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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden returned to Iowa Friday afternoon, a state he last left in February with a fourth-place caucus finish.

Introduced by Democratic Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield, Biden delivered his standard stump speech, but devoted a significant portion of his remarks to her race as he campaigns not only to beat President Trump, but also as he hopes to flip the Senate blue.  

Biden trolled Republican Sen. Joni Ernst after the moment in the Iowa Senate debate where she couldn’t name the break-even price of soybeans.  “And as we saw in a debate where a farmer’s daughter knows a breakeven point for price of corn — crops. You’d think that’d be fairly basic,” he said. “That’s like my not knowing where the Delaware River was back home.”  

Biden shared a point of similarity between himself and Greenfield – they both lost their first spouse. “Theresa and I both lost our first spouses,” he said. “We’ve both been single parents to young kids. We both found a way back from broken places. We know that’s why you should elect this woman, Theresa, to the United States Senate. She sees, she understands, she believes. When she talks to you and you talk to her, you know, and I’m not just saying this, you know she understands, she gets it.”  

Biden slammed President Trump for trying to discourage people from voting and told the Iowans, “he will not be able to stop us at all.” 

He added that “despite Trump’s efforts,” “We will not be silenced. 85 million people have already voted so far.” 

Biden concentrated much of his speech on the pandemic, and as he ticked through a list of grievances and statistics, he made its impact local. “The Iowa State fair was canceled for the first time since World War II,” he said. “And Donald Trump has given up.” 

After slamming the President for bragging that he didn’t pay his fair share of taxes, claiming it was “because I’m smarter, I know how to game the system,” Biden stated: “Well he ain’t gonna be gaming the system anymore in a Biden administration. They’re gonna start paying.” 

Biden ended his speech, “So in these final days, stay empowered, stay united, stay optimistic. Make a plan to vote, vote early. Vote on Election Day. Help get out the vote.”