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Biden will visit Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 30

It's a rescheduling of a trip that was canceled in July when the president tested positive for COVID-19.

President Biden speaking by phone with Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., and Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti after he canceled his scheduled trip to Wilkes-Barre on July 21.
President Biden speaking by phone with Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., and Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti after he canceled his scheduled trip to Wilkes-Barre on July 21.Read moreAdam Schultz/White House/Planet
    by Bill O'Boyle, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — President Joe Biden will travel to Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday, Aug. 30, a rescheduling of a trip that was canceled in July when he tested positive for COVID-19.

The President will give remarks at Wilkes University on his Safer America Plan to further reduce gun crime and save lives, said Seth Schuster, Regional Communications Director at The White House.

No other details were announced.

Biden was scheduled to appear at Wilkes University on July 21, but he tested positive for COVID-19 the day before and all plans were canceled.

Biden was going to discuss his administration's efforts to reduce gun violence.

The president previously visited Wilkes on the 2016 campaign trail, then as the outgoing vice president stumping for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. He also appeared at Pittston Area High School in 2018.

“I am very happy President Biden will be visiting the City of Wilkes-Barre,” Mayor George Brown said Wednesday. “During our recent phone discussion, President Biden said he would try to reschedule the visit that was canceled and he kept his promise.”