As Americans commemorated Memorial Day this weekend, pictures of the presumptive Democratic governmental candidate Joe Biden made their way around the web.
Part of this was due to the fact that he was using a mask, something his opponent, US President Donald Trump, has actually refused to do.
However another part of it was that it was the very first time since the start of coronavirus lockdown that Biden had actually ventured out in public– or perhaps earned the public’s attention for something other than a gaffe.
Why has Biden been so notably peaceful for the past few months? Let’s dig into it.
Where is Joe Biden?
With a pandemic sweeping the world, and the United States leading the world in positive tests and deaths, Biden has been restricted to his home in Delaware.
He emerged for his very first public look in more than 2 months today— then promptly went back into his self-enforced isolation.
Because becoming the presumptive nominee, Biden has actually been campaigning completely online, with the truths of being a 77- year-old throughout a pandemic that disproportionately affects the elderly hitting house.
It means the rallies, whistle-stop occasions in battleground states, fundraising suppers and selfie opportunities that would normally be filling the presumptive candidate’s calendar are gone.
They have actually been changed with virtual rope lines, a newly released podcast, local news appearances and Instagram Live broadcasts with United States soccer stars
The substantial, multi-day party announcing his candidacy to the country– the Democratic National Convention– will be postponed by 5 weeks.
On some fronts, the campaigning modifications seem hurting Biden.