Rappers Fat Joe and E-40 will join President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at a post-debate campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina on Friday, the campaign announced Thursday.

Why it matters: As Biden and Trump court Black voters ahead of November, both candidates have turned to rappers as surrogates.
Fat Joe, a Grammy-nominated artist, has previously appeared with the Biden campaign, including attending a panel in March with Vice President Kamala Harris.

A Biden campaign official said in a statement that Fat Joe and E-40 are "legends of the music industry, who understand the importance of utilizing their platforms to ensure their fan base understands the stakes of this election."

The rally, scheduled for noon ET in Raleigh, will come just hours after Biden takes the stage with former President Trump for their high-stakes presidential debate, the first of the 2024 campaign. ( source Axios.com)

President Joe Biden spoke to supporters at a rally in Raleigh, NC Friday following his Thursday night debate against opponent Donald Trump.

The rally comes amid concerns about his performance and some calls for him to step down as the Democratic candidate. Protesters were scheduled to demonstrate outside the rally to oppose the Biden administration’s aid to Israel in its ongoing war against Hamas.

North Carolina is a swing state, with Biden losing to Trump in 2020 by only 1.3%. Now, political observers and voters will be watching his visit in Raleigh at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds.

Governor Roy Cooper, Attorney General Josh Stein, & Wake County Public School Educator Eric Fritz is scheduled to appear with Joe & Jill Biden at Friday’s event. Musical artists Fat Joe and E-40 are also slated to perform. ( source aol.com)

President Biden on Friday delivered one of the most forceful performances of his campaign, acknowledging that he doesn’t “debate as well as I used to” but firing up a crowd of thousands of supporters by furiously accusing former President Donald J. Trump of being a “one-man crime wave.”

Speaking to a large and boisterous crowd, Mr. Biden, 81, tried to beat back a chorus of doubters that emerged following a devastating debate against Mr. Trump the night before, when he appeared disjointed and unclear.

On Friday, he was once again the fierce and loud-spoken campaigner that many had doubted still existed. He directly confronted questions about his age, saying that “I know I’m not a young man, to state the obvious.”

But he sought to minimize concerns about his own fitness for office, saying he would never run for re-election if he didn’t think he was up to the job. And he repeatedly sought to cast the election as a choice between right and wrong, morality and criminality, an honest man and a convicted criminal.

“I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to,” he said to roars of approval from the crowd in a fairgrounds hanger. “But I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. And I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done.”

(Source Michael D. Shear and Maya King for The NY Times)


June 28, 2024
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