Julia Nikhinson/AFP/Getty Imagesīiden, who made his first stop after announcing his reelection bid a legislative conference for North America’s Building Trades Unions in Washington, has long relied on union support for his political ambitions. Supporters cheer before Biden speaks at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. “From bringing manufacturing jobs home to America to protecting our pensions and making historic investments in infrastructure, clean energy and education, we’ve never seen a president work so tirelessly to rebuild our economy from the bottom up and middle out.” “There’s absolutely no question that Joe Biden is the most pro-union president in our lifetimes,” said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. Labor groups that threw their backing behind Biden ahead of his speech include the AFL-CIO, which said it was the earliest point in a presidential election cycle it had ever endorsed a candidate. Recent figures have shown inflation easing, however, and fears of an imminent recession have faded.īiden has said more Americans will come to reward him for his economic stewardship once the benefits of some of his signature legislative achievements, including a new infrastructure law, begin taking hold. Though his economic wins were the centerpiece of Biden’s opening campaign event, polls show many voters give him poor marks for his handling of the economy, particularly as prices have soared post-pandemic. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Imagesīiden says the gun safety movement has reached a 'tipping point' as he marks one year since passage of major legislation President Joe Biden speaks during the League of Conservation Voters annual capital dinner at The Anthem in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2023. “He’s ready to win, and with your help, he will.” “He’s ready to finish the job,” she said. She added that the president was “not done.” “What I love about Joe is that even though he has faced unimaginable tragedies, his optimism is undaunted,” Jill Biden said. Wearing a corsage to mark their 46th wedding anniversary Saturday, the first lady recalled how she met Biden following the death of his first wife and baby daughter in a tragic car accident that also injured his two sons. “On my watch, we’re making infrastructure a decade headline.”įirst lady Jill Biden, who spoke shortly before her husband, highlighted the president’s optimism. “Under my predecessor, infrastructure week became a punchline,” Biden said. Mark Makela/Getty Imagesīiden made only brief mention of Donald Trump, the current front-runner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, steering clear of the former president’s recent federal indictment and arraignment but hitting him on infrastructure. To a roaring crowd, who repeatedly cheered “four more years,” the president touted several accomplishments, including the bipartisan infrastructure law, a coronavirus relief package, a bipartisan semiconductor chip manufacturing law and the recently negotiated debt ceiling deal that helped avert a US default.īiden also criticized recent Republican tax proposals while describing what he called his middle-class vision for the American economy, referring to it several times as “Biden-omics.”īiden adressess union workers on Jin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Remember the mess we inherited,” Biden told the audience in Philadelphia. Remember what it was like when I came to office, we came into office. The first official rally of his final political campaign was a moment for Biden to underscore recent economic wins that undergird his argument for another four years in the White House. President Joe Biden kicked off his reelection campaign Saturday at a union rally in his frequent haunt of Pennsylvania, the state that remains an intersection of his personal and political identities that he hopes can propel him to a second term.
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