CPAC participants say Biden is the biggest threat for Trump

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – They're confident Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpLawmakers discussed possible talks with Cohen: bring 5 things to remember as Republicans tighten up at CPAC Donald Trump puts former presidents to shame of North Korean policies MORE will win a second term, but many participants at the largest gathering of conservative activists in the country have agreed that Joe BidenJoseph (Joe) Robinette BidenSanders Denounces "Danger" Trump in Brooklyn Speech Launch Campaign CPAC attendees say Biden is the biggest threat to Trump Bloomberg employees interviewing potential employees in New Hampshire, Iowa ) at the time of the conjectures: report PLUS the biggest threat to the president in 2020.

Local activists at the annual Conservative Action Conference (CPAC) have repeatedly summoned the former Democratic Vice President to question who would be Trump's most formidable challenger before his reelection campaign.

Trump's approval rating is in the 1940s, he is losing favor with independent voters, and the newly empowered Democrats in the House face a myriad of inquiries into his policies, business relationships and personal scandals.

Trump is expected to address CPAC at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on Saturday.

"I think it would be Joe Biden. I just think that a group of Democrats would gather around him. I just think he would be the most formidable candidate, "said Joseph Lewis of Emmett, Idaho, who was attending his first meeting with CPAC, his friend CPAC, with his friend Barbara Hawkins. "He has experience, everyone knows him, but he is well known for his gaffes."

A Virginia participant, who only gives his first name, Greg, said Biden could "appear as a mature leader" in a race against Trump, who has been reprimanded by some Republican compatriots for his often personal attacks on Twitter.

And a former Trump administration official attending CPAC said that Democrats could combine the experience and attractiveness of blue-collar workers with diversity and energy left if Biden and Sen . Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisSanders denounces Trump's "dangerous" threat during Brooklyn speech campaign CPAC participants say Biden is the biggest threat to Trump Calif. The Department of Justice paid $ 1.1 million for harassment complaints filed while Harris was AG: PLUS report (D-Calif.) Ran like a ticket, which could be dangerous for Republicans.

"A Biden-Kamala ticket would be great," said the former Trump official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Biden, a son of Scranton, Pennsylvania, who served as vice president of former President Obama for two terms, said this week that he was encouraged by family members to participate in the race for the primary race after the death of the candidacy. of his son, Beau Biden. But Biden has not made a decision yet.

Friends and allies who speak to Biden regularly report that it is almost certain to announce a race in the coming months. Former President of the Congressional Black Caucus Cedric RichmondCedric Levon of Richmond, according to CCAP participants, Biden is the biggest threat to Trump. The Morning's Morning – Emergency Statement Testing GOP Fidelity to Trump The Hill's Morning Report – What to Watch for While the Mueller Probe Slows Down MORE (D-La.) Said that he thought Biden was "90%" inclined to run for president.

"I tell him about running since election night two years ago. I think he was the first person I reached out and said, "You have to do that for the country," Richmond said in an interview with Capitol this week. "Whenever you see the calamity of foolishness coming out of the White House, I always pick up the phone, call and encourage it."

But his decades-long political career at Biden means he was coming in with a lot of money in the 2020 primary. CPAC's activists described the former vice president, 76, as being too blatant , too liberal and a creature of the Washington Marsh.

"He does not have the right color, he does not have the same sex" to win the Democratic nomination, said Jeff Johnson of DeKalb, Ill, who was going to CPAC. It's the politics of identity, that's all. This is not the best qualified person. Biden is a bozo; he's a career politician, he's an idiot.

Teresa Mendoza, wearing a red "Latinas for Trump" t-shirt, also stated that she was not too concerned about Biden, which she described as "creeping" with "too much luggage ". Instead, Mendoza said she was closely watching another potential. Trump challenger: Howard Schultz, former president and CEO of Starbucks.

"I am a longtime democrat who does not recognize his party," said Mendoza. "So, when a moderate Democrat arrives, it's someone who could attract people to him because he owns a business and that's moderate, and he calls the party how disturbed he is. "

"They are literally mad batshit," she said.

Republican Lawrence Zupan, a Trump supporter who unsuccessfully challenged Sen. Bernie SandersBernard (Bernie) SandersSanders denounces Trump's "dangerous" statement during Brooklyn speech campaign Ocasio-Cortez becomes GOP's new enemy in a conservative debate How to bridge the income gap in America MORE (I-Vt.) Last fall, also called the current crop of 2020 Democrats hopes – including Sens. Harris, Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerSanders denounces Trump's "dangerous" campaign in the campaign of his speech in Brooklyn Cory Booker's career shows that the choice of school is the civil rights issue where most Democrats are worried , CPAC participants say Biden is the biggest threat for Trump PLUS (NEW JERSEY.), Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenSanders denounces "dangerous" Trump launching speech in Brooklyn CPAC participants say Biden is Trump Sanders' biggest threat to reparation: there are better ways than "just writing a check" AFTER (Mass.) And Kirsten GillibrandKirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand, a CCPAC participant, says Biden represents the biggest threat to Trump Sanders: a "strange kind" to run for "half the caucus" of the Senate, Dems Cory Booker presents a draft of law to legalize marijuana nationwide MORE (N.Y.), as well as Governor Jay Inslee of Washington State – "fourth-ranked candidates" and "lightweights who will be blown away by Donald Trump".

But when asked if Biden was one of those lightweights, Zupan suddenly became serious.

"Joe Biden is not a light weight politically," Zupan told The Hill. "If Joe Biden arrives, despite the fact that he looks moderate, compared to the fools who come to the office, it could pose a threat to the president. It could be someone who would be a force to be reckoned with, only because [he represents that] Barack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama: focus on national service can unify our divided country CPAC participants believe that Mr. Biden is the biggest threat to Trump, the inheritance of the Bush chain MSNBC family: erased from conservative history at CPAC PLUS-a nostalgia. "

"He has an attraction for blue-collar workers, but if someone wearing a blue collar understood his destructive ideas, he would change his collar," Zupan continued. "It's his eternal false philosophy that he tries to describe as he walks around and gets treated like a monarch for his $ 200,000 speeches."

Earlier this year, Tim Chapman, executive of the Heritage External Heritage Group, had said in an interview with C-SPAN that "Biden keeps me awake at night" because he's "perceived as a moderate But that he has "credibility with the working class". voters. "

"I think the whole game in 2020 is whether Republicans can recreate this 2016 coalition," Chapman m said. "Losing working class voters would make it very difficult for a Republican to win."

However, a number of Trump's substitutes at CPAC argued that the president had no reason to worry in 2020, especially as the Liberal group competing for the candidacy advocates "socialist" ideas such as the "Green New Deal" and "Medicare for all."

"Socialism is not going to cut it. They are so far to the left, "Rep. Roger WilliamsJohn (Roger) Roger WilliamsCACAC participants say Biden is the biggest threat to Trump. Do not look for the House GOP to challenge Trump on the wall of the border. (R-Texas), who supports Trump's reelection, said when he was leaving the main stage of CPAC. "I see this as a great benefit to us if we do not spoil it because America is not going to go left; America is not going to embark on the fantastic green program or in the health insurance for anyone. I do not worry about any of them. "

Maj Touré, another Trump supporter and founder of the gun rights group Black Guns Matter, said he had not seen anyone in the democratic field who would have a chance to defeat Trump, although he chose to praise Harris.

"They should be strong on the economy. They should be tough on national security. And they should do better than what the current administration is considering for the second amendment. I do not see anyone left doing that, "Toure told The Hill.

"Joe Biden was horrible because of his no-gun zones. Since 1991, over 90% of the killings have occurred in areas free of firearms. So, it will not work clearly, "he added. "Maybe a Kamala. A lot of energy, an African American woman. On these checklists, it would make sense, but other than that, I do not see anyone.