Biden And Harris To Hold First Joint Campaign Event Of Year

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are shortly due to deliver remarks at a political rally in Manassas, Virginia. Livestream

• The rally is part of a broader push by the White House to focus the 2024 presidential election on women's reproductive rights and shine of light on Republican abortion policies which Democrats consider too extreme for the majority of the electorate.
• Politico reports: “President Joe Biden is hammering his message on reproductive freedom this week with executive actions, a new campaign ad and a campaign rally on the same day as the New Hampshire primary.”
• Axios notes that President Biden position on abortion is aligned with much of the electorate. “Biden's ambivalent stance allows him to signal to voters that he accepts — but doesn't celebrate — abortion. It's a position that puts Biden in the center of the gray zone of American public opinion on abortion.”
• AP reports that former President Donald Trump has staked out a nuanced position on abortion, likely in response to Republican underperformance at the 2022 midterm elections: "Trump has taken credit for helping to overturn Roe v. Wade, but he has balked at laws like Florida’s ban on abortions after six weeks, which was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who dropped out of the Republican nomination race over the weekend."