told, Harris and Walz managed to visit each of the so-called blue wall states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, appealing to union voters as the ground troops of a campaign that has barely two months left.Their first joint campaign appearance seemed to reinforce why Harris is now leading the Democratic ticket. It was hard not to notice the difference between their clarity as orators.
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