'I'm not a deficit spender,' Biden says

In a pitch to Louisiana voters, President Joe Biden touted tax hikes on corporations and wealthy people, measures he said were necessary to pay for his sweeping infrastructure package.

“I’m not a deficit spender,” Biden said in Lake Charles, standing before a 70-year-old bridge that former President Donald Trump had promised to rebuild two years ago were he to win a second term. It was Biden’s latest stop on a nationwide tour to build support for his nearly $2.3 trillion “American Jobs Plan,” where he was joined by Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter, a Republican.