With a busy and tumultuous week in the rearview mirror, President Joe Biden isn’t showing signs of taking his foot off the gas any time soon, planning a slew of events in the coming days that aim to serve two key purposes: counterprogramming the Republican National Convention, where Donald Trump is expected to be anointed the GOP’s nominee for a third time, and reassuring panicked Democrats calling for his exit from the presidential race that he’s up for a second term.

What You Need To Know

  • President Joe Biden has a slew of events in the days ahead to counterprogram the Republican National Convention and stem the calls from within his own party to step aside from the Democratic ticket

  • Biden is set to meet with several groups of Democrats in Congress in an effort to shore up support among his own party

  • The president is set to hold rallies to Michigan and Nevada, key battleground states, and is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Texas to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act 

  • While in Texas, Biden will sit for an interview with NBC News anchor Lester Holt

Biden campaign officials released a memo this week outlining a path forward for the president as an increasing number of Democrats in Congress call for him to step down from the ticket.

“Next week, as Trump and extreme MAGA Republicans prepare to put their toxic extremism front and center at the Republican National Convention, the president will be on the road to rally with the backbone of the Biden-Harris coalition,” they wrote.

Biden met Friday with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus before heading to a rally in Michigan to shore up support in the traditional “blue wall” state.

Per his campaign, Biden was set to highlight Friday the Project 2025 agenda, an overhaul of the federal government put together by the right-wing Heritage foundation and a number of Trump’s allies and former administration officials. Trump sought to distance himself from Project 2025 last week, but Democrats have sought to tie the presumptive Republican nominee to the agenda. Search traffic about Project 2025 has spiked in recent days, owed perhaps in no small part to Taraji P. Henson mentioning it while hosting the BET Awards last month, and the Biden campaign launched its own dedicated website to explaining the agenda to the American people.

“Donald Trump and Republicans will hold their convention in Milwaukee, once again putting their extreme Project 2025 agenda front and center for voters,” the memo said. “It will be a key moment, and all of us – from President Biden on down – must do our part to take advantage of the opportunity.”

Biden on Saturday is set to meet with the influential New Democratic Coalition, another effort to shore up support among Democrats.

On Monday, the day the RNC kicks off in Milwaukee, Biden will begin his week in Austin, Texas, where he will deliver the keynote address at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden will “highlight the Biden-Harris administration's progress advancing civil rights and his vision to bring America together.”

While in Texas, Biden will sit for an interview with NBC News anchor Lester Holt.

On Tuesday, Biden will travel to the battleground state of Nevada, where he is set to speak at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas and “discuss the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to advancing racial justice and equity for all Americans, including Black Americans,” per the White House.

Wednesday, Biden will stay in Las Vegas to speak at the UnidosUS Annual Conference. UnidosUS is the country’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy group.

The events in Nevada are part of an effort to shore up support among Black and Latino voters, two crucial voting blocs for Democratic voters that Trump’s campaign is targeting, though analysis of polling data shows the Republican is unpopular among both groups.

Still, some polls have shown movement by both Black and Latino voters away from Democrats.

“What we are seeing in surveys … is that some of these traditional voting blocks, Black voters, Hispanic voters, Trump and Republicans are running stronger with them, particularly Latino men and Black men,” Jessica Taylor, Senate and Governors Editor for The Cook Political Report, told Spectrum News in an interview.

Taylor believes that Black voters could be crucial to Biden’s success. As some Democrats have  called for Biden to exit the race this week in the aftermath of his performance in last month’s debate, the Congressional Black Caucus has notably stood by his side.

“If he stays as the nominee, I think he will have Black voters to thank,” she said.