He should be apologizing to us while he’s here, not bragging.” “The cost of groceries, heating oil, gas, health care and electricity have gone up as a result of Joe Biden’s policies. “ Bidenomics is hurting working people in my district,” said Maine state Rep. Consumer prices climbed to a four-decade high last summer, but inflation has eased over the past 12 months to a rate of 3% annually. Republicans have said that Biden’s policies have led to higher inflation. Despite distancing himself from the White House on some policies, Golden traveled with Biden on Air Force One on Friday.Īnd shortly before Biden spoke at Auburn Manufacturing Inc., Golden noted to the audience that “it’s no secret” he doesn’t always agree with the president’s agenda but that he “proudly” supports Bidenomics. But Golden has also been one of the Democratic lawmakers who has openly criticized Biden over his handling of debt limit talks this year and the administration’s forgiveness of student debt that has since been overturned by the Supreme Court. Jared Golden has been its congressman since 2019. We’re going to be able to talk about an issue that matters to Americans: investing in America, manufacturing, bringing good union-paying jobs back to America.”ĭemocrats can compete in Maine’s 2nd District as Rep. “What I can speak to is exactly what we’re doing today, right? We’re going to Maine. “We’re not going to get into what House Republicans want to do, may not do, hypotheticals, that’s on them,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Air Force One en route to Maine earlier Friday.
Aides have repeatedly played down any inquiry as a hypothetical and pointed out the hesitation among McCarthy’s own ranks about pursuing impeachment against the president. While McCarthy publicly floated the inquiry this week, the White House has engaged little with those efforts, instead focused on promoting “Bidenomics” and the president’s domestic agenda. However, the California Republican has acknowledged privately that it’s too soon to know whether the president was aware of - much less involved in - his son’s financial dealings in a way that would rise to the level of impeachable conduct. I’d love that one.”Įarlier this week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made his most direct remarks yet that GOP lawmakers could launch an impeachment inquiry into Biden over unproven claims of financial misconduct related to Hunter Biden, the president’s son. “Maybe they’ll decide to impeach me because it’s coming down,” Biden said. Though he was careful to say he was not taking a victory lap on the economy, Biden suggested that his Republican opponents in Congress may need to find a fresh line of attack against him because of improving economic circumstances. has the lowest rate of price increases among the world’s biggest economies.
Standing in a textile manufacturing facility in Auburn Biden pointed to inflation statistics that showed the U.S. AUBURN, Maine (AP) - President Joe Biden - buoyed by new signs the economy is continuing on the upswing - took a swipe on Friday at House Republicans’ flirtations with an impeachment inquiry, quipping that GOP lawmakers may decide to impeach him because inflation is cooling down.
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