President Joe Biden visited his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania Tuesday, the place where he grew up in a Puerto Rican neighborhood and got cancer from the oil on his mom's car's windshield. Even though he's been in politics for 50 years, Biden likes to bring up his working-class upbringing in Scranton.
Biden was really on his game:
Joe Biden is STRUGGLING today… 😳 pic.twitter.com/qKTlVqR2vC
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) April 16, 2024
NewsNation's Jackie Koppell estimated there were 200 to 300 people in attendance:
Our @Jackie_Koppell inside President Biden’s 2pm et campaign event in Scranton, Pa. She says there around about 200-300 people inside. @NewsNation pic.twitter.com/ITsNf9Por1
— Kellie Meyer (@KellieMeyerNews) April 16, 2024
Does not look like anywhere close to 300 people...
— Henry Rodgers (@henryrodgersdc) April 16, 2024
Explain? https://t.co/NTrMQ3iOdK pic.twitter.com/eltFf0O4VU
Huge turnout for Joe Biden in his 'hometown' of Scranton. pic.twitter.com/FYLxXXx74h
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) April 16, 2024
Looks like they had some extra chairs.
There’s more reporters than people 🤣🤣🤣
— Danny Crane 🇺🇸☝️ (@dannycranenc) April 16, 2024
That's quite the turnout in his hometown. Repeat after me in a sarcastic way, but he totally got 81 million votes.' 🙄
— Jericho (@JerichoXVI) April 16, 2024
No one really likes Biden.
— Ryan Wasielewski 🇺🇸 (@R_G_Wasielewski) April 16, 2024
He is the least favorite candidate there really ever was.
81,000,000 votes, my ass.
— MortalToil (@b8tovene) April 16, 2024
but, but, he got the most votes of any preseident ever...
— Jimmy kerr (@Jk454559Kerr) April 16, 2024
Even with all the seats filled it’s still pathetic
— Kurt Hasselhoff (@DiscoBatman77) April 16, 2024
Looks a lot like his inauguration after his record setting 81 million votes.
— Lauren B (@vocaldissent_) April 16, 2024
If I recall, people used to go see a president whether they agreed with them or not. But no more. No one is excited to see this man.
— The Dogdom (@TwoDogsNorth) April 16, 2024
It’s about getting the camera angles just right.
— Daniel Smith (@dsmithinwny) April 16, 2024
There’s a reason the news doesn’t show the crowds for either candidate.
— Troy73 (@cwell5673) April 16, 2024
Doesn't matter. His 2020 campaign events looked exactly the same and he still "won" by a large margin.
— Chris A. (@cmalex79) April 16, 2024
His 2020 campaign events were five people in someone's backyard separated by six-foot circles.
Is this being held in the Black, Hispanic, Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, Italian, Irish, or Puerto Rican community where he grew up?
— TuntDog (@Randytreece5) April 16, 2024
Hahahaha, the whole town turned out because nobody works and they’re all collecting welfare 😂
— Mikeb1974 (@lennyb2743) April 16, 2024
And he'll get 150,000,000 votes in November
— jc (@heritage1952) April 16, 2024
Biden wasn't onstage yet, so maybe a dozen more people walked in after this photo was taken.
Meanwhile, in Harlem:
These scenes from Trump’s New York bodega visit are insane
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) April 16, 2024
People lined up all around the block with their phones out
“Four more years” chants in deep blue Harlem
The tide is turning
"FOUR MORE YEARS!" pic.twitter.com/0ABNUfCUIM
— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) April 16, 2024
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