The President of the United States, Joe Biden, exposed this Tuesday (20), during a fundraising trip for his re-election campaign in California, part of his vision for a second term, from strengthening the health system in the North -American until the end of the tax cuts approved by Donald Trump's government.
Biden's three-day tour of Los Angeles and San Francisco began after his campaign and Democratic Party allies said they raised more than $42 million in January and have $130 million in cash for a likely runoff. in the general election against Trump.
Biden has been holding regular fundraising campaigns to fill his coffers ahead of what is expected to be an uphill battle to remain in the White House, but he has not spoken often about what he intends to do in a second term if reelected.
“I would like to talk about the future and what it means to get the job done,” he said at the start of an event in Beverly Hills before an audience that included actress Jane Fonda.
“Trump’s $2 trillion tax cut, which is about to expire, overwhelmingly helped the very, very rich among us and not the vast majority of the American people. ‘Finish the job’ means getting rid of the Trump tax cut by closing the loopholes.”
He also listed reducing the deficit, strengthening health care legislation known as the Affordable Care Act and making housing more affordable, in what could be a preview of topics in his State of the Union address expected next month.
While fundraisers in California are focused on wealthy donors, his campaign said Tuesday that January's fundraising was fueled primarily by lower-income donors who gave online.
“January’s fundraising — driven by a powerful grassroots fundraising program that continues to grow month over month — is an undisputed show of strength to kick off the election year,” campaign director Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a communicated.
The totals include money donated to Biden's campaign, the Democratic National Committee and their joint fundraising committees.
Trump's campaign said it raised $8.8 million in January and spent more than $11 million, including more than $5 million on ads and mailers, as he easily won early contests for the Republican presidential nomination. .
Biden and Trump remain technically tied in the race for the White House, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll. The former president has the support of 37% of those interviewed and Biden, 34%.
Source: CNN Brasil
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