US elections 2020: Barack Obama to campaign for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

Former US president Barack Obama will marketing campaign for Democratic occasion presidential candidate Joe Biden in Pennsylvania subsequent week, the Biden marketing campaign has mentioned.

Biden, 77, was the vice chairman throughout Obama’s two phrases.

While Obama has endorsed Biden and his operating mate and India-origin Senator Kamala Harris by making on-line campaigns for them, this could be the primary time that the 59-year-old former president could be campaigning in particular person.

Four years after he left the presidency, Obama due to his oratory abilities, nonetheless stays the most important crowd puller for the opposition Democratic occasion.

“On Wednesday, October 21, (former) president Obama will travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to campaign on behalf of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,” the Biden marketing campaign mentioned in an announcement on Friday afternoon.

No different particulars have been instantly obtainable.

Biden, as per the most recent opinion polls, leads in opposition to Republican incumbent President Donald Trump by over 9 factors on a median.

However, there are indicators that the polls are tightening, particularly after Trump resumed his rallies after recovering from Covid-19. He has been attracting 1000’s of supporters to his election rallies within the battleground states.

Obama is the one Democratic chief who can appeal to a giant crowd in his election rallies. His leaping into the marketing campaign, with a little bit over a fortnight left for the presidential elections, is prone to inspire and encourage Black Americans and fence sitters to come back out and vote, Biden strategists consider.

A day earlier, the Democratic National Committee launched a brand new advert that includes Obama, “The 2020 Election Is Already Here.” It highlights the stakes of this election, the significance of Americans voting now to make their voices heard and the way they’ll discover all the data they should make their plan to vote.

“Millions of Americans are already voting, make sure you stand up and join them,” Obama mentioned within the advert.

“There will always be reasons to think your vote doesn’t matter — that’s not new. What is new is a growing movement for justice, equality and progress on so many issues. This really is a tipping point, and that momentum only continues if we win this election. But it’s gonna be close. It could come down to a handful of voters just like you. So I’m asking you to bring this thing home. Leave no doubt. Vote early,” he mentioned.

The advert is being run in all of the battleground States by way of digital platforms together with Facebook, Instagram, Hulu, and YouTube.

During the Democratic National Convention this summer time, Obama had launched a blistering assault in opposition to Trump. “Donald Trump hasn’t grown into the job because he can’t,” he mentioned in August.

“And the consequences of that failure are severe. 170,000 Americans dead. Millions of jobs gone while those at the top take in more than ever. Our worst impulses unleashed, our proud reputation around the world badly diminished, and our democratic institutions threatened like never before,” Obama mentioned.