They might be called “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, but that doesn’t mean they should be used for the president’s own politics.
That didn’t stop President Joe Biden from using members of the United States military as campaign props Tuesday during a stop in Pennsylvania, where the band was put into the position of a backdrop for a chief executive trying to save his party from defeat in the looming midterm elections.
Though he still couldn’t even keep the candidates he was endorsing straight in his speech.
The U.S. Marine Band was on hand in Wilkes-Barre, about 100 miles north and west of Philadelphia, when Biden delivered a speech that included endorsements of the Democratic candidates for Senate and the governor’s office in the Keystone State, according to Biz Pac Review.
Biden was plugging for Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who is running for governor, and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who is seeking the Senate.