Joe Biden's Philly Kickoff Rally Shows His Campaign Has The Momentum To Win Back The Midwest 😎🎨

[Iamaartist]

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/05/18/joe-bidens-philly-kickoff-rally-shows-his-campaign-has-the-momentum-to-win-back-the-midwest.html


If the energy on the ground in Philadelphia on Saturday was any indication of what’s to come, Donald Trump is right to fear the candidacy of former vice president Joe Biden.

As Biden took the stage in the city of brotherly love to officially kick off his candidacy, a raucous crowd of 6,000 supporters greeted him and showed that the momentum behind his campaign is anything but “sleepy.”

Some images from on the ground in Philly:

Joe Biden receives a warm welcome as he takes the stage in Philadelphia for his kickoff rally


Wow big crowd ..love it😎 Go Joe

[calguy]

1. There are now only tiers of democratic candidates

Teir One : Smokin' Joe Biden

Teir Two : Everybody else

[musicman65]

2. Oh,to be sure

[Demit]

3. Puzzling headline.

What's the connection between Philadelphia, a liberal northeastern city, and winning back the midwest?

[Demsrule86]

6. PA is the gateway to the Midwest...and a must win state.

It is part of the blue wall Midwestern states we must win to take Trump down.

[Demit]

7. PA is not a midwestern state.

Yes, it's a divided state politically, and the western half of the state, I have heard it said, is more like Ohio, but a rally in Philadelphia isn't indicative of a candidate's appeal to midwesterners. Every Democratic candidate gets a huge reception here: I've personally been to big, wildly enthusiastic rallies for Al Gore, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. By the way, the western half of the state resents the hell out of Philadelphia, because they say we suck up too much of the state's resources. Biden's campaign may well prove to have momentum in the midwest, but appearing in very liberal Philadelphia will have had nothing to do with it.

[JI7]

10. because winning all of them requires getting high turnout of black and other minority voters

[Loki Liesmith]

8. Philly ain't the gateway to nowhere

It’s just Philly.
Maybe Pittsburgh is.

[Demsrule86]

12. You are wrong . We did not get the numbers out of the Philly suburbs that we needed to make up

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for Alanama n between the cities. We lost PA in 16...Biden was born there and is beloved. He have 6000 at his rally. And Trump is unlikely to win if we take PA. I lived in PA for years.

[Sugarcoated]

13. Right you are

I lived in Center City for 6 years, settled just over the border in the NW suburbs of Montgomery County for going on 30 years. Married into a wonderful NE Philadelphia Catholic family. Mostly blue collar, union, husband's sister a city teacher and her spouse a Philly cop, (there's even a mummer in extended family). All but one brother are Democrats. Husband's Dem bro and his wife did not vote for Hillary but I know they love Joe. He is beloved around here, he speaks our language, he doesn't have to try to connect to blue collar folks because he IS us.

[Demsrule86]

16. I love Joe too...always have. He can compete in a variety of states.

He is a good and kind man.

[Loki Liesmith]

14. I reiterate

Philly ain’t the gateway to nowhere.

Certainly not the Midwest. We’re a coastal mid-Atlantic city.


Lived in Philly almost 50 years. The idea that we are a midwestern city is bonkers.

[Demsrule86]

15. Philly has a northeastern feel no doubt but, we lost PA and didn't the votes needed out

Of Philly.we lost PA...and we really have no other path but thru the blue wall.

[Sugarcoated]

17. Joe is popular with many more rural Democrats

Indies and even some ever Trump Republicans in Pennsylvania. He can when back the voters that made that razor-thin margin for Trump and then some, the types of people that Hillary did not do well with. Joe has that appeal and then some. Blue collar folks all through Pennsylvania, Philly and Pittsburgh suburbs and Luzerne County actually does translate into other Rust Belt states and into the Midwest. Biden polls very well in the Midwestern states, however, he doesn't have to win any Midwestern states aside from the Rust Belt-blue wall states to kick Trumbo's gelatinous ass to the curb.

[honest.abe]

9. The author of the article is referring to the content and style of his speech not Philadelphia.

From the article:

On Saturday, he sent the message loud and clear that he will be a president who fights for workers, not a conman who exploits minority resentment to win struggling workers in the midwest.

[Scurrilous]

4. ...

[Cha]

5. Thank You!

Link to tweet

[honest.abe]

11. Joe showed in this speech that he has the energy and enthusiasm to win this thing.

That was one of my concerns about him running. I am no longer concerned.

[Gothmog]

18. Joe Biden is the most electable candidate that the Democratic Party has available