President Joe Biden on Wednesday will seek to contrast his economic vision with that of so-called “MAGA” Republicans, including Republican firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert, during a visit to her Colorado district, according to an administration official.
Biden will visit CS Wind, the world’s largest wind tower manufacturer, where he’ll point to the company’s new $200 million Pueblo, Colorado, facility expansion – an expansion both the company and the Biden administration have directly attributed to passage of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act.
Biden and Boebert have clashed in the past and the trip to the conservative congresswoman’s district comes as she faces a tough reelection bid in 2024. Earlier this year, Democrat Aaron Frisch – who narrowly lost to the incumbent Boebert in 2022’s midterm elections – announced he would again mount a campaign to unseat her in 2024.
The official said the president will use his remarks Wednesday “to highlight how Bidenomics is creating jobs and opportunities in Colorado’s third congressional district and communities across the country.” He’ll also hit Boebert and her party for opposing passage of the IRA. At the time, the Colorado Republican called the legislation “dangerous for America,” and voting against it “the easiest no vote yet.”
In remarks during a campaign fundraiser Tuesday night, Biden previewed his visit to Pueblo. According to a pool report, the president told supporters in Colorado that Boebert – whom he called “one of the leaders of the MAGA right” – “not only voted against the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, she called it garbage.”
Biden’s trip to Pueblo won’t be the first time the president has brought the fight with House Republicans to their front doors. In the last year, Biden’s visited districts in South Carolina, New York and Virginia to…
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