The former vice president, who has made limited trips outside his home for public events during the coronavirus pandemic, will visit the Capitol, where Lewis will lie in state.
. For the Bidens, the planned trip will mark a rare public appearance outside their home state of Delaware. Although Biden has begun holding more public events in recent weeks, such stops remain infrequent and intimate because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The travel comes amid a busy period for the Biden campaign, which on Sunday urged supporters to gear up for the 100-day stretch to the election. The candidate has said he is hoping to choose a running mate by early August.On Monday, Biden’s campaign is launching a $14.5 million advertising investment in Florida, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, according to a memo issued by his campaign and obtained by The Washington Post.
All are states President Trump won in 2016 and are seen by both parties as important battlegrounds. Trump is slated to travel to North Carolina on Monday. On Sunday, Biden delivered brief remarks via video at an Iowa Democratic Party virtual fundraiser. “We have to do more than just beat Trump,” said Biden, who talked up the importance of Democrats winning back the Senate. He called Iowa “a critical battleground state for our campaign” and touted by name Democrats running down the ballot there.
Republicans also are looking at a mostly virtual convention, after Trump last week abruptly announced the cancellation of events scheduled in Jacksonville, Fla., where the convention moved at his urging after officials in its original host city, Charlotte, refused to bypass coronavirus health restrictions.
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