The Democratic President made three stops in New York City, the place Donald Trump left and Biden was warmly greeted, but did see sign’s asking him to get Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to end his fight with Hams to free the remaining hostages….Still alive….
President Biden traveled to New York on Wednesday to headline three fund-raisers, where he presented himself as the last line of defense against the re-election of Donald Trump and as a dedicated — if imperfect — leader who had been around long enough to recognize the existential threat Mr. Trump poses to democratic institutions, including the presidency.
“It is dangerous for us to be engaged in this kind of politics, because it ends up dragging us all to the bottom,” Mr. Biden said during his third reception, where his voice had lowered to a whisper after a day of shaking hands, taking selfies and delivering speeches.
“It’s not that I’m so good, but you have to have someone who can beat somebody.”
Mr. Biden also pre-empted criticism of his age by joking that he was not 81, but “40 times two.” But in the drawing rooms and ballrooms of New York City, any enthusiasm for a second Biden term seemed to be mingled with fear about the thought of a second one from Mr. Trump.
“We’re here for him, and for the next four years,” said Maureen White, a Democratic donor and the host of Mr. Biden’s third reception of the day, as she stood next to the president. “But we’re also here because the consequences of not electing Joe Biden are terrifying.”
At each event, Mr. Biden retooled his message for the crowd, but he largely focused on Mr. Trump, even if a few of his stories seemed to veer off script and lose a sense of chronology…..
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Republican-wrought chaos was indeed Mr. Biden’s main focus. According to Democratic donors, the strategy is a moneymaker: Mr. Biden’s campaign reported having about $46 million in cash on hand at the end of December, compared with $33 million for Mr. Trump’s campaign, according to filings on Wednesday to the Federal Election Commission.
At multiple points during his visit to New York, the president excoriated Mr. Trump for pressuring Republicans to abandon a deal on the border. He chastised Republicans for turning away from supporting Ukraine in its efforts to beat back a Russian invasion: “What are we doing? Stepping back?”….
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Earlier in the day, protests over Gaza were not detectable from the wood-paneled drawing room of Larry Linden, a philanthropist and climate activist who was the managing director of Goldman Sachs. Standing next to the president, Mr. Linden told a crowd of supporters gathered at his home on the Upper West Side that Mr. Biden “seems to excel at practically everything,” including pulling the United States out of the coronavirus pandemic, all “while maintaining your integrity, decency, faith and likability.”…..
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