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with us? reporter: the president is also arguing that republicans cannot say they support law enforcement if they also are defending those rioters who rioted on capitol hill, on january 6th. now, the president marks his first trip here to pennsylvania over the course of the next week. he is slated to travel to pennsylvania, a battleground state, three times over the course of the next week. he will also be speaking in philadelphia, on thursday, to talk about his campaign message of engaging in a battle for the soul of the nation, and warning that democracy remains at risk. he is also slated to travel to pittsburgh on monday to participate in a labor day event. there are very important to senate and governors races here in the state, the president is trying to help advance those democratic candidates dissipating in those races as the white house is preparing to go into full campaign swing mode in the coming weeks. cnn, traveling with the president, in wilkes-barre, pennsylvania.
biden s three stops in seven days, wilkes-barre, pittsburgh, philadelphia over the next couple of days? i think he s got roots here, as you know, he was born and spent some of his formative years in scranton. i think pennsylvania could be the whole ball of wax. i mean, senate control, 50-50 with the vice president breaking the ties. in this case it s a republican pat toomey who s hanging it up. so you know, this is potentially the easiest pickup for democrats to take control of the united states senate. i also think it s accessible. i mean, to be candid i think it s accessible are from washington. it s accessible from rehoboth beach so he can probably spend the weekend in delaware at his beach house and still make it to pittsburgh for a labor day event. michael smerconish, my go-to for anything about pennsylvania. good to see you. thanks, victor. you too. texas governor greg abbott has sent approximately 9,000 migrants on buses to new york
assault weapons ban. but this speech also offers the president a chance to present more of a contrast with republicans and what he has come to calling an extreme maga agenda. that is something we ve really heard the president lean into over the course of the past week. and one argument, officials say, that the president is expected to make today, is that republicans can t say that they support law enforcement while also calling for defunding the fbi or defending the rioters who were up on capitol hill on january 6th. now, this speech is over a month in the making. the president was supposed to travel here to wilkes-barre, pennsylvania, in july, but then contracted covid. the day of that campaign event. so, they had to call it off. but he is making an all-out push here in the commonwealth of pennsylvania over the course of the next week after his speech today. on thursday, he will be in philadelphia, where he s set to renew and reprise his campaign theme of talking about battling for th