Obama To Hold First In-Person Campaign Event For Biden On Wednesday

President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Freedom to Vice President Joe Biden during an event in the State Dinning Room of the White House on January 12, 2017. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)
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Former President Barack Obama is set to hold his first campaign rally for his former veep and now-Democratic candidate Joe Biden on Wednesday.

The ticketed event will be a “drive-in” rally in Philadelphia at approximately 6:00 p.m. ET, per a Biden campaign press pool report. Obama is expected to speak directly to Black men and encourage them to participate in early voting, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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  1. a “drive-in” rally

    Whatever it takes.

  2. Seriously, TPM?

    A headline that doesn’t even mention Trump?!?

    What’s wrong at the office?

  3. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    It’s a major campaign asset to have a popular and respected former president from your party. Don’t you think, Mr. Romney?

  4. Biden’s campaign should be all over the news networks to ensure they are carrying this rally just as they did most of Trump’s spectacles since 2015.

  5. Let the Maga snowflake tweet storms begin.

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