Biden looks to shore up support in Midwest after clinching Democratic nomination
By Andrea Shalal and Nandita Bose
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden visited the political battleground state of Wisconsin on Wednesday after clinching the Democratic Party's nomination, and focused on hunting for votes among suburban women, Black voters and Latinos across the Midwest.
Biden announced over $3 billion in infrastructure investments in disadvantaged communities across 40 states, which will be funded through the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction Act
He said the projects should help repair neighborhoods in states such as Wisconsin where Black, Hispanic and Chinese communities were isolated years ago by major highways and roads.
«I'm here to announce the first of its kind of investments...to help right historic wrongs,» Biden said. «These are life-changing improvements,» he added.
During the speech, Biden also opened the campaign's local headquarters and touted his administration's economic policies, a strategy that so far has failed to persuade many likely voters.
Biden said there is an «awful lot at stake» and his campaign will «get down to knocking on doors» in Wisconsin and several other states.On Thursday, Biden plans to move on to Michigan, part of a month-long «I'm on board» blitz by top administration officials aimed at rallying supporters in the seven battleground states that could decide the 2024 election. In the past week, Biden has been in Pennsylvania, Georgia and New Hampshire.
On Tuesday, Biden's campaign issued a new video entitled «Let's Go» after voters in Georgia helped the 81-year-old incumbent president secure the last of the 1,968 delegates needed for the nomination, teeing up what would be the first U.S. presidential rematch in nearly 70 years.
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