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(171,081 posts) Fri Apr 19, 2024, 09:56 PM Apr 19

'Four more years!': Union members celebrate Biden's fiery speech

’Four more years!’: Union members celebrate Biden’s fiery speech
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 7:00:05p EDT
Walter Einenkel

On Friday, President Joe Biden gave a nearly 20-minute speech to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Construction and Maintenance at its conference in Washington, D.C., touching on the union’s support for his campaign in 2020, his record as a pro-labor president, and the anti-labor records of Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

"My predecessor and his MAGA allies have a very different view. He promised Infrastructure Week every week for four years and never built a damn thing," he said, adding that Trump wants to “repeal the climate law that would gut all those new jobs and industries created here in America.”

Biden spoke about his intention to let the Republican tax breaks for the rich, which “exploded” our national deficit, expire.

"My opponent learned the best way to get rich is inherit it. I can't argue much of that. But, eh?” Biden joked. ”They learned that paying taxes is for working people, not the super-wealthy. They learned that telling people ‘you're fired’ is something to be laughed about. Not where I come from. Not where I was raised."

As Biden walked off the stage, the audience chanted, "Four more years."

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