President Joe Biden touted a top Democratic interest group during his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, leaning into the “Middle Class Joe” political persona that boosted his support among blue-collar workers in crucial swing states.
“There’s good guys and women on Wall Street, but Wall Street didn’t build this country. The middle class built this country. And unions built the middle class,” Biden said in his speech, timed with his attempt to pass another multitrillion-dollar spending round, this time focused on infrastructure, manufacturing, families, and childcare.
“Nearly 90% of the infrastructure jobs created in the American Jobs Plan do not require a college degree. Seventy-five do not require an associate’s degree,” Biden said, calling his $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan “a blue-collar blueprint to build America.”
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Since taking office, Biden has leaned into the notion that he “was elected to represent Pittsburgh, not Paris,” boosting labor unions and proposing new tax hikes on corporations and the wealthiest people.
On Wednesday, he urged lawmakers to bring his latest effort, the ProAct, to his desk.
Biden’s infrastructure proposal calls for investments in domestic manufacturing, one part of a strategy the White House has said will boost workers against China’s economic might.
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“There’s simply no reason why the blades for wind turbines can’t be built in Pittsburgh instead of Beijing,” Biden added. “There’s a reason why American workers can’t lead the world in the production of electric vehicles and batteries. There is no reason in the world American jobs aren’t going to create millions of good-paying jobs for Americans to raise a family.”
