White House memo details Biden's planned pre-midterms messaging

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published 11 August 2022

A new White House memo shared first with Axios delineates President Biden's planned, pre-midterms message for the month of August.

Burdened by rampant inflation, an issue on which the GOP will surely capitalize, Biden will instead celebrate his and Democrats' recent slew of "legislative victories on climate change, gun control and drug pricing as a win for Americans and a defeat for special interests," Reuters summarizes, per the memo from White House officials Kate Bedingfield and Anita Dunn.

Meanwhile, the president plans to travel around the country to get his message across and hopefully position Democrats as a party for the working class, rather than one of economic and political elite. Once the Inflation Reduction Act is signed into law, Biden, Vice President Harris and other prominent administration officials will promote the idea that "the President and Congressional Democrats beat the special interests and delivered what was best for the American people," the memo states.

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Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.

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