In Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, two states the president plans to visit on Labor Day to improve the Democrats’ chances in the November elections, President Joe Biden’s support is under water.
While polls indicate the contest for the Senate is becoming more competitive, Biden indicated he would tour the states. In Pennsylvania, the conservative Dr. Mehmet Oz (R) is trailing the radical Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D), who has received Trump’s endorsement. In Wisconsin, where Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is behind radical Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes by two points, the polling is a little closer.
Biden’s appearance in both states may not benefit Fetterman or Barnes. Biden’s polling among Pennsylvania voters is 17 points underwater (37 approve – 54 disapprove). Among Wisconsin voters, Biden’s approval rating is 15 points underwater (39 approve – 54 disapprove).
Although Fetterman and Biden have agreed to campaign together on Labor Day, according to reports, they won’t meet on Tuesday, when the president makes his first of two trips to the state in a week. Barnes and Biden may or may not meet in Wisconsin. Both camps may be discouraged by Biden’s poor polling in both states.
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – AUGUST 07: Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes talks during a campaign event at The Wicked Hop on August 7, 2022 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Barnes is vying to be the Democratic nominee for U.S. senate. Barnes is anticipated to defeat Republican incumbent Senator Ron Johnson in the general election in November after winning the primary on Tuesday. (Image: Scott Olson via Getty Images )
Fetterman and Barnes seem to be dueling one another for who is the most radical candidate in 2022. Barnes has advocated for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), permitting driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants, giving in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants, and defunding “over-bloated” police departments. He favors an entirely government-run healthcare system, canceling the Senate filibuster, and packing the Supreme Court. Barnes has objected to felons losing the right to vote and has supported the Green New Deal.
“In order to address this crisis and the environmental injustices associated with it, we must take urgent action, and we must ensure those actions are equitable and inclusive—anything less will continue the long pattern of environmental racism we have witnessed in this country,” Barnes has stated.
ERIE, PA – AUGUST 12: Democratic Senate candidate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks during a rally at the Bayfront Convention Center on August 12, 2022 in Erie, Pennsylvania. Fetterman made his return to the campaign trail in Erie after recovering from a stroke he suffered in May. (Photo by Nate Smallwood/Getty Images)
Fetterman has pushed “safe” heroin injection sites. Fetterman believes it is “important that we as a society” provide government-funded drug dens, and also decriminalize drugs “across the board,” including meth and heroin. The Democrat candidate also wants shortened prison sentences for murder, and protective sanctuary cities for people who enter the nation illegally.
“Any Democrat that doesn’t agree with this policy is pandering to xenophobia. Sanctuary cities ensure the safety and well-being of everybody,” Fetterman stated about Philadelphia’s sanctuary city status.
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