Joe Biden hit back in a multi-tweet thread Tuesday at President Trump’s accusations Biden abandoned Pennsylvania.
“I’ve never forgotten where I came from. My family did have to leave Pennsylvania when I was 10 — we moved to Delaware where my Dad found a job that could provide for our family,” Biden wrote.
The former vice president ripped Trump for not understanding the struggles of the middle class.
“Trump doesn’t understand the struggles working folks go through. He doesn’t understand what it’s like to worry you will lose the roof over your head. He doesn’t understand what it’s like to wonder if you’ll be able to put food on the table,” he wrote.
“And he doesn’t understand that the longest walk a parent can make is up a short flight of stairs to their child’s bedroom to say, honey, I’m sorry. We have to move. You can’t go back to your school. You won’t see your friends because Daddy or Mommy lost their job,” Biden said. “My dad had to make that walk in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized how hard it must have been for him. But he was not alone. This story isn’t unique to the Bidens. Too many people around this country have had to make that walk.”
Yesterday, Trump tried to attack me at his campaign rally by saying I abandoned Pennsylvania.
I’ve never forgotten where I came from. My family did have to leave Pennsylvania when I was 10 — we moved to Delaware where my Dad found a job that could provide for our family.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 21, 2019
Trump doesn’t understand the struggles working folks go through. He doesn’t understand what it’s like to worry you will lose the roof over your head. He doesn’t understand what it’s like to wonder if you’ll be able to put food on the table.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 21, 2019
And he doesn’t understand that the longest walk a parent can make is up a short flight of stairs to their child’s bedroom to say, honey, I’m sorry. We have to move. You can’t go back to your school. You won’t see your friends because Daddy or Mommy lost their job.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 21, 2019
My dad had to make that walk in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized how hard it must have been for him.
But he was not alone. This story isn’t unique to the Bidens. Too many people around this country have had to make that walk.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 21, 2019
Biden, the current front-runner for the Democratic 2020 presidential nomination, also sent an email to supporters fundraising over the clash.
Trump, during a rally late Monday in Montoursville, Pa., urged the crowd not to forget that “Biden deserted you.”
“He’s not from Pennsylvania. I guess he was born here, but he left you folks. He left you for another state. Remember that please,” the president said. “This guy talks about, I know Scranton, I know — well, I know the prices better. He left you for another state and he didn’t take care of you because he didn’t take care of your jobs. He let other countries come in and rip off America. That doesn’t happen anymore because we’re going to make America wealthy again. We’re going to make America strong again. We’re going to make America safe again, and we will make America great again.”
Even though Biden represented Delaware in the Senate for decades, Pennsylvania has become central to his third bid for the White House, having previously run in 1988 and 2008. The former senator held his first campaign event after announcing his 2020 candidacy in Pittsburgh in April before organizing his “kick-off” rally in Philadelphia last Saturday. His campaign is also headquartered in the City of Brotherly Love. Strategists additionally contend that recapturing the Keystone State and rebuilding the so-called blue wall is crucial for Democrats if they want to oust Trump from the White House next year.
