had the campaign trail all to himself, capitalize on that opportunity. he hit the critical battleground state of pennsylvania three times this week, talking about issues that actually matter to voters, like the economy and reproductive rights. while he was there, biden also picked up a key endorsement from a democratic dynasty. 15 members of the kennedy family through their support behind him in a clear rebuke of their conspiracy theorist family member and independent candidate, rfk jr.. meanwhile, biden s gop opponent, criminal defendants donald trump, spent the week seated in a manhattan courthouse. how did trump use that precious and limited time in between his mandatory court proceedings? the usual. he attacked the legal system, spread more lies about what he is being prosecuted for, and promised retribution against his political enemies. what a waste of time. joining me now is democratic pollster and a political analyst, fernand r monday. let s start with that split
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whether or not that image is just something the american people get used to and they are just trying to say, that is just politics in 2024. it is up to biden to make the case i think he is doing a good job so far, and i think that is why it is important that the other trump trials come online before the election if they want to have the american people with the idea that this potential convicted president could very well be the next president. so, let s talk about the kennedys throwing their weight behind joe biden, endorsing him, not endorsing rfk jr. we are also hearing from media reports that the trump campaign is awful also focusing on rfk jr., as well. is there just too much credit being given to the rfk campaign by both sides at this point? i don t think so, katie, because it is about the polls. the polls speak very clearly and right now in some polls, rfk jr. is getting 12%, 13% of the vote in some of these battleground states. from whom, though, is he pulling? that
they have nothing else to attack because they can t attack the things that he is doing that are so good for this country. i see people going back to work, jobs coming to the area, infrastructure being fixed up. joe biden gets things done. that is just who he is. i m joe biden and i approve this message. fernand, joe biden gets things done, that is what we are hearing. this is a part of a big spend on the biden campaign to be able to push ads like this out. again, i guess the juxtaposition of biden doing this, having this type of ad campaign while donald trump rails against the judicial system in a hallway in a manhattan courtroom. you heard, though, in his ad talking about joe biden being sharp, right? so, is this this new wave of biden surrogates? is this the way that biden is attacking certain points of criticism that people think our weaknesses, by using and deploying these types of ads? clearly so. right now, you see the biden campaign trying to frame this narrative. as we ge
really starts in october and november, trying to take on where the attacks are. right now, joe biden is the stool in the oval office, but nothing could be further from the truth. biden himself really diminished that narrative during the state of the union speech. as long as he sticks to his strength, which is how he has presided over, katie, this historic economy that is the envy of the world right now in terms of how it is performing against the backdrop of the pandemic after he inherited this economic disaster from the trump years. and what is on the line? going back to trump, the man who basically brought the economy to its knees, or continuing to progress. that is what we are seeing in those commercials. i think as long as the economy is the main issue, which the polls say it is, that will be a very effective method for team biden. reproductive rights, though, gives economy a run for its money when it comes to importance to voters. we have this information, the biden campaign rel