They added that the week of the campaign launch, aides reached out to more than 5,000 key stakeholders across the coalition, including labor unions and groups of African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. “So I’m in to do what I can to make sure that this president is reelected.”īiden’s senior aides have made a concerted effort to reach out to progressives, one campaign official said. “The last thing this country needs is a Donald Trump or some other right-wing demagogue who is going to try to undermine American democracy or take away a woman’s right to choose, or not address the crisis of gun violence, or racism, sexism or homophobia,” Sanders told the Associated Press in an interview about his endorsement. “He can use the bully pulpit to also show that contrast of calm and collected versus chaotic and crazy. After four years of controversy surrounding Trump, Biden campaigned on returning Washington to normal and having a president who kept his head down and intentionally remained out of the spotlight.īiden’s approach “has more gravitas now,” one Biden ally said. The strategy is a similar approach to the one Biden took in 2020 when he opposed former President Trump. “Let the guys on the other side have it out.” “It’s the Rose Garden strategy,” a participant in one of the meetings said, adding that Biden’s approach will be to “be the president.”
As President Biden launches his reelection campaign, top White House aides and Democratic officials have met with allies and outside groups in closed-door sessions in recent days to discuss the president’s agenda and how he plans to win a second term, sources tell The Hill.Īllies who have attended the meetings with top officials have said a major part of Biden’s strategy is to “act presidential” to contrast with the infighting and chaos on the Republican side.
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