Staff Reports
President Joe Biden is taking a break from his extensive vacation to grace Pittsburgh with the warm, fuzzy embrace of a campaign rally alongside Vice President Kamala Harris. This spectacle is set for next Monday, marking the duo’s first major get-together on the campaign trail since Harris ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket in July—a development that’s somehow managed to fly under the radar while the president was busy soaking up the sun. One can’t help but wonder if the last couple of weeks were filled with less work and more relaxation on the beach, with multiple stops for ice cream.
Before joining Biden, Harris will kick things off solo in Detroit, fulfilling her promise to connect with the labor unions she insists she loves so dearly. Of course, this convenient timing comes right on the heels of a campaign boasting that the Biden-Harris administration is the most pro-union power duo in history. While that might sound impressive, one has to ask: if that’s the case, where are the union workers singing their praises from the rooftops? Swaying in the breeze is one thing, but what’s still on many folks’ minds is the increasing cost of living and job security in today’s economy.
Harris’s campaign team is keen to stress how Biden is allegedly the first sitting president to join a picket line; however, they somehow forgot to mention the countless picket lines he’s managed to miss over the years. As for those soaring union membership rates? A lot of workers might prefer those figures in their paychecks instead of statistics to prop up campaign slogans. While the Biden administration touts its supportive stance on unions, many average workers remain skeptical about whether it truly translates into real-world benefits.
In a carefully crafted jab at Trump, the Harris campaign asserted that he was anti-worker and anti-union, claiming he allowed the wealthy to prosper at the expense of the middle class. Ironically, it seems like the current administration is in a competition to see who can keep raising taxes while pretending to champion the working class. The idea that a “second Trump presidency” would bring even more misfortune to American workers is less about a solid argument and more about rallying their base out of sheer desperation. It’s no wonder they’re thriving on exaggeration while struggling with what’s actually at stake in the working world today.
President @JoeBiden will end his two-week vacation to take part in a campaign rally with @KamalaHarris in Pittsburgh. https://t.co/9Yzsj7lKGi
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 28, 2024
Funny enough, Biden’s public appearances have been about as rare as finding a unicorn, especially since delivering a lackluster keynote address at the Democratic National Convention last week. His recent escapades in California and Delaware show that foreign vacations and endless rest are still the name of the game for an administration trying to paint itself as a friend of everyday Americans. Meanwhile, while he enjoys his time off, Harris is swooping in to align with her running mate, Tim Walz, and her husband, Doug Emhoff, both of whom are preparing for their own Labor Day campaigning adventures. The real question is whether Biden and Harris will be more focused on photo ops or actually addressing the bread-and-butter issues that concern those they claim to represent.
