The Republican Party that Trump won in the 2020 presidential election
Biden emphasizes achievements such as lowering prescription drug prices… appeals for support
Former President Donald Trump’s home base in Florida, right next to his private jet with the word ‘Trump’ written in large letters on the side, was on the 30th (local time) President Joe Biden’s private plane, Air Force One (1). ) stopped side by side.
While raising funds for the president’s re-election in Florida on this day, President Biden said of Trump, his former president and rival, “He is a loser.”
Such a remark is a typical light-hearted shot that Biden often makes, but it had special power in the courtyard of Trump’s stronghold.
On this day, Florida’s first Biden campaign fundraising event was held at the Pelican Club in Jupiter. Jupiter is a wealthy small city less than an hour’s drive from Mar-a-Lago, where Trump’s villa is located.
Biden said to fund donors on this day, “The reason Donald Trump became the president he lost last time is because of you. And you are the reason we are trying to make him a loser again from now on,” he said.
Biden accused the Republican Party of trying to roll back all the progress and achievements made by the Biden administration so far, citing as an example his sharp lowering of prescription drug prices, including the price of insulin.
He said, “Trump is threatening our American democracy itself.”
The second location for Biden’s Florida fundraiser is Miami. Biden has continued his campaign with an optimistic economic outlook as the economic recession has abated somewhat.
Currently, Trump is focusing on fundraising activities for his election, in line with expectations that he will invest a large amount of campaign funds in an election year.
Florida’s wealthy are also an important fundraising target for Biden, but not enough to determine his election in November. Florida supported President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, but Trump won there in 2016 and 2020.
In addition, in Florida’s 2022 midterm elections, the Republican Party defeated the Democratic Party by a margin of approximately 20% for governor, senator, and other elected positions in state government.
The number of registered voters was more than 600,000 for the Democratic Party 10 years ago, but now the Republican Party has the upper hand at 800,000.
Nevertheless, President Biden is optimistic that he will win Florida. “I think we can win Florida,” he said in Jupiter.
The reason Florida voters are leaning toward right-wing conservatives is largely because many retirees from the Midwest and Northeast, which have many Republican supporters, have moved here.
Not only that, but the Latinos who make up the majority of the population here are also politically inclined toward the Republican Party.
According to AP Boatcast, an election campaign tracking organization, only 54% of Florida Latinos supported President Biden in the 2020 presidential election, showing an approval rating far below the national average of 63%.
[주피터( 미 플로리다주)= AP/뉴시스]
Source: Donga
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