President Joe Biden on Thursday is looking to capitalize on last week’s high-profile endorsement from the United Auto Workers, heading to Michigan to meet with members of the union as he battles Donald Trump for their votes.
Biden narrowly won Michigan in 2020, and the state – along with other union-heavy Midwestern states – is expected to be critical for his reelection bid. Trump, his likely 2024 opponent, is also trying to court union voters and met with Teamsters union leaders and workers in Washington on Wednesday as he tries to make inroads with what Democrats view as a vital voting bloc. The Teamsters previously endorsed candidates other than Trump in 2016 and 2020.
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Biden goes to Michigan to meet with UAW members a week after receiving the union’s endorsement
Trump and Biden are battling for the votes of union members. While Biden has endorsements from the nation’s largest unions, Trump has support among the rank and file.
Trump met with members of the Teamsters in Washington on Wednesday.
Biden has touted himself as the most pro-union president in history and last week’s endorsement appeared to give him a boost. While in Michigan on Thursday, the president will be meeting with UAW members, a Biden campaign official told CNN. The event, at a union hall near Detroit, will feature an “informal” conversation with union members, according to the campaign.
Union leadership is firmly behind the president. In a fiery speech while delivering the group’s endorsement, UAW President Shawn Fain said Biden was the clear choice in a matchup with Trump. Biden last year became the first sitting president to join an active picket line.
“Joe Biden bet on the American worker while Donald Trump blamed the American workers,” Fain said. “We need to know who’s going to sit…
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