{"id":2358369,"date":"2024-10-23T11:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T15:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-make-historic-visit-in-arizona-as-democrats-worry-about-bleeding-support-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T11:53:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T15:53:54","slug":"biden-to-make-historic-visit-in-arizona-as-democrats-worry-about-bleeding-support-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-make-historic-visit-in-arizona-as-democrats-worry-about-bleeding-support-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden to make historic visit in Arizona as Democrats worry about bleeding support &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fbiden-to-make-historic-visit-in-arizona-as-democrats-worry-about-bleeding-support-washington-examiner%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=2358369&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>President Joe Biden is set to \u200cmake a historic visit to the Gila River Indian Community in\u200b Arizona, marking his first visit to\u200c a Native community since taking office. The trip, scheduled for Friday,\u2064 is part of the Democrats&#8217; efforts to engage and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-comfortable-with-bipartisan-gun-control-framework\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell \u2018Comfortable\u2019 With Bipartisan Gun Control Framework\">maintain support<\/a> from Native American voters ahead of the upcoming election. \u200dBiden\u2063 plans to highlight his administration&#8217;s achievements related \u2063to tribal communities and \u200bto reinforce his commitment to these populations, as articulated in a\u200b White\u2063 House statement.<\/p>\n<p>The visit comes\u2063 less than two \u2063weeks before the election,\u2062 with\u2064 Vice President Kamala Harris having recently visited the same community. In Arizona, where over 300,000 Native Americans reside, Democrats are \u200dfocused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-democrats-push-reformed-voting-rights-laws\/\" title=\"Biden administration, Democrats push reformed voting rights laws\">increasing voter turnout<\/a>, particularly among the \u2062state\u2019s major tribal \u2064communities. According to estimates, Biden \u200creceived significant support from\u2064 the Navajo\u200c Nation\u200b and\u200c the\u200c Tohono O\u2019odham Nation in the 2020 \u200belection, which bodes well for his party\u2019s strategies \u2062in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-senate-judiciary-subcommittee-unanimously-passes-motion-to-audit-fulton-countys-absentee-ballots-using-method-outlined-by-jovan-pulitzer\/\" title=\"Georgia Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Unanimously Passes Motion to Audit Fulton County\u2019s Absentee Ballots Using Method Outlined by Jovan Pulitzer\">current election cycle<\/a>. After his speech at \u200bGila River, Biden will return to Wilmington, Delaware, \u2064for \u200bthe\u200c weekend.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden to make historic visit in Arizona as Democrats worry about bleeding support<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> will visit the Gila River Indian Community in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arizona<\/a> on Friday as Democrats make a push to keep the <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/native-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Native\">Native<\/a> vote in their court.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The visit marks his first to a Native community since becoming president. He is expected to discuss his administration&rsquo;s achievements with tribal communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The President will discuss the Biden-Harris Administration&rsquo;s record of delivering for Tribal communities, including keeping his promise to make this historic visit to Indian Country &mdash; his first as President,&rdquo; the White House said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Biden is expected to travel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/phoenix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Phoenix<\/a> on Thursday and stay in the area overnight. Friday morning, Biden will visit the Gila River Indian Community for the speech. The community is largely bordered by Phoenix and Chandler. The president will fly from Phoenix to Wilmington, Delaware, later on Friday to spend the weekend there.<\/p>\n<p>His visit to the community comes less than two weeks before the election. Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), her running mate, visited the Gila River Indian Community this month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats in Arizona are trying to increase voter turnout in the state&rsquo;s many tribal communities. There are over 300,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/native-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Native Americans<\/a> living in Arizona. In the Navajo Nation, the state&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">largest tribal community<\/a>, with 67,000 eligible voters, Biden is estimated to have 60% to 90% of the vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/21559183\/navajo-nation-arizona-biden-indigenous-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> <em>Vox<\/em>. Most precincts covering the Tohono O&rsquo;odham Nation, which overlaps with Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal counties, voted above 90% for Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/news\/election-2020\/map-arizona-election-result-details-by-precinct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> a precinct map analysis by ABC15 Arizona done in 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis said the tribal vote could make a difference in the election next month.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The whole country is focused on the blue wall, but I want to remind everyone that there is also a tribal wall of voters that is made up of large tribal populations in five of the swing states. Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada, North Carolina, and Michigan all have substantial tribal populations,&rdquo; Lewis said when Walz visited the community earlier in October.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The tribal vote has never been more important,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), who is running for Senate in the state, has said he wants to visit all 22 tribal communities in the state. He has visited 20 so far.<\/p>\n<p>Gallego recently embarked on an eight-hour hike into the basin of the Grand Canyon to visit the most remote tribal community in the continental United States, the Havasupai. The only way in or out of the area is by mule, helicopter, or on foot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This type of outreach is the kind of thing that matters,&rdquo; Gallego <a href=\"https:\/\/www.12news.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/decision-2024\/tribe-bottom-grand-canyon-pleads-stop-uranium-mining\/75-5f024ddd-e01e-451a-8693-59f390e79485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> NBC 12 News on the hike. &ldquo;Especially if you want to govern.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 500-member tribe has inhabited this land in the canyon for more than 800 years, according to anthropologists. Just 152 people in Supai, Arizona, registered to vote in 2020, and 62 cast a ballot in the last presidential race, according to the Coconino County Recorder&rsquo;s Office. Biden won the village with 57 votes, and former President Donald Trump received five votes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They deserve to be heard,&rdquo; Gallego said.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden visits Arizona to engage Native voters ahead of elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2358371,"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\/10\/native-americans-for-biden.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4472,3620,43547],"class_list":["post-2358369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-arizona","tag-biden","tag-historic-visit"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/native-americans-for-biden.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358369","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2358369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2358371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2358369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2358369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2358369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}