President Biden has busy week ahead on Las Vegas visit
President Joe Biden is sticking to his planned schedule of events in Las Vegas this week, making four appearances on Tuesday and Wednesday.
His Vegas visit was to have been the second stop on a campaign swing out West, but Biden rescheduled the Texas portion of his trip after an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump occurred during a Saturday rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The gunman who fired at Trump also shot and killed one rally attendee and critically injured two others, officials said.
On Tuesday afternoon, Biden is scheduled to deliver a speech during the 115th NAACP National Convention at Mandalay Bay. Later that day, he’s participating in an economic summit with Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev.
Biden is also the keynote speaker at the UnidosUS Annual Conference in the MGM Grand Conference Center Wednesday afternoon. Following his remarks, he will attend a campaign community event, according to a White House press release.
Nevada is one of a handful of swing states that will be pivotal in deciding the November election. Biden won the state in the 2020 election, but Trump currently leads in the polls.
Following the attack Saturday, the Biden administration paused all political messaging and worked to pull down its television ads. Later, Biden condemned the shooting saying, “There’s no place in America for this type of violence.”
Biden will leave Las Vegas after his campaign event on Wednesday, but his schedule for the end of this week has not yet been released by the White House.
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