 President Joe Biden on Friday tried his hand at retail politics, stopping in a trio of Pennsylvania stores to stress the value of small businesses and talk up his economic record to IT was a distinct change from the set speeches that the Democratic president usually gives to highlight his policies about an economy with strong employment but levels of inflation that worry voters. Biden blad handed in Joshed at a running shoe store, bicycle shop, and coffee house in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, sauntering. Along Main Street, Biden seemed to be in full campaign mode several months ahead of the November election, which could rematch him against his 2020 opponent, former President Donald Trump. I'm going to tell you what, you guys give over more small businesses in three years than any kind of American history. It's generating real growth. You know when you open a small business, that's what the signature is trying to hope. Yes, it really is. Hey, how are you? Okay, so may I introduce you to Maddie? Nice to meet you. Hi, Maddie. How are you? This is Bud. Hey, Bud. How you doing? How you doing, man? Nice to meet you. And Tyler, who's the manager of the store. Hi, Tyler. How are you? Good. How are you? Well, folks, end of the good day. We came up here to the Allentown area and the greater area to make sure what we did. Bobby and I, Senator and I were doing more with the governor. It was making some sense and affecting people's attitudes. I just came away from this really reassured that what we've done has had an impact, not just here in eastern Pennsylvania and but in the northeast, but throughout the country. And we're going to do more of the job not finished. If you notice, they're feeling much better about how the economy is doing. What we haven't done is letting them know exactly who got it changed. That's the part. That's what's happening. If you look at the consumer confidence measures, their way up, look across the board. Everybody's doing better and they believe it. They know it. And they're just beginning to sink in. Are you 17? Seven. Seven. That's it. Just present. Two. Two. Two.