ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday [5-21-19] responded to President Donald Trump’s attempts to undermine his ties to Pennsylvania by playing up his connection to another key voting bloc: the working class…Trump’s campaign is ratcheting up its efforts to win over voters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan — states that were key to his victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016. Trump on Monday told an audience of thousands at an airport hangar in Montoursville, Pa., that Biden abandoned the state and never looked back…Trump’s jabs would seem to reflect deep-seated concerns about Biden’s candidacy, which the president reportedly views as his biggest threat in 2020. Trump has repeatedly lobbed a wide range of insults at the former vice president, often presenting himself as more youthful and energetic than Biden, who at 76 is four years older than the president.”
–Katie Galioto, “Biden parries Trump’s Pennsylvania jab,” Politico, May 21, 2019 8:25 pm