Riding momentum, Biden hits road
Rallies supporters in Wisconsin after speech
DEFOREST, Wis. — Fresh from his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden rallied supporters in Wisconsin on Wednesday, preparing for an expected re-election announcement this spring.
“Fighting for the sake of fighting gets us nowhere,” Biden said at a training facility run by the Laborers’ International Union of North America. “We’re getting things done.”
Workers lined up behind the president as he spoke. A banner that said “union strong” hung to the side.
Biden talked about helping workers make “a couple more bucks” and preventing them from “getting stiffed” by companies that “play us for suckers.”
“My economic plan is about investing in people and places that feel forgotten,” Biden said.
His trip was one stop in the traditional post-state of the Union blitz, where the president, vice president and Cabinet officials fan out across the country to promote his themes from the speech.
Biden’s next stop is Tampa, Florida, on Thursday, where he’s expected to discuss proposals to safeguard Social Security and Medicare, and lower the cost of health care.
Biden’s State of the Union night also included heckling by some Republicans, who called him a “liar” and demanded that he “secure the border” with Mexico.
Vice President Kamala Harris brushed off those interruptions in an interview with “CBS Mornings” before jetting to Atlanta for her own event on Wednesday.
“The president was in command and he focused on the American people as opposed to necessarily the gamesmanship that was being played in the room,” she said.