In South Carolina, Biden Says His Agenda Has Helped Voters in Both Parties – By The New York Times Staff (The New York Times) / July 6, 2023
President Biden outlined an economic agenda on Thursday that he believes has helped all voters, regardless of whether they voted for him, and name-checked Republican lawmakers who have attacked his policies but whose constituents have benefited from billions in federal funding.
In a speech at a manufacturing facility in South Carolina, Mr. Biden pointed out that many Republican lawmakers had voted for his policies, including the bipartisan infrastructure act and the CHIPS Act to bolster semiconductor production, because they were best for those lawmakers’ constituents.
“I didn’t get much help from the other team, but that didn’t stop us from getting it done,” Mr. Biden said, drawing applause from a crowd at the facility, in a state that revived his 2020 presidential campaign.
He thanked Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, who had voted for both pieces of legislation. Mr. Biden said that his policies had brought some 14,000 jobs to the state and that “jobs that used to go to Mexico, India, Romania and China are now coming home to South Carolina.” A fact sheet distributed by the White House said that $2.6 billion in infrastructure funding and $11 billion in clean-energy investments had been pumped into the state.
