Joe Biden spoke at his first 2020 campaign rally today in Pittsburgh, and the former veep spoke as if the country has basically crumbled because of Trump:
HAPPENING NOW: Former Vice Pres. Joe Biden kicks off his 2020 presidential campaign with a rally in Pittsburgh, PA. https://t.co/Dq4ipN0rwH
— ABC News (@ABC) April 29, 2019
"My name is Joe Biden and I am Jill Biden's husband."
And with those words in Pittsburgh, the former Vice President removes his sportcoat and settles into his first 2020 campaign rally.https://t.co/0CRkXFqh3o pic.twitter.com/fJFvMs8Hfr— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 29, 2019
Biden naturally took aim at Trump while choosing to forget who was in the White House for the eight years before Trump took office:
Joe Biden: "It's well past time that the minimum wage nationally should be a minimum of $15. It's well past time. It's time to start rewarding work over wealth."
Via CBS pic.twitter.com/feKVOzYfAk— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 29, 2019
Some Biden policies mentioned in PA:
– Public option
– Reverse GOP tax cuts
– Eliminate cap gains loophole
– $15/hr min wage
– Prevent workers from being classified as "contractors"
– Reform non-poaching clauses
– Close stepped up basis, invest $ in higher ed
– Renewable energy $— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) April 29, 2019
Biden also said the economy is lousy for the middle class and claimed that the GOP tax cuts for most Americans were a lie because the size of IRS refund checks are down:
"The stock market is roaring, but you don't feel it," Joe Biden says. "There was a $2 trillion tax cut last year. Did you feel it? Did you get anything from it? Of course not!" https://t.co/ZI7ug7NdHv pic.twitter.com/K5e58zRlN2
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) April 29, 2019
It was all too much for Laura Ingraham:
At his first rally, Joe Biden says "it's time to redefine what a successful economy looks like." How convenient now that the economy, by even the measures the Obama Administration used, is ON FIRE. #GoalPostsShifting #Uninspired
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) April 29, 2019
Watching Dems try and convince Americans why an economy that’s on a roll isn’t in their best interests continues to be entertaining.
This @JoeBiden speech is…just…sad. "All of America has to be rebuilt." WHAT?!
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) April 29, 2019
Oh no. Joe doesn’t have another “Recovery Summer” in mind, does he?
Joe Biden says we need to bring back the "dignity of work." Is he actually arguing that after 8 yrs under Obama, and only two under Trump, suddenly "dignity of work" has been destroyed? Wages are going UP, Joe!
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) April 29, 2019
If anything Biden spent a half hour kicking Obama’s policies under the bus.
Oh my God, if this is really the best @JoeBiden can do, the Democrats are in trouble. It all seems tired and out of sync with the reality of this economy, esp wages & unemployment numbers. Dangling freebies to whoops and hollers. Hardly original.
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) April 29, 2019
That’s really all the Dems have at this point, but Biden’s speech in particular sounded no different than what he was saying years ago.
Fire the speechwriter, @JoeBiden. And he's desperately trying to punch out lines loudly, which just ends up sounding strained.
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) April 29, 2019
There was little in Biden’s speech that sounded any different than when he ran in 2007 or campaigned as Obama’s VP in 2008 and 2012.
