will be able to connect with them because joe biden doesn't come across in the same way that a lot of the other democrats who are much more woke and progressive come across. joe biden still has, even though he's been the vice president, a lot of that working class vibe that in those states could be an effective counterweight to some of trump's populism. >> let's listen to what joe biden said today about donald trump being a threat to the nation. >> i believe that trump poses a fundamental threat to america. we hold these truths self-evident, all men and women, all are created equal. it's an american creed. it's who we are. it's what we've been. we haven't always lived up to it but we've never fully abandoned it. we have never stopped trying to create a more perfect union. it's the american creed but trump doesn't see it that way. he thinks when we talk that way it makes us weak. he has no idea, in my view, what makes us strong. what makes us strong as a nation is our honesty, our decency,