President Biden at an event Friday at Ironworkers Local 5 training hall in Upper Marlboro, Md. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
You would think that a person who supposedly received 81 million votes would be popular and candidates would be begging for him to come campaign with them. Especially in states that he supposedly won. No says the Washington Post.
Sen. Mark Kelly, one of this year’s most vulnerable Democrats, wouldn’t say whether he wants President Biden to campaign with him. “I’m focused on, right now, on things Arizonans care about, like the price of gasoline and groceries,” he said recently, tiptoeing around the question.
Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, another at-risk Democrat, similarly avoided a direct response, even though he appeared with Biden recently. “I know that the pundits are focused on the campaign. I really am focused on serving the people of Georgia,” he said, replying to a question as he walked through the U.S. Capitol.
The comments by Kelly and Warnock — who represent states that Biden won narrowly but that have since turned away from him — reflect the attitudes of many Democrats wary of aligning too closely with the president ahead of tough elections this fall.
So what’s everyone so afraid of? Old Joe keeps on saying how great things are, and he’s created millions of jobs, and yet folks are running. Running away from him.