Biden-Harris reschedules first campaign event of 2024

President Joe Biden will lay out what he sees as the stakes of the 2024 presidential election — democracy and freedom — in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 5, his first campaign event of the new year.

The campaign previously announced the event would be held on Jan. 6, but it was changed on Wednesday due to «impending inclement weather in the Philadelphia area this weekend,» advisers said in a release.

«This Saturday will mark the three-year anniversary of when, with encouragement from Donald Trump, a violent mob breached our nation's capital. It was the first time in our nation's history that a president tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power,» Biden-Harris campaign manager Julie-Chavez Rodriguez told reporters on a call prior to the date being changed to Jan. 5.

Principal deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks said Valley Forge was selected for its historical significance as it is «the same spot where nearly 250 years ago, our nation's forefathers transformed a disorganized alliance of colonial militias into a cohesive coalition united in their fight for our democracy, where General Washington united American willpower and went on to lead this nation as commander and as president – before relinquishing power – the ultimate precedent and the experiment of American democracy.»

In his Friday speech, Biden is expected to lay out in an official capacity on the campaign trail what he sees as the stakes of the 2024 election as he ramps up toward a likely rematch against former President Donald Trump.

«There, the president will make the case directly that democracy and freedom — two powerful ideas that united the 13 colonies and that generations throughout our nation's history have fought and died for… remains central to