President Joe Biden was the warm-up for former President Barack Obama as the two Demorats gathered in Philadelphia on Saturday night for Pennsylvania Senate hopeful John Fetterman and governor candidate Josh Shapiro.
The foursome took to the stage and joined forces — to the tune of Coldplay’s A Sky Full of Stars, Beau Biden’s favorite song — with Biden kicking off the program and trolling former President Donald Trump at the top.
He boasted that the crowd gathered at Temple University’s Liacouras Center was so loud it could be heard “all the way to Latrobe,” where Trump is holding his own rally in support of Fetterman’s rival, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Shapiro’s, Doug Mastriano.
Biden then slammed around Oz for being a carpet dredger, as the TV doc lived in New Jersey until recently.
“Oz—in Pennsylvania?” Biden asked the screaming crowd.
“I’ve lived in Pennsylvania longer than Oz in Pennsyvania,” the president said. “And I moved when I was 10 years old,” Biden noted.
Former President Barack Obama (left) and President Joe Biden (right) take the stage together Saturday night at a rally for Pennsylvania Senate hopeful John Fetterman and gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro in Philadelphia.
The rally started with all four Democrats on the podium. (From left) Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro, former President Barack Obama, President Joe Biden and the hopeful Senate Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman
TOGETHER AGAIN: Former President Barack Obama (left) and President Joe Biden (right) walked together onstage in Philadelphia at a rally for Democrats John Fetterman and Josh Shapiro.
“Oz—in Pennsylvania?” Biden asked the screaming crowd. “I’ve lived in Pennsylvania longer than Oz has lived in Pennsyvania. And I moved when I was 10 years old,” the president told the crowd in Philadelphia
Biden was born in Scranton and then moved to Delaware, a state he represented in the United States Senate for 36 years.
The presidential dual function comes as the polls are getting closer and closer in the Fetterman/Oz Senate race.
“There is no stopping in John Fetterman… There is no stopping in America,” Biden told the crowd.
The Real Clear Politics polling average now gives Oz a head start, but by just 0.1 percent.
Shapiro’s race against Mastriano will be an easier feat for Democrats on Tuesday, as it looks very likely that the party will lose control of the House of Representatives and likely lose control of the Senate as well.
A supporter of Pennsylvania Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman wears a ‘vote’ mask in line for Saturday’s rally in Philadelphia
Audiences await Saturday night’s rally with President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama to begin
Democratic supporters line up in Philadelphia to see President Joe Biden and former Barack Obama act jointly in support of Senate hopeful John Fetterman and gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro
The rally was held early Saturday evening at the Liacouras Center on Temple University campus
President Joe Biden will be captured on Saturday arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for his joint appearance with former President Barack Obama
The rally was scheduled to end before the Phillies played against the Astros in Game Six of the World Series.
Earlier Saturday, Obama appeared with Fetterman on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in the Oakland neighborhood.
The Fetterman campaign estimated that about 6,500 — with 1,000 in overflow — gathered outside Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning for the afternoon meeting.
“If anyone is willing to peddle snake oil to make money, he’s probably willing to sell us snake oil to get elected,” Obama warned Oz.
Former President Barack Obama (left) points to Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman (right) during a Saturday afternoon rally on the University of Pittsburgh campus
Former President Barack Obama (center) stumbled in front of John Fetterman (right) on the University of Pittsburgh campus earlier on Saturday. Gisele Fetterman (left) joined the two Democratic politicians on the podium
The University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning soars above a crowd in Oakland that gathered on Saturday to see former President Barack Obama and Democratic Senate hopeful John Fetterman
Former President Barack Obama spoke to a crowd of 7,500 people in Pittsburgh on Saturday, according to the Fetterman campaign, before touring the state for a joint appearance with President Joe Biden.
Democratic nominee for Senate John Fetterman greets supporters at the University of Pittsburgh campus in Pittsburgh’s Oakland borough Saturday