Biden to deliver remarks in Texas, Nevada during GOP convention

President Biden will deliver remarks at a trio of events focused on key issues and voting blocs for his re-election bid during the week of the Republican National Convention, the White House announced Sunday.

The speaking series, which includes trips to the swing state of Nevada, is the latest indication that Biden is going full steam ahead, even as a growing number of Democratic lawmakers call on him to step down as the party’s nominee in November.

“Next week, President Biden will continue to travel the country to discuss the extraordinary progress the American people have made over the past three and a half years, lay out his vision for ensuring the promise of America reaches every community, and make clear that We must resist attempts by congressional Republicans to push us back,” a White House official said in a statement.

Biden will deliver remarks on July 15 in Austin, Texas, at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. Historic legislation prohibited discrimination based on race, religion or sex.

The president’s speech will take place on the opening day of the Republican Party convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Republicans will meet there that week to outline their policy platform, give speeches and formally nominate former President Trump.

Biden will deliver remarks in Las Vegas at the NAACP’s 115th national convention on July 16.

The president will speak on July 17 in Nevada at the UnidosUS annual conference, which is described as one of the largest gatherings of Latinos and allies in the country.

While all three speeches are official White House events, they are directly tied to Biden’s main campaign themes. He aggressively rejected Republican efforts to roll back basic rights in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Wade and affirmative action, and President and Vice President Harris courted the black and Latino voters who helped put them in power. White House in 2020.

The president accelerated his travel schedule in the wake of a disastrous debate in late June that triggered calls from some elected officials for him to step aside, worried that he would be unable to defeat Trump in November.

Biden visited Wisconsin last week and spent Sunday in Pennsylvania, two key battlegrounds he will likely need to win to secure re-election. The president will spend the next week attending events at the NATO summit taking place in Washington, D.C.

But his more active schedule may not be enough to calm Democrats who are concerned that he will not be able to effectively defend Trump over the next four months and convince voters that he is up to the job for another four years.

A Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll of voters in swing states released Saturday showed Biden leading Trump in Michigan and Wisconsin. Trump leads Biden in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, although races remain close in every state.

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