Democrat Says Biden Supporters ‘Should Stop Worrying And Start Working’ To Beat Trump

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Sunday mentioned supporters of President Joe Biden who’re troubled by his low ballot numbers ought to “stop worrying and start working.”

In an interview with ABC’s “This Week,” Shapiro was requested to weigh in on the truth that polls in Pennsylvania, a swing state that would decide the end result of the 2024 presidential election, present Biden and former President Donald Trump primarily tied in a possible rematch with one another.

“Well, the race is close, but understand, the campaign hasn’t really even joined yet,” Shapiro mentioned. “And this is the reason why we run races. And I would say to folks who are worried about the numbers, stop worrying and start working.”

Shapiro added that each time Pennsylvanians have gone to the polls after 2016, after they voted for Trump over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, they’ve opposed extremists.

“What we have seen really since Donald Trump’s election here in 2016 is every other time Pennsylvanians have had the opportunity to go to the ballot, they have voted for freedom and against extremism,” Shapiro mentioned. “They rejected Donald Trump in 2020. They voted for me by a historic margin in 2022.”

Shapiro defeated far-right, election-denying Republican Doug Mastriano by practically 15 share factors in November 2022.

Shapiro additionally brushed apart requires Biden to exit the 2024 race, together with by New York Times opinion columnist Ezra Klein.

“I think Biden, as painful as this is, should find his way to stepping down as a hero,” Klein mentioned Friday in an episode of his podcast, “The Ezra Klein Show.” “That the party should help him find his way to that, to being the thing he said he would be in 2020, the bridge to the next generation of Democrats. And then I think Democrats should meet in August at the convention to do what political parties have done there before: organize victory.”

Shapiro argued that the race is in the end much less concerning the two seemingly candidates, and extra about the way forward for the nation that voters are rooting for.

“In many ways, this election is less about Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and more about us and the kind of country that we want to build,” he mentioned. “And I’ve got confidence in the American people that, just as they did in 2020, they will rise up, they will demand more, they will seek justice, and they will look to defend freedom in this nation and they will reject Donald Trump.”