President Joe Biden kicked off a Labor Day tour of two battleground states with a rousing speech in Milwaukee, where he touted his recent wins in Washington and took specific aim at Sen. Ron Johnson.
“This guy never stops,” Biden said of Johnson, referencing recent positions Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, has taken. “But guess what? I ain’t stopping either,” Biden said to a raucous round of applause.
Biden touted the Inflation Reduction Act, the sweeping climate, health care, and tax bill that he signed into law last month, which included a cap on insulin prices for Medicare patients. Johnson voted against the measure.
We beat pharma this year,” Biden said, his voice rising. And it mattered, we’re going to change people’s lives. Biden leaned into his accomplishments on health care and aid to seniors at the same time that Democrats here have homed in on the issue in the U.S. Senate race against Johnson – one of the most significant in the country as the balance of the Senate is at stake in November.
The lukewarm welcome from Barnes and Fetterman signifies the feeling of Democratic candidates more broadly who have sought to distance themselves from the president. Democratic candidates for federal office are outperforming the president in their state polls, even as Biden’s approval numbers are on the rise.
