Gearing up for his 2024 reelection bid, U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted his "Bidenomics" agenda, contrasting his vision to build the economy "from the bottom up and the middle out" with that of so-called MAGA Republicans who support former President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again agenda.
Biden defended his administration’s signature pieces of legislation against their attacks, including his 2022 climate and energy law known as the Inflation Reduction Act and his 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, as well as the Obama-era Affordable Care Act that expanded access to health insurance.
"The speaker [of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson], Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans in Congress are committed to protecting outrageous tax cuts for those at the very top," said Biden, in remarks at CS Wind, the world’s largest wind tower manufacturer, in Pueblo, Colorado. "And they’re going to continue to oppose investing in all those programs that help people whether in education, health care, or whateverl".
CS Wind is expanding with a new $200 million facility that it directly attributes to the Inflation Reduction Act. The company said the expansion is set to be completed in 2028 and will create 850 jobs.
"When I hear climate, I think jobs," Biden said. "Instead of exporting jobs, companies, both foreign and domestic are creating jobs here in America and exporting American made products."
Pueblo is in a congressional district represented by Lauren Boebert, a Trump supporter and harsh critic of Biden’s economic policies. She voted against passing the IRA, calling it "dangerous for America."
"I am very proud of the work that CS Winds is doing there in Pueblo and the jobs that they’re creating," Boebert said during an interview Tuesday with local TV station KKTV. "But as I stated, this will cost the taxpayers overall from the Inflation Reduction Act hundreds of billions of dollars. This bill was a complete scam."
In his remarks, Biden took jabs against the congresswoman, dismissing her criticism that the IRA is a "massive failure" as her "massive failure in thinking." Boebert and her Republican colleagues voted against "the law that made these investments in jobs possible," he said.
Since Biden took office, companies have announced $7 billion in new manufacturing and clean energy investments in Colorado, the White House said in a statement.
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Biden Takes 'Bidenomics' to Colorado, Hits ‘MAGA’ Republicans
