The former vice president tells supporters that he would bridge gaps.
By Annie Linskey Annie Linskey National political reporter focused on the 2020 presidential campaign Email Bio Follow May 18 at 6:47 PM PHILADELPHIA — Former vice president Joe Biden offered himself to voters as a leader uniquely positioned to unify a divided country during a rally Saturday afternoon. The event, the largest of his nascent campaign, was intended to bookend the opening phase of his White House bid.
Biden took repeated and direct aim at President Trump, comparing his tactics to those used by dictators. At one point, he quoted Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, delivered during the Civil War on a Pennsylvania battlefield, to drive home the importance of uniting the country. Biden followed that video with a rally at a Pittsburgh union hall, where he focused on another theme: rebuilding the middle class. Saturday’s event was designed to highlight the third message of his candidacy: uniting the country.
He also previewed a policy to address climate change that his campaign will release in coming weeks, saying, “we need a clean energy revolution” and expressing a desire to “set the most aggressive goals possible.”
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