Biden campaigning in Michigan with focus on the economy, rebuilding the 'Blue Wall'
"[President Trump] knew and purposely played it down. Worse, he lied to the American people. He knowingly and willingly lied about the threat it posed to the country for months," an angry Biden said Wednesday in Warren, Michigan, at the top of a speech focused on the economy.
Biden, continuing a recent campaign blitz through the Midwest, cast Trump’s position laid out in comments to Woodward for his book, as reported by CNN and The Washington Post, as contributing to the economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus and as a"dereliction of duty." Story continuesJust prior to Biden’s remarks, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany attempted to deny that the president has ever played down the virus, arguing instead that he"expressed calm" despite Trump reportedly telling Woodward on March 19:"I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down, because I don’t want to create a panic."
"He's failed our economy and our country. But look, did you really expect anything different from this guy? From someone who called those of you and those who are serving in uniform, who have given their lives to the country losers and suckers?” Biden asked, referring to a report in The Atlantic last week said Trump had made disparaging remarks about members of the military. Trump has strongly denied the veracity of the report.
"I'm not looking to punish American business, but there's a better way. Make it in Michigan, make it in America, invest in our communities and the workers in places like Warren. That's what this is about. UAW workers, Steel Workers IBEW workers," Biden said, laying out his new economic policy."I don't accept the defeatist view that the forces of automation and globalization mean we can't keep good paying union jobs here in America, and create more of them.
Both Biden and Trump made visits to Wisconsin last week, making drastically different stops in the city of Kenosha, which has been rocked by protests in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by a police officer.
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