U.S. President Joe Biden stands with former President Barack Obama during an event on the Inexpensive Care Act, the previous president’s top legislative accomplishment, within the East Room on the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2022.
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President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama will appear on the campaign trail together Saturday for the primary time since Biden took office.
The previous president and vice chairman pair will reunite in Philadelphia in a last-minute try to energize voters within the swing state ahead of the midterm elections on Tuesday. Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman and gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro will join the presidents on the event.
Former President Donald Trump can be campaigning in Pennsylvania on Saturday in Latrobe, outside of Pittsburgh. Trump has endorsed the celebrity doctor and Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz in addition to Republican candidate Doug Mastriano for governor.
One in all Pennsylvania’s incumbent senators, GOP Sen. Pat Toomey, is retiring, which implies the state could determine which party controls the currently 50-50 Senate. Whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate will likely define Biden’s ability execute his agenda over the subsequent two years.
Polls show an in depth race between Senate candidates Oz and Fetterman.
Of their only debate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Senate candidates fielded questions on abortion rights, raising the minimum wage, gun reform and fracking. Each candidate accused the opposite of lying and didn’t draw back from attacking their opponent’s personal lives.
Oz gained on Fetterman within the polls as Fetterman recovered from a debilitating stroke in May that took him off the campaign trail for 3 months. Oz’s campaign launched attacks on Fetterman’s health and questioned whether he’s physically fit to take office. Fetterman’s primary care physician wrote that the candidate “has no work restrictions and might work full duty in public office,” while noting he’s experiencing lingering auditory processing issues.
In turn, Fetterman’s campaign has blasted Oz, a wealthy TV star, as an out-of-touch carpetbagger from Latest Jersey who got wealthy by promoting sometimes-dubious health information to his audiences.
—CNBC’s Kevin Breuninger contributed to this report.
