{"id":2255359,"date":"2024-05-29T19:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-senate-democrat-bob-casey-stumps-with-biden-despite-presidents-lagging-support\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T19:01:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:01:46","slug":"vulnerable-senate-democrat-bob-casey-stumps-with-biden-despite-presidents-lagging-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-senate-democrat-bob-casey-stumps-with-biden-despite-presidents-lagging-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Bob Casey, a vulnerable Democrat, campaigns alongside Biden despite the president&#8217;s declining popularity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvulnerable-senate-democrat-bob-casey-stumps-with-biden-despite-presidents-lagging-support%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2255359&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania accompanied President Joe Biden to a campaign event in Philadelphia, defying Biden&#8217;s weak swing-state support. Vulnerable Senate Democrats, including Casey, are at risk \u2062of being \u2063impacted by\u2064 Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-officials-felt-relief-when-supreme-court-forced-admin-to-reinstate-trump-immigration-policy-nyt-reports\/\" title=\"Biden Officials Felt \u2018Relief\u2019 When Supreme Court Forced Admin To Reinstate Trump Immigration Policy, NYT Reports\">declining poll numbers<\/a>, especially in battleground states like Pennsylvania. The close race with his Republican opponent and criticism \u2063from GOP critics\u200d highlight the\u200d political \u200ctensions surrounding Casey&#8217;s alignment with \u200cBiden.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bob-casey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bob Casey\">Bob Casey<\/a> (D-PA) accompanied President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bob Casey\">Joe Biden<\/a> on Wednesday to a Philadelphia campaign event, a move that comes as Casey and other vulnerable Senate Democrats look to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3018848\/democrats-hold-senate-biden-swing-state-weakness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"defy the president\u2019s swing-state weaknesses\">defy the president\u2019s swing-state weaknesses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania is among the battleground states where Senate Democrats facing competitive reelections are susceptible to being dragged down by Biden\u2019s trailing poll numbers.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent<em> New York Times<\/em>-Siena College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/05\/13\/us\/elections\/times-siena-poll-likely-electorate-crosstabs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey<\/a>, Casey was up 46%-44% over his Trump-backed Republican opponent, David McCormick. Biden trailed presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump 37%-41% when third-party candidates were included.<\/p>\n<p>The reaction to Casey\u2019s attendance from his GOP critics was swift. <\/p>\n<p>The McCormick campaign said the Philadelphia event was further evidence that the records of Casey and Biden are intertwined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo surprise that career politician Bob Casey is once again standing behind Joe Biden, whose policies he backs 98% of the time,\u201d McCormick spokeswoman Elizabeth Gregory told the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em>\u201cCasey and Biden\u2019s failing agenda is crushing the commonwealth, fueling a border crisis that has killed over 4,000 Pennsylvanians from fentanyl, violent crime, record inflation, and regulations that are killing the commonwealth\u2019s energy sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans\u2019 campaign arm called Casey a \u201cBiden rubber stamp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday was an important reminder to Pennsylvania voters that a vote for Bob Casey is a vote for Joe Biden\u2019s catastrophic agenda that\u2019s opened the southern border, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chairwoman-says-mccarthys-ouster-wont-help-defeat-biden-in-2024\/\" title=\"RNC Chairwoman: McCarthy's Removal Won't Beat Biden in 2024\">caused rampant inflation<\/a>, and devastated America\u2019s natural gas industry,\u201d National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Philip Letsou told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Casey campaign did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Casey previously told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that incumbents like himself can best position themselves for reelection if they \u201ceffectively\u201d communicate their records.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>From left, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), President Joe Biden, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), and Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) pose for a photo at Philadelphia International Airport, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think that when you\u2019re running for public office, you\u2019ve got to make the case to voters about what you\u2019ve done and what you hope to do if you\u2019re, in the case of an incumbent, what you hope to do if you\u2019re reelected,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd as long as you do that and you do it effectively and you communicate with voters, you should be in good shape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Casey\u2019s appearance, Democratic strategist Brad Bannon said his attendance would be telling of the senator\u2019s confidence in Biden\u2019s chances of winning the Keystone State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019ll be a sign of how Casey feels about the president\u2019s coattails in Pennsylvania,\u201d Bannon said. \u201cI think Biden will end up winning Pennsylvania because I think there\u2019s enough of that lingering Scranton Joe legacy to pull Biden through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casey did not speak at the Biden event, but he did receive a brief shoutout from the president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to see so many friends, including my fellow senatorian, Sen. Bobby Casey,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The campaign event, which also featured Vice President Kamala Harris, was to launch a new initiative aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-abortion-alone-help-biden-carry-black-voters-in-2024\/\" title=\"Can abortion alone help Biden carry black voters in 2024?\">courting black voters<\/a>. Polls have shown Biden is bleeding support from the key voting bloc, whom he rallied Wednesday to help him stay in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>has reached out to Biden\u2019s campaign for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Mabinty Quarshie and David Sivak contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) joined President Joe Biden at a Philadelphia campaign event, aiming to overcome the challenges faced by vulnerable Senate Democrats in swing states like Pennsylvania. Biden&#8217;s waning popularity poses a risk for Senate Democrats seeking reelection in battleground states, potentially impacting their campaigns adversely<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2255360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24150647369912.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24150647369912.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}