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Biden has made it official — announcing his bid for a second presidential term

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In a three-minute video, Biden announced that he's running for a second term in the 2024 presidential race. The announcement comes four years to the day from the launch of his 2020 campaign

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

President Biden is running for reelection. He made it official this morning in an online video.

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PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: When I ran for president four years ago, I said we're in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are. The question we're facing is whether, in the years ahead, we have more freedom or less freedom, more rights or fewer.

MART?NEZ: The president has been teasing a run for months now and working to give a clearer picture of the message he'll run on. NPR White House correspondent Scott Detrow is here. So, Scott, tell us more about what we expect Biden to run on.

SCOTT DETROW, BYLINE²: Yeah, I think a big part of it will be this idea of finish the job we've been hearing from Biden since around the time of the State of the Union. That's how he ends the video that just posted this morning. Biden is making the argument that he is someone who has gotten government to work again. He's particularly focused on the Infrastructure³ Act and other new laws trying to bring back American manufacturing jobs, particularly computer chips. A lot of this really comes back to the same bet that Biden made in 2020, that in a hyperpoliticized culture war climate, he thinks most voters actually, in the end, just kind of want to see government get things done.

MART?NEZ: Yeah, but here's the thing. Poll after poll shows that Biden has a low approval rating, and some Democrats⁴ have told pollsters they don't want him to run for another term. So what's the president's plan to counter that?

DETROW: It's really worth flagging here that his numbers are low among independent voters, too, and that's the very people that that economic message is aimed at. So when you talk to Biden's campaign, two big themes keep coming up. And the first is that they continue to insist that the more these big infrastructure projects are rolled out, the more popular they and Biden will get. And the second is that it's a choice here, not a referendum, and that gets to another major theme of the video and the message we're going to hear a lot over the next year and a half. It's very similar to that soul-of-America framing that was central to Biden's 2020 campaign, and you heard again in that clip Biden is quick to highlight this morning the threats that he sees from what he constantly frames as MAGA Republicans.

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BIDEN: Dictating⁵ what health care decisions women can make, banning books and telling people who they can love, all while making it more difficult for you to be able to vote.

DETROW: And the video shows images from January 6, images of Marjorie Taylor Greene and, notably⁶, images of both Donald Trump⁷ and Ron DeSantis during that part of it. Those are the two highest-profile possible Republican nominees⁸ next year. The Biden campaign believes this is a - if it's a choice between Biden and Trump, which is likely, Trumpism is too much of a turnoff for many swing voters. But I'll say this. One other big factor here that we need to address and talk about - and one that's totally out of Biden's control - is his age. He's 80. Many voters are worried about sending someone back to the White House who would be 86 at the end of a second term. That's going to be a big challenge for the campaign to address.

MART?NEZ: One other thing, Scott, because it's a year - actually, four years to the day of his announcement that he'd run in 2020. So does that symmetry tell us anything?

DETROW: I think it does. I really think that 2020 primary and the way that so many people were skeptical⁹ of Biden's chances looms¹⁰ large in the president and his political team's minds. Look; I'll cop to this. I went back and looked at what I said four years ago today on MORNING EDITION. I sounded pretty skeptical at times that Biden would...

MART?NEZ: (Laughter) I wasn't here, Scott, so...

DETROW: Moving forward. Moving forward. Moving - you know, I was skeptical that he would resonate with the modern Democratic Party, that he would find a lane in a crowded field. I wasn't alone. And here we are. And I think that's all to say Biden and his team kind of have a bit of a chip on their shoulders at times. They feel like he was counted out in the election. He's been counted out many times as president. Look at the coverage¹¹ of the midterms. Look at whether or not he could get those major bills passed that are now laws. And in the end, they feel like they trust their instincts, and that's why they're going into this reelection bid feeling pretty confident.

MART?NEZ: That's NPR White House correspondent Scott Detrow. Scott, thanks.

DETROW: Thank you.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

4 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 dictating   

v.大声讲或读( dictate的现在分词 )；口授；支配；摆布

参考例句：

• The manager was dictating a letter to the secretary. 经理在向秘书口授信稿。 来自辞典例句
• Her face is impassive as she listens to Miller dictating the warrant for her arrest. 她毫无表情地在听米勒口述拘留她的证书。 来自辞典例句

6 notably   

adv.值得注意地，显著地，尤其地，特别地

参考例句：

• Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
• A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。

7 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

8 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

9 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

10 looms   

n.织布机( loom的名词复数 )v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的第三人称单数 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• All were busily engaged,men at their ploughs,women at their looms. 大家都很忙，男的耕田，女的织布。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The factory has twenty-five looms. 那家工厂有25台织布机。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。