Joe Biden campaigns in Pennsylvania, ground zero for 2022 midterms
- US President Joe Biden visits key state Pennsylvania, three weeks from midterms voting day
- Democrat John Fetterman’s race against Republican Mehmet Oz could decide control of the Senate
US President Joe Biden touted the rebirth of American infrastructure and manufacturing in a Pennsylvania trip aimed at boosting Senate hopeful John Fetterman, whose closely watched race could be key to avoiding a Democratic wipeout in the midterms.
Biden touched down first on Thursday in the western city of Pittsburgh, where he plugged his signature infrastructure package with a tour of a newly repaired bridge, before attending an evening fundraiser with Fetterman in Philadelphia.
The national spending spree that Biden’s Democrats got through the divided Congress is “the most significant investment” in US history, Biden said on a makeshift podium at the edge of Fern Hollow Bridge, which collapsed eight months ago on a day that Biden happened to be visiting.
Now, it has now almost been rebuilt, serving as a poster child for the White House’s policies.
“There’s no better place to talk about rebuilding the backbone of America, the middle class,” Biden said.
“I want you to feel the way I do - pride, pride in what we can do when we work together,” he said, referring to the pieces of heavy construction equipment lined up around the build.