Milwaukee: President Joe Biden is getting to be a familiar face around the Great Lakes — and with a November rematch against Donald Trump looming, that’s no accident.
He started a two-day swing through Wisconsin and Michigan in Milwaukee on Wednesday as he tried to shore up a Democratic “blue wall” and build momentum for his reelection campaign after a fiery State of the Union address last week.
Aiming to show voters that his administration has improved their lives, Biden used the stop to announce $3.3 billion for infrastructure projects in disadvantaged communities, including $36 million to reconnect parts of Milwaukee’s 6th Street, which had been divided by highway construction in the 1960s.
“We’re rebuilding the roads, we’re filling in the cracks in the sidewalk, we’re creating spaces to live and work and play safely, and to breathe clean air, and to shop at a nearby grocery stocked with fresh and healthy food,” he said.
“You’ve lived and felt decisions made decades ago,” Biden said. “Today, today, we’re making decisions to transform your lives for decades to come.”
Biden told voters that Donald Trump, his Republican predecessor and likely opponent in this year’s election, had promised infrastructure improvements but never delivered.
“He didn’t get a single thing done,” Biden said. “Not one.”
Biden and Trump clinched their parties’ nominations on Tuesday after decisive victories in the primaries, setting up what promises to be a grinding rematch between the two men.
