President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 24, 2023, in Washington. The sitting U.S. president has formally launched his bid for re-election with a three-minute video that conjures memories of his 2020 battle. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Andrew Harnik
WASHINGTON – Joe Biden’s unofficial campaign strategy for 2024: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
The sitting U.S. president formally launched his bid for re-election early today with a three-minute video that conjures memories of his 2020 battle.
It opens with images of the riots on Capitol Hill and warns of the perils posed by what Biden, 80, calls the MAGA extremists in the Republican party.
That, of course, is a reference to Donald Trump and his own effort to rekindle the momentum of his “Make America Great Again” movement.
It’s all shaping up as a rematch that recent polls suggest Americans do not want.
An NBC News survey found 60 per cent of respondents don’t want Trump, 76, to run again, while 70 per cent would prefer someone other than Biden.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 25, 2023.
