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highplainsdem

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:24 PM Jan 2020

Biden Tries to Head Off Trump in Iowa With Pre-Rally Speech

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-30/biden-tries-to-head-off-trump-in-iowa-with-pre-rally-speech


Former Vice President Joe Biden will try to deflect some of the attention from President Donald’s Trump’s Thursday evening rally in Des Moines, Iowa, with a pre-rally speech that’s also intended to convince Iowa Democrats that he’s best suited to represent be the party’s standard-bearer in November.

While both men are campaigning as the Senate’s impeachment trial of Trump is taking place, the speech is not expected to address the details of impeachment, a campaign official said on the condition of anonymity to preview the address. Rather, Biden will focus on the broader choice voters have Monday's caucuses, arguing that that no progress can be made on the issues important to Democratic voters unless Trump is defeated.

While the official said the speech was meant to be inspirational, it will amount to a closing argument as it comes days before voters gather for the caucuses with polls showing no clear front-runner.

The former vice president will speak Thursday morning in Waukee, a Des Moines suburb, hours before Trump’s rally, which comes as he hopes to inspire a strong turnout in Monday’s Republican caucuses as a sign of the party’s strength in the state.

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Good move still_one Jan 2020 #1
Brilliant! Cha Jan 2020 #2
Yes!! And 2 polls have emerged today giving Biden the lead... not by much but wiped out Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #3
 

Thekaspervote

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3. Yes!! And 2 polls have emerged today giving Biden the lead... not by much but wiped out
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:38 PM
Jan 2020

Sanders lead

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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