Sources say President Biden has privately ordered his staff into ‘campaign mode’

President Joe Biden has ordered his staff to switch gears from everyday administration workings to campaign mode, sources inside the White House told Axios this week.

As primary races across the country begin to paint a picture of how the November midterms will go, Biden is rallying his staff to focus on campaign-friendly messaging and take opportunities to highlight the administration’s accomplishments since taking office.

The White House must fight to draw Democrat voters to the polls in the midterms in order to pick up some House and Senate seats in Congress. If Republicans take the majority on either side of Congress the Biden administration will face an uphill battle passing any legislation.

Insiders say White House staff have been instructed to use any opportunity to discuss Biden’s infrastructure bill, as well as major economic relief bills related to COVID-19.

The additional pressure of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that threatens to overturn Roe v. Wade has added some urgency to the White House’s campaign messaging, giving them a clear leading issue on which to contrast the beliefs of Republicans and Democrats. The issue of abortion may prove to be an asset to the Biden administration, as polls show national support for abortion rights is at an all time high.

Biden has taken aim at Trump-era Republicanism as he has traveled the country to garner support for his Build Back Better agenda, which has stalled in the sharply divided Congress. On multiple occasions he has referred to extreme MAGA culture.

“Look at my predecessor, the great MAGA king — the deficit increased every single year he was president,” Biden said in Chicago last week.

Axios also reported that White House memos showed Biden instructing staffers to highlight the fact that Republicans did not support his police funding during COVID-19.