Joe Biden pulled off his classic Corvette sports car for a spin in his latest campaign video as he touted American electric cars as the future of the country.
The presumptive Democratic presidency tweeted the video on Sunday quipping: ‘I’m trying to get my miles inside before the Secret Service stops me.’
In the campaign ad, which was first released August 5 and is titled Joe Biden Gets Vetted, Biden sports sunglasses and gets behind the wheel of his sleek Goodwood Green 1967 Corvette.
‘I love this car. Nothing but incredible memories. Every time I come in I think of my father and Beau. God, could dad drive a car, oof, ‘he added with a smile.
The 77-year-old married over his love for American-made cars and shared his high hopes for the future of the auto industry.
Joe Biden took his classic 1967 sports car Corvette Stingray, which was a wedding of his father, for a spin in his latest campaign video
‘This is an image-defining sector. How can American made cars no longer be there? I believe we can re-own the 21st Century brand by moving to electric cars, ‘he said, adding that plans are underway for an electric Corvette that can go 200mph
The presumptive Democratic presidency tweeted the video on Sunday quipping: ‘I’m trying to get my miles inside before the Secret Service stops me.’
‘This is an image-defining sector. How can American made cars no longer be there? I believe we can re-own the 21st century market by moving to electric cars, ‘he said.
‘And, by the way, she’s telling me, and I’m looking forward – if it’s true – to driving one, that they’re making an electric Corvette [that] can go 200 miles per hour, ‘he added.
The campaign ad sent a shock into the auto sector as General Motors’ plans may have been revealed to make an electric Corvette.
A source confirmed to the Detroit Free Press that such plans are indeed underway, but the timing and maximum speed of the electric car, which is likely to take another two years before it is out, are not yet known.
Biden said in 2016 the four-speed Stingray was his father’s wedding to him. As a Christmas present years ago, the sons of the former vice president had rebuilt the engine.
Biden imagined that he took his 1967 Corvette for a spin and recalls his younger days riding the sleek sports car. ‘I love this car. Nothing but incredible memories. Every time I come in I think of my father and Beau. God, could dad drive a car, oof, ‘he said
Biden said in 2016 the four-speed Stingray was his father’s wedding to him
As a Christmas present years ago, the sons of the former vice president had rebuilt the engine
On Monday, the Democratic Party will begin its unusual virtual convention where various factions will sit on a united front behind Biden, united by their joint determination to defeat Donald Trump in the November elections.
“It is absolutely necessary that Donald Trump be defeated,” Bernie Sanders, a former Biden rival and a keynote speaker at the opening night of the convention, told ABC’s This Week.
Biden enters the convention with quizzes of about nine to 10 points on Trump and amid signs that his historic-making choice of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate – the first woman of color on a presidential card for a major party – is widely popular is in the party.
Joe Biden and his newly named running mate Kamala Harris will be the focus of the Democrats’ virtual convention with effect from August 17.
Adding to the drama, the four-day convention – originally planned to be held in the Midwestern city of Milwaukee but forced to go online by the COVID-19 pandemic – takes place amid concerns over Trump’s efforts to post-vote to limit.
The president, and insists without proof that post-in-ballot paper encourages fraud, threatens to block additional funding that Democrats say is urgently needed to allow the postal service to process millions of ballots.
In normal election years, nominations of conventions attract tens of thousands of parties faithfully to festive events designed to shed a national foothold on the candidates, introduce the rising stars of the party, inspire their base and, hopefully, attract independence and undecided.
Democrats had largely voted Milwaukee for its location in the important swing state of Wisconsin. The city had spent millions preparing for the event.
But planners are struggling to find virtual replacements for the usual roaring applause, sweet hat, circus-like atmosphere and balloon drops.
Viewers are expected to be treated to live feeds from hundreds of Democratic ‘waiting parties’ across the country, some even live-streaming from drive-in theaters.
A sign announces the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that it would have been a four-year event before the coronavirus pandemic took place.
Several of the groups will be led by Democratic luminaries, including other former Biden rivals Senator Amy Klobuchar and Andrew Yang.
The experimental format will give speakers a chance to address unfiltered American voters, largely detached from the usual distractions, exaggerated stage power and frightening delegates.
Or, some fear, it may cause a much busier performance.
Democrats hope keynote speakers on each of the four nights will draw viewers to the closing time of the night that networks have assigned them to air.
Monday’s top speakers will be Sanders, a leader of the party’s most progressive wing, and a formerly admired former First Lady Michelle Obama; On Tuesday, former president Bill Clinton and Jill Biden, the candidate’s wife, will appear.
On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama will speak, and Harris will have her moment in the spotlight before the convention culminates Thursday, when Biden formally accepts the party’s nomination and delivers his acceptance speech – via video link from his home state of Delaware.
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