President Biden is giving his first address since Tuesday Officially announcing his re-election bid Earlier in the day, he addressed the North American Building Trades Union Legislative Conference at the Washington Hilton near the White House.
In what is billed as a White House event and not a campaign stop, the president will discuss how the Biden administration believes its investments in the country are bringing manufacturing back, creating good-paying union jobs and “rebuilding the middle class.”
On Tuesday morning, the president’s campaign released a three-minute video trying to make the president’s case that he and fellow Democrats want to protect American freedoms as much as possible.
“When I ran for president four years ago, I said we were fighting for the soul of America — and we still are,” Mr. Biden said in the video. “The question we face is whether we have more freedom or less freedom, more rights or less in the years ahead. I know what I want answered. This is no time for complacency. That’s why I’m running. For re-election.”
The Washington Hilton, where Mr Biden is speaking on Tuesday, is the same site where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner will be held on Saturday.
Mr. Biden has long expressed support for unions, a key group that funded and supported his successful 2020 presidential bid against former President Donald Trump. The line, “The middle class built America — and the unions built the middle class,” has become so frequent in his speeches that anyone who watches the president regularly can probably quote it in their sleep.
According to A CBS News poll Released on Tuesday but conducted before Mr. Biden’s announcement, Democrats said they like and approve of the president, though they would greet his re-election announcement with more acceptance than excitement. Among Democratic and Democratic-leaning respondents, 54% described how they felt about the president’s re-election bid as “acceptable,” while 28% chose “confident,” 27% “nervous,” and 22% “excited.”
How to Watch President Biden’s Speech on Unions and the Middle Class
what: President Biden addresses the North American Building Trades Union Legislative ConferenceDate: April 25, 2023Time: 12:30 p.mLocation: Washington Hilton, Washington, DCOnline Stream: Stream CBS News live in the player above and on your mobile or streaming device. More Katherine Watson
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