周二，乔·拜登总统在宾夕法尼亚州斯克兰顿、匹兹堡和费城开始了为期多天的竞选活动，他的竞选团队希望与此形成鲜明对比唐纳德·特朗普随着前总统受审.
早期民调显示，拜登与他的前任势均力敌。拜登计划将重点放在税收政策上，反对特朗普，包括在美国钢铁工人联合会总部停留。
在周一与捷克总理彼得·菲亚拉(Petr Fiala)的会晤中，当一名记者问拜登是否会观看特朗普的审判时，他摇摇头说“不会”。
他的竞选团队表示，他计划“谈论对美国人最重要的问题”，这与白宫长期以来的说法相呼应。
拜登发言人迈克尔·泰勒(Michael Tyler)说:“唐纳德·特朗普和他的团队必须就他的法律问题进行讨论。”泰勒还抨击了特朗普的“报复和惩罚”信息，他说这“将是美国人民自这场竞选开始以来所能看到的对比的延续。”
在周一与记者的通话中，泰勒引用了拜登与宾夕法尼亚州的个人关系，称他从他在斯克兰顿长大的“厨房餐桌”上看世界-而泰勒认为，特朗普从他在马拉拉戈的“乡村俱乐部”上看世界，这与特朗普经常吹嘘他的商业成功使他成为一名更好的领导人相反。
泰勒说:“在每个候选人认为谁应该缴纳更多税款以及他们认为谁应该缴纳更少税款的问题上，世界观的对比最明显。”
虽然总统经常在费城停留，但这是他自8月以来首次访问斯克兰顿。
随着这位前总统在纽约州的历史性审判正在进行，他的竞选团队希望为特朗普提供某种形式的分屏。在这场审判中，特朗普被指控伪造与封口费有关的商业记录，并在2016年大选前支付给成人电影明星斯托米·丹尼尔斯。
特朗普否认了这些指控，包括所谓的婚外情，并表示他受到了政治迫害，这一点遭到了地区检察官的拒绝。
他经常在高通胀、移民等问题上攻击拜登，称拜登为美国“最糟糕的总统”。
拜登的竞选团队声称，特朗普计划在第二个任期内给亿万富翁减税，而在拜登的领导下，“年收入低于40万美元的人不会看到他们的税收增加...高级顾问布莱恩·迪斯(Brian Deese)表示:“他将优先考虑扩大额外的税收优惠，以帮助那些真正需要帮助的美国劳动者。”。
在一份备忘录中，拜登的竞选经理朱莉·查韦斯·罗德里格斯(Julie Chavez Rodriguez)强调了竞选活动在宾夕法尼亚州取得的进展，这是一个摇摆州，拜登在2020年以大约1%的优势获胜，四年前特朗普以略低于1%的优势获胜。
在其他资产中，拜登竞选团队提到了费城和周边县的七个办事处。他们说，在3月份，他们在一周内就在全州开设了14个办事处，招募了1700名志愿者。
“这次选举将是一次通过赢得而不仅仅是要求每个美国人投票的选举，”顾问Deese说。“很明显，我们现在关注的是宾夕法尼亚州，总统正在那里进行为期一周的竞选活动——这是我们如何赢得这些选票的教科书般的例子。”
While Trump is stuck in court, Biden kicks off Pennsylvania campaign swing
President Joe Biden on Tuesday kicks off a multi-day campaign swing through Pennsylvania, in Scranton, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia -- in what his campaign hopes to be a messaging contrast withDonald Trumpas the former president goes on trial.
Biden, whom early polls show is in a close race with his predecessor, plans to focus on tax policy versus Trump, including in a stop at the United Steelworkers' headquarters.
During a meeting with the Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, on Monday, Biden shook his head "no" when asked by a reporter whether or not he would be watching Trump's trial.
Rather, he plans to be "talking about the issues" that matter most to Americans, his campaign says, echoing what the White House has long said.
"Donald Trump and his team are gonna have to speak to his legal issues," said Biden spokesman Michael Tyler, who also attacked Trump's message of "revenge and retribution," which he said is "going to be a continuation of the contrast the American people have been able to see since this campaign began."
On a call with reporters on Monday, Tyler cited Biden's personal ties to Pennsylvania, saying he sees the world from his "kitchen table" where he grew up in Scranton -- while, Tyler argued, Trump sees the world from his "country club" at Mar-a-Lago, a reversal of Trump's frequent boasts that his business success makes him a better leader.
"Nowhere is that contrast of world views on display more clearly than when it comes to who each candidate believes should be paying more in taxes and who they believe should be paying less," Tyler said.
While the president regularly stops in Philadelphia, at the heart of a key battleground state, this is the first time he has visited Scranton since August.
His campaign wants to provide something of a split-screen with Trump as the former president's historic New York trial is underway in which he's accused of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
Trump denies the claims, including the alleged affair, and says he's being politically persecuted, which the district attorney rejects.
He has regularly attacked Biden over high inflation, immigration and more, labeling Biden as the country's "worst president."
Biden's campaign claims Trump plans to give billionaires tax breaks during his second term, while under Biden "nobody making less than $400,000 a year would see their taxes go up ... [and] he would prioritize extending additional tax benefits to help working Americans in areas where they really need it," said Brian Deese, a senior adviser.
In a memo, Biden's campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, highlighted the inroads the campaign says it has made in Pennsylvania, a swing state that Biden won by about a 1% margin in 2020, four years after Trump won by slightly less 1%.
Among other assets, the Biden campaign cited seven offices in Philadelphia and surrounding counties. In the month of March, they opened 14 offices around the state in a single week and engaged 1,700 volunteers, they said.
"This election is going to be one by earning and not just asking for each American's vote," said Deese, the adviser. "We're obviously looking at Pennsylvania right now, where the president is spending the week campaigning -- and it's a textbook example of how we're going to earn those votes."
