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As we reported Monday, Joe Biden and other Democratic presidential candidates are skipping a climate forum in Washington on Thursday and Friday, citing events in Iowa.



Heated’s Emily Atkin adds that Biden is missing the forum “to attend a private fundraising lunch in the wealthy suburbs of Chicago.”



Biden’s campaign in a schedule advisory said he would attend a “Biden for President finance event” in Germantown, Tennessee, on Thursday.



And Biden plans to hold his own town hall on “climate and other issues”on Friday in Iowa.