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President Biden To Offer Rare Display Of Bipartisanship In Kentucky

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President Biden is shortly due to deliver remarks on his economic plan and the tout the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law at event in Hebron, Kentucky.

  • Livestream: https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
  • Biden will be joined by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in a rare public show of bipartisanship.
  • Unlike his Republican colleague in the House, Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), McConnell last month easily fended off a challenge to his leadership from conservative Republican Senators.
  • Reuters: “Both veteran politicians have their political reasons for appearing together. McConnell wants to get credit from voters in his home state of Kentucky for the spending project, while Biden wants to highlight the on-the-ground impacts of lawmakers working together.”
  • White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters last week that at the US Midterm Elections, "the American people said very loudly and clearly they wanted us to come together and work for a common ground.”
  • Biden said on Monday that while "we've been friends a long time," the trip has nothing to do with his relationship with McConnell: "It's a giant bridge, man. It's a lot of money. It's important."

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