At the same time, Biden's 2020 announcement was met with a series of congressional endorsements.
It didn’t take long for supporters and critics to file into their respective camps following Joe Biden formally announcing his candidacy for president Thursday morning.
The grassroots organization’s main quarrels with Biden are his stances on Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, free college tuition and mass incarceration, all topics that more left-leaning candidates have addressed. In large part, Biden has avoided the more liberal talking points to maintain his brand as a longtime centrist capable of appealing to the working-class voters who swung for Trump in 2016.
Then-congressional nominee, now-Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stands with Zephyr Teachout after endorsing her for New York City Public Advocate on July 12, 2018, in New York City. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Seven House Democrats from Pennsylvania—Brendan Boyle, Matt Cartwright, Madeleine Dean, Dwight Evans, Chrissy Houlahan and Mary Gay Scanlon—plan to attend a Philadelphia fundraising event Thursday evening for the candidate. Biden was a U.S. senator from Delware prior to becoming President Barack Obama's vice president and is a native of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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