Biden commemorates Earth Day while Trump attends court
>>> WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE LESS THAN SEVEN MONTHS AWAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN VIRGINIA FOR AN EARTH DAY EVENT. TRUMP SPENT THE DAY IN THE COURTROOM. THE FORMER PRESENCE OF LEGAL WOES ARE HOPING TO SHAPE A CAMPAIGN UNLIKE ANYTHING WE’VE EVER SEEN BEFORE. JOINING
US IS MICHAEL TYLER, THE MEDICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, GOOD TO SEE YOU. HOW IS THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN ASSESSING ALL OF THIS? WHAT IS THE STRATEGY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TRIAL?>> LISTEN, AS IT RELATES TO TRUMP’S TRIAL, THOSE ARE QUESTIONS HE
AND HIS LEGAL TEAM HAVE TO ANSWER. WHAT THIS CAMPAIGN AND PRESENT WILL BE FOCUSED ON IS COMPETING COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH THE VOTERS TO DECIDE THIS ELECTION. THE PRESIDENT SPENT THREE DAYS CAMPAIGNING THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA, IT’S BERG, PHILADELPHIA, IT’S WHAT YOU WILL SEE TODAY, HE’S GOING TO BE CAMPAIGNING ON
AN ISSUE THAT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THIS ISSUE, WHETHER OR NOT WOMEN WILL HAVE THE MENTAL RIGHTS TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEIR OWN BODIES. WE THINK THAT IS A STARK CONTRAST TO DONALD TRUMP. HE IS PROBABLY BRAGGING ABOUT THE ROLE HE PLAYED IN OVERTURNING ROE VERSUS WADE. WE ARE
SEEING EXTREME BANDS IN FLORIDA AND ARIZONA. WE THINK THAT’S WRONG, WE ARE GOING TO CAMPAIGN ON THAT FROM NOW THROUGH ELECTION DAY.>> I WANT TO ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
ABORTIONS, AND FOR WORKERS. BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO GO TO FLORIDA TOMORROW TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE. DO YOU THINK THAT THIS ISSUE PUTS ANY STATE IN PLAY THAT OTHERWISE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN COMPETITIVE?>> LISTEN, WE THINK THIS ISSUE IS GOING TO BE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE SELECTION ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
YOU MENTIONED THE PRESIDENT COMING TO FLORIDA AND CAMPAIGNING ON THIS ISSUE. THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CAMPAIGNING IN RECENT WEEKS. WE ARE RUNNING ADS IN STATES LIKE FLORIDA. STATES LIKE ARIZONA, YOU HAVE A BALLOT INITIATIVE IN THE STATE, WHERE THE CAMPAIGN IS AGGRESSIVELY WORKING TO TURN OUT THE VOTE,
SELECTION WILL BE A CHOICE BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS, WHO ARE FIGHTING EVERY DAY TO RESTORE PROTECTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WOMEN CAN MAKE FUNDAMENTAL DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR BODIES. DONALD TRUMP, A MAN WHO IS BRAGGING ABOUT THE ROLE THAT HE PLAYED IN OVERTURNING ROE VERSUS WADE APPOINTED
THE JUSTICES WHO OVERTURNED ROE VERSUS WADE, AND AGAIN HE SAID WOMEN SHOULD BE PUNISHED. IT’S GOING TO MATTER IN EVERY SINGLE STATE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. DONALD TRUMP RETURNS TO POWER, HE’S GOING TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT HE’S GOING TO BAN ABORTION WITH OR WITHOUT CONGRESS. BLUE STATE, RED
STATE, PURPLE STATE, THIS ISSUE WILL BE ON THE BALLOT.>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF BALLOT MEASURES DRIVE VOTERS AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET. TODAY IS EARTH DAY, THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED SEVERAL NEW CLIMATE ACTIONS. IN OUR CBS NEWS POLL, 50% OF RESPONDENTS SAY THAT THEY EITHER
HAVE NOT READ OR HEARD MUCH, NOT MUCH OR NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN DOING TO REDUCE CLIMATE CHANGE. WHY THIS DISCONNECT? WHAT WENT WRONG HERE?>> THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE CAMPAIGN IS FOR. WE ARE TAKING OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE THIS AND REFLECTED – – YOU
WILL SEE IT IN ADVERTISEMENTS, EVERYTHING THAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE TO – – HE MADE THE SINGLE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE. AND AS WE ARE BUILDING THE ECONOMY FOR THE FUTURE, IT’S AMERICAN ECONOMY, AMERICAN GREEN JOBS TACKLING THIS PROBLEM. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING WE RELENTLESSLY FOCUS
ON AND COMMUNICATE TO YOUNG VOTERS AND AGGRESSIVE VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERE’S A CHOICE BETWEEN JOE BIDEN, WHO MADE THE SINGLE LARGEST INVESTMENT TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE, AND A GUY LIKE TRUMP WHO MAKES IT CLEAR THE ONLY THING HE’S GOING TO DO IS GIVE MORE TAX BREAKS AND
HANDOUTS TO BIG OIL AND GAS EXECUTIVES.>> YOUNG VOTERS ARE CRITICAL TO RE-ELECTION, WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT DIP AMONG YOUNG VOTERS. BIDEN’S APPROVAL RATING HAD DROPPED 12 POINT SINCE FEBRUARY, HIS APPROVAL AMONG THESE VOTERS ALSO DIPPED. CAN BIDEN WIN WITH THOSE NUMBERS?>> LOOK, ABSOLUTELY, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO CAMPAIGN RELENTLESSLY TO REACH YOUNG VOTERS. YOUNG VOTERS WERE A KEY COMPONENT IN 2020, AND A KEY COMPONENT FOR DEMOCRATIC SUCCESSES IN THE MIDTERMS, WHEN DEMOCRATS HAD AN INCUMBENT CYCLE, THEY WILL BE CRITICAL TO OUR WORK IN 2024. WE WILL MAKE CLEAR EVERYTHING THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE FOR
YOUNG FOLKS, FROM CLIMATE, TO THE WORK THAT WE’VE DONE TO TACKLE THE STUDENT DEBT CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY, FORGIVING $150 BILLION IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR BORROWERS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THE WORK WE ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE WOMEN HAVE THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS.
THERE’S A SLEW OF ISSUES WE ARE BRINGING AT THE BALLOT BOX, NOBODY HAS MORE AT STAKE THAN YOUNG PEOPLE. WE WILL REPRESENT THE CONTRAST, CHOICE, AND DECISION AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, AND IF WE THAT RELENTLESSLY FOR SIX MONTHS, YOUNG FOLKS WILL BE WITH JO
