On Friday evening, Joe Biden campaigned in Pennsylvania in an effort to rally up abortion activists.
Biden went onstage and stated “MAGA Republicans made clear that they don’t intend to stop with the Dobbs decision. No, they won’t, until they get a national ban on abortion.”
At the end of his speech Biden stood alongside his wife Jill and started to cough.
Jill noticed her husband struggling so offered him medicine.
Watch the moment it occurred here:
Biden coughs directly into his hand, then walks off stage and immediately starts shaking hands and kissing members of the audience pic.twitter.com/gfRdGFuoFO
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After coughing in his hand Biden proceeded to shake hands with the crowd.
Here’s how CNN covered the event:
Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris joined a trio of key reproductive rights activist groups to mark the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs Supreme Court decision Friday, highlighting what’s expected to be a major Biden campaign plank for the 2024 presidential election.
“MAGA Republicans made clear that they don’t intend to stop with the Dobbs decision. No, they won’t, until they get a national ban on abortion,” Biden said, promising to issue a veto if a national ban is ever passed by Congress.
The Biden administration and campaign have been making an all-hands-on-deck push for reproductive rights messaging this week ahead of Saturday’s anniversary of the ruling that overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade, harnessing the moment on an issue that animated voters in 2022 and they believe will do so again in 2024.
“Since that dark June day last year, each of you has worked tirelessly to fight back. In the Dobbs decision, the court, particularly – practically, dared the women of America to be heard,” Biden said.
As usual Biden wasted no time to make awkward statements:
BIDEN: "I'm Jill's husband and Kamala's running mate. Y'all think I'm kidding." pic.twitter.com/xyISGESGZN
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Kamala Harris took the stage too:
Kamala Harris: "Let's always take a moment to also see what we have achieved thus far, while we clearly see the moment that we are presently in. So we have achieved a lot." pic.twitter.com/Krdce4n1fE
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Nany Pelosi made an appearance on stage too:
Nancy Pelosi says she has to leave the Biden-Harris campaign event early so she can get to San Francisco to "flip the switch to have the Bay Bridge lit up in gay pride colors for gay pride week!" pic.twitter.com/r4IxaBAp0O
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