The President of the United States, Joe Biden, is trying to support his fight for re-election among Republicans who do not support Donald Trump, a Democrat campaign official said this Thursday (6).
So the Biden campaign hired a “Republican national engagement director”: Austin Weatherford. He was chief of staff to former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger, an outspoken critic of Trump.
Weatherford was hired “to lead outreach efforts to [eleitores] independents and moderate Republicans who see the danger that Donald Trump poses to the country if he is re-elected for a second term,” according to the official.
Biden and Trump are in a tighter race for the White House than in 2020, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Support for Biden among voters without a “four-year degree” fell 10 percentage points compared to the same period in 2020, the analysis found.
Most national opinion polls show a tie between the two candidates.
Trump has frequently been rejected by members of the Republican party who do not align with him as “RINOs,” which stands for “Republicans in Name Only,” and by party members he considers disloyal.
The Trump campaign did not return a request for comment on the matter.
Attempt to attract supporters of Nikki Haley
The Biden and Trump campaigns have struggled to attract supporters of Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina who dropped out of the Republican primary race in March.
Haley did not support Trump at the time, but later said she would vote for him.
The Biden campaign has held meetings with Haley voters and is making a “seven-figure ad buy” targeting those voters. There is little precedent for a large number of Republicans supporting a Democrat in a presidential election.
Trump, meanwhile, is pooling funds in San Francisco, hoping to attract venture capital money from those turned away by Biden’s liberal policies.
The Republican party has rallied around Trump, even after his repeated lies about winning the 2020 election against Biden and the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol, led by the businessman’s followers.
Kinzinger and US Representative Liz Cheney were the only two Republicans who joined the House of Representatives select committee that investigated the January 6 attack. Both were later censured by the party.
Source: CNN Brasil
Bruce Belcher is a seasoned author with over 5 years of experience in world news. He writes for online news websites and provides in-depth analysis on the world stock market. Bruce is known for his insightful perspectives and commitment to keeping the public informed.
