Joe Biden attacks Trump in 2020 against blue-collar workers

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday launched his first campaign rally as a presidential candidate in 2020 with a stump speech aimed at American workers – who also launched several coups against President Donald Trump.

"I came here because, frankly, if I have to beat Donald Trump in 2020, it will happen here," Biden said in a crowded Teamsters banquet hall in Pittsburgh.

This rally was marked by the first major public demonstration of Mr Biden, aged 76, since the long-awaited announcement last Thursday that he would be running for president. He became the 20th Democrat to join the race to replace Trump in 2020. Despite his late arrival, a former six-term senator and former two-term vice president is widely regarded as a prime candidate in the overcrowded democratic field.

Biden – addressing a crowd of union members – has heavily focused his remarks on populist issues, including corporate greed and income inequality.

"I do not apologize – I'm a union man, period," said Biden, who had received his first union visa earlier in the morning.

"The country has not been built by Wall Street bankers, CEOs and hedge fund managers," Biden told the crowd. "It was built by you, it was built by the big middle class American."

"We have to reward work in this country, not just wealth," said Biden.

As the 20-minute speech continued, Biden explained Trump's character and the policies of his administration.

"There was a tax cut of $ 2 trillion last year. Did you feel it?" Biden asked the crowd, who responded with a "No!" in unison.

"Of course not!" he added, adding, "It's a one-way street these days."

Trump, said Biden, is "the only president who has decided not to represent the entire country".

Biden has been directly targeting Trump since the start of his candidacy last week. And Trump did not hesitate to launch his own bursts. Prior to Biden's speech Monday afternoon, Trump launched a pair of tweets attacking the last presidential candidate, awarding the political veteran the derisory nickname "Sleepy Joe Biden".

Trump also touted Pennsylvania's economic progress under his administration, claiming that Biden "obviously does not know" that the state "is experiencing one of the best economic years in its history, with the rate of lowest unemployment ever recorded ". State officials reportedly said earlier this month that Pennsylvania's unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent in March, its lowest level since 1976.

The beginnings of the former Delaware senator's campaign strategy appear to be aimed at bolstering his support in Pennsylvania, a rotating state rich in electoral votes that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had narrowly lost before Trump in the 2016 elections.

Biden's first fundraiser as a candidate took place at the home of David Cohen, Executive Vice President of Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal in Philadelphia. And he must return to the city on May 18 to hold a rally that will expose the vision of his unification campaign of a politically polarized country.

Mr. Biden also focused on securing union support. On the eve of the announcement of his campaign, Biden spoke in front of the union crowds some of his most inflamed speeches. And Monday morning, he got the first major support of the presidential primary by the union, which got the blessing of the International Association of Fire Fighters, which has about 300,000 members.

Other Democrats, eager to stand as champions of American workers, have also taken steps to gain union support by disavowing the contributions of political action committees and demanding increased benefits and protections for workers. The employees of Senator Bernie Sanders, a candidate for the Democratic presidency, have even formed their own union.

Shortly after the announcement of Biden's approval, Trump claimed on Twitter that union members would support him in the elections – even though he was denigrating the union leaders "who were ringing their members with absolutely ridiculous contributions, medical and other expenses while receiving a fortune. "

"But members love Trump," the president wrote.

Biden launched his campaign with a video attacking Trump directly for having insisted that there were "very nice people on both sides" of a white supremacist rally "Unite the Right" and of the "Unite the Right". a counter-protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017. A counter-proto, 32 year old Heather Heyer, was killed during the clash.

Biden, who served as vice-president of President Barack Obama for eight years, took advantage of the remarks to oppose Trump and present the 2020 elections as a "battle for the soul." of this nation ".

After Biden 's announcement video resurfaced, Trump again defended these remarks when reporters asked him the question, saying that he "was talking about people who went there because" he said. they were very attached to the Robert E. Lee memorial … people were protesting his abduction from the monument to Robert E. Lee, everyone knows it. "