Biden returns to his roots in contrast with on-trial Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "People like Donald Trump learned very different lessons...
57% : His homecoming trip also rides recent momentum in polls that show him catching up with Trump, after months of trailing the Republican.
55% : And Scranton's voters are exactly the kind that he will need to win in November if he is to carry key swing states like Pennsylvania and prevent scandal-hit Trump making a comeback.
51% : The 81-year-old US president played up his blue-collar credentials as he chose his childhood hometown of Scranton to deliver a speech on the need for the wealthy to pay more tax, featuring a number of jabs at Trump.
47% : Scranton kicks off a three-day swing through the state for Biden including stops in Pittsburgh on Wednesday and in Philadelphia on Thursday that will focus heavily on the economy -- and Trump.
39% : Trump "is talking about eliminating taxes so I would lose my job," said Rose Williams, 41, a tax professional from Scranton.
38% : Biden's campaign earlier released a social media ad featuring Scranton locals, including a cousin, bashing Trump as rich and selfish.
26% : But he repeatedly drew contrasts with Trump on other issues, saying November's vote was a battle between "Scranton values or Mar-a-Lago values," referring to Trump's luxury Florida home.
24% : Scranton plays a big role in US President Joe Biden's political mythologyJoe Biden drew a stark contrast between himself and Donald Trump Tuesday, taking his reelection bid to his beloved Pennsylvania birthplace as the tycoon languishes in court and off the campaign trail.
22% : In the latest in a series of jokes on that theme, Biden quipped that if stock in Trump's media group "drops any lower, he might do better under my tax plan than his."Biden however made no mention of the trial that is keeping Trump off the campaign trail this week.
5% : "Donald Trump looks at the world differently to you and me," a fired-up Biden said.

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