SCOOP: For months, senior Biden advisers focused on Hispanic and Black voters have raised concerns to leadership about insufficient investment. They say they have been ignored. Now, they are increasingly worried with just four days left. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Biden advisers have expressed concerns about a lack of investment in GOTV and are urging the campaign, so far unsuccessfully, to spend even more money to target these critical voters in the final stretch, especially given the campaign’s record-shattering fundraising.
Disagreements over how to allocate resources in the closing days are a common occurrence in a presidential campaign, but what has made these disputes, which have not been previously reported, more serious is that the split has broken along racial lines. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Joe Biden will deliver remarks shortly in Kissimmee to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Eva Longoria and Ricky Martin will be in attendance, per the campaign.
Eva Longoria and Ricky Martin now speaking ahead of Biden
Ricky Martin: "I like to have fun but this is really serious. ... These are the most important elections in the history of our country and Puerto Ricans have the power to decide it."
Kamala Harris is about to appear at her first of three fundraisers this afternoon. First one is a conversation with the American Jewish Community with her husband Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish.
"My Jewish identity has played such a huge role in my life," Emhoff says.
He also adds: "I'm now on leave from the first so that I can work full time to help Joe and Kamala win."
Harris on whether a Biden-Harris administration would continue unconditional support to Israel: "Joe has made it clear that he will not tie security assistance to any political decisions that Israel makes and I couldn't agree more."
We are awaiting Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware where he will deliver a speech on Trump’s COVID-19 response and how a Biden adminstration would respond differently. A preview of today’s speech w/ @jenepsbloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Also, microphones are set up by the media and so we may get our first press conference with Biden since he became the Democratic nominee
Biden hits Trump for playing golf during the crisis: "Fix the shortage of PPE for our health care workers before you tee off another round of golf."
Joe Biden says his campaign raised $7.6 million from 175,000 contributors for his fundraiser with Barack Obama
“There’s nobody I trust more to heal this country and get it back on track than my dear friend Joe Biden,” Obama says.
Obama urging supporters to get more involved, says, "Whatever you have done so far is not enough," adding he holds himself, Michelle and their kids "to that same standard."