he brushed aside the impeachment probe launched by Republican lawmakers<\/a> over Hunter Biden’s business dealings.<\/p>\nHe made no mention on Thursday of the fact that his son had been indicted for buying a gun when he was using drugs, casting a new shadow over Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign.<\/p>\n
What about his age, a frequent lightning rod for criticism by Republicans against America’s oldest president?<\/p>\n
“Did you see him run up the stage? I’m not worried about that,” said Enicia Porter, 34. “He has a firm handshake… He reminds me of my grandfather.”<\/p>\n
The White House has been keen to get Biden out on the campaign trail again, amid a sense that his stewardship of America’s economic recovery is not registering in the polls.<\/p>\n
For his speech at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, given against a backdrop of American flags and “Bidenomics” signs, Biden introduced a new line of attack: MAGAnomics.<\/p>\n
The idea is to portray all Republicans as followers of former president Donald Trump — known for his “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) slogan — and highlight Trump’s economic failures.<\/p>\n
Biden also sought to blame them for the threat of a looming government shutdown at the end of this month.<\/p>\n
But was the message getting through here, to the audience of around 200 local people and college students in a dormitory town half an hour’s drive from the White House, let alone to millions of voters?<\/p>\n
“I think this was a good tip of the iceberg,” said Porter, a local chapter treasurer of Student Veterans of America. “But I’m going to need more concrete follow up.”<\/p>\n
Porter said she had asked Biden about housing in particular “and he nodded and said we have a whole plan.”<\/p>\n
Biden still had work to do to convince the electorate, agreed Don Pruett, 68, director of planning at the college.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The president’s speech is “going to plant the seeds and over the course of time it needs to be nurtured,” he said. “We need to see the fruits.”<\/p>\n
Susanna Anderson, the blue T-shirt wearer, however said Biden was “getting the message through to the people who need to hear” — including her sister, whom she said had just had her student loans forgiven by the Biden administration, a policy opposed by Republicans.<\/p>\n
Biden hammered that message home repeatedly, slamming the lectern at one point as he reeled off what he said were Republican plans to cut spending.<\/p>\n
He also lashed out at the record of Trump — who faces a string of criminal charges including over election interference, and whom he will likely face in a rematch in 2024 — and warning darkly that “democracy’s under attack.”<\/p>\n
With a gruelling campaign ahead, Pruett reckoned Biden faced a “tough road” for re-election.<\/p>\n
But he added: “There’s so much chaos on the other side… if he continues to be stable, Papa Joe will be there.<\/p>\n
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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