In appearances before two supportive audiences, former VP Biden is expected to talk about a message he might bring to the 2020 campaign if he decides to run.
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law 20th Anniversary Gala in Las Vegas on Dec. 1, 2018.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.WASHINGTON — Joe Biden may not be ready yet to tell Americans if he’s running for president. But starting with appearances this week in front of two supportive audiences, he’s about to start telling them why.
It begins Tuesday when Biden addresses the International Association of Firefighters for what could amount to a pre-emptive endorsement event. The 2,500-word announcement speech that Biden never ultimately delivered promised voters a campaign based on the principle of “one America, bound together in this great experiment of equality and opportunity,” where “everyone — and I mean everyone — is in on the deal.”A tax code overhaul to treat investment income as earned income, changes that would help pay for free community college.A major “American Renewal Project” to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure.
Tuesday’s IAFF conference will look and sound a lot like an endorsement event. In past presidential cycles, the union invited multiple candidates in both parties to address its members. But this year, Biden was the only candidate or potential candidate to score an invitation. The coming week may be a point of no return for him, as aides recognize that the party’s patience is wearing thin. To the extent advisers identify any potential hurdles he’s still reckoning with, they are parallel: how and when to engage with attacks from the most strident partisan voices in both parties, including Trump.
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