President will speak at small business in battleground state, while Kamala Harris visits Colorado
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By the way, if you needed a reminder that diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power, Defense secretary Lloyd Austin has just the tweet for you this morning – words no doubt also intended for those listening in China:
As we lead with diplomacy on a range of issues @SecBlinken mentioned, I want you to know we at the @DeptofDefense stand ever ready to buttress the hard work of our diplomats. pic.twitter.com/L6novbyFWV
Here’s Rebecca Shabad at NBC News with what she says we can expect from President Joe Biden’s trip to Pennsylvania today – and why he is doing it:
Biden will visit a small business in Chester, Pennsylvania, in the mid-afternoon, where he plans to talk to people about the benefits of the American Rescue Plan, which was signed into law last week.
Biden has said he wants to publicize the plan to the public, saying Democrats paid a political price for not doing so after passage of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The White House is targeting key battleground states for the sales strategy. Harris and Emhoff stopped in Nevada Monday, and Biden is scheduled to visit Georgia on Friday, which, like Pennsylvania, is another key swing state he won last year — the first time a Democrat carried it in nearly three decades.
