Joe Biden, the 2020 hopeful and former vice president, is putting Democrats on notice that they better “run scared” to keep their jobs in the 2018 elections.
“Pretend it’s Wednesday, November 7, 2018: the day after this year’s midterm elections. Now, pretend the headlines all say the Republicans held the House and the Senate,” he said in an email to supporters.
Cautiously, he added, “Now, I’m not saying we’re going to lose. But I learned a long time ago that you better run scared if you want to win.”
His email comes as Republicans are tightening the gap of voter support with Democrats with the election less than four months away.
And a new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll found an uptick in support for the GOP. The Republican Party’s positive ratings increase five points since December, to 32 percent. It is 35 percent positive for the Democrats.
Biden said that he is confident in his party in the fall elections, but not overly. “We have to stay motivated; we better run scared. We won’t win if we don’t,” he emailed to supporters of his group, American Possibilities.
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