Washington Examiner by Byron York 1/28/2022
JOE BIDEN, BOX OFFICE POISON. Remember when President Joe Biden visited Georgia and the state's Democratic star, gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, did not appear with him? Abrams said she had a "scheduling conflict," which nobody believed.
Now, the "scheduling conflict" problem has spread to Pennsylvania. Biden is set to visit Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University to "discuss strengthening the nation's supply chains, revitalizing American manufacturing, creating good-paying union jobs, and building a better America," according to a White House press release.
The White House invited John Fetterman, the Democratic lieutenant governor now running for Senate, Josh Shapiro, the Democratic attorney general who will run for governor, and Conor Lamb, the Democratic representative from the Pittsburgh area, to appear with Biden. Only Lamb, who gave Biden valuable support in the state in 2020, said yes. Fetterman and Shapiro both begged off, citing those "scheduling conflicts." Like Abrams, they did not say precisely what those "scheduling conflicts" were.
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