Swing-state Democrats are distancing themselves from Biden’s electoral toxicity

Published January 28, 2022 12:00am ET



President Joe Biden has become so toxic to voters that swing-state Democrats don’t want to be seen with him in public. It’s yet another sign of just how badly the 2022 midterm elections are shaping up for the Democratic Party.

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who is running to replace retiring GOP Sen. Pat Toomey, and Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor, will both skip Biden’s event in their state on Friday. Both of them just happen to have scheduling conflicts and therefore cannot meet with the national leader of their party, who won their state just last year.

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