President Biden To Deliver Remarks In North Carolina Shortly

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are shortly due to deliver remarks in North Carolina where they will, "lay out their plan to make health care more affordable," according to a White House fact sheet. LIVESTREAM

• The event is part of a multi-stop tour of swing states when Biden is touting the legislative achievement of his first terms and presenting the platform for his re-election campaign.
• Biden will argue that the GOP will slash social security and Medicare if they win the White House and Congress in November.
• The White House: "The budget from the Republican Study Committee—which represents 100% of House Republican leadership and 80% of House Republicans—would:
  • "Slash $4.5 trillion from the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
  • "Ripping away coverage for more than 45 million people enrolled in ACA coverage and Medicaid expansion.
  • "Turning Medicaid into block grants that would threaten coverage and care for an additional over 60 million Americans with Medicaid."
• The event will be Biden's second public remarks since the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland collapsed overnight when one of its support structures was hit container vessel.
• In remarks earlier today, Biden said he intended that the federal government cover the costs of reconstruction. In Raleigh, Biden may highlight the incident as evidence that more work must be done to refresh critical infrastructure across the US via Biden's flagship Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, as he did in June 2022 when he visited Pittsburgh just hours after a bridge collapsed.