Biden defends low-key campaign travel schedule, says he's 'not overconfident'

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday defended his light campaign travel schedule, maintaining that he's not overconfident about his odds of defeating incumbent President Trump with one week to go until the November election.

“The reason it looks like we’re not traveling — we’re not putting on superspreaders,” Biden said when asked about his "light" campaign schedule. “We are doing what we’re doing here. Everyone is wearing a mask and trying the best they can to be socially distanced. It’s important to be responsible.”

Biden's campaign pledged last week that he was "going to campaign aggressively" in the final 11 days before the election, but since the second and final debate on Thursday night, the candidate has only ventured out of Delaware a handful of times: to Pennsylvania on Saturday and again on Monday for an impromptu event 15 miles away from Wilmington.

The candidate will stump in traditionally red Georgia on Tuesday, with two events scheduled in Warm Springs and Atlanta.

“He’s going to be all across the country in our battleground states," Biden's campaign manager, Kate Bedingfield, told reporters last week. "He’s going to be fighting for every vote. You’re going to see him do in-person events. You’re going to see him do virtual events.”

The Trump campaign has frequently taken aim at Biden for his lack of campaign events  — Trump has dubbed his Democratic opponent "basement Joe"  — and reiterated that criticism Monday.

"No events for Joe Biden today???" Jason Miller, a senior adviser for the Trump campaign, tweeted. "He's lid crazy!" (Calling a lid refers to a candidate or campaign indicating to the press that they will not hold any more events, typically for the remainder of the day).

But Biden defended his campaign approach on Monday, saying he regularly works 12-hour days even if there are no public appeara... (Read more)

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