As Dems Face Grim Midterm Outlook, Biden Hopes Appearance on Jay Leno’s Car Show Will Win Over Republican Voters

President Joe Biden hopes his appearance on an upcoming episode of Jay Leno’s Garage will appeal to “some parts of the Republican base” and hit the brakes on increasingly gloomy predictions for his party’s performance in the midterms, according to a New York Times report.

The episode, airing Wednesday, comes less than two weeks before Election Day as Biden tries to appeal to “a country of car lovers,” the Times reports.

“You know, he’s a good driver,” Leno said. “He still has a Corvette; he can drive a stick. I mean, most presidents are not car guys.”

Even as Biden makes last-minute efforts to steer his party away from a midterm crash, recent polling shows Republicans have an 80-in-100 chance of flipping the House, according to FiveThirtyEight.

During the episode, Biden promotes electric cars, a vehicle Democrats have embraced in recent years. Rep. Tim Ryan (D., Ohio), who is running in Ohio’s Senate race, said Americans need to give up gas-powered cars. Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer (D.), who is seeking reelection this year, is granting $236 million in funds to an electric car battery executive who has already lost millions of taxpayer dollars.

“You all know I’m a car guy,” Biden said at an automobile event in Detroit last month. “Just looking at them and driving them, they just give me a sense of optimism.”

Biden allegedly hits 118 miles per hour in his 1967 Corvette Stingray during the show.

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