(Pueblo) Visiting Colorado on Wednesday, President Joe Biden did not mince his words against the pro-Trump elected representative of the constituency, one year before the 2024 presidential election which should see him face a new times the former Republican president.
Joe Biden went to a wind turbine factory in Colorado to promote his investment plan in renewable energies, but also and above all to confront an ally of his main rival, the elected representative to the House of Representatives Lauren Boebert.
“She is one of the leaders of this extreme MAGA movement” — named after Republicans supporting former President Donald Trump — Joe Biden told employees at the Pueblo site of CS Wind, the leading wind turbine manufacturer. in the world.
When pronouncing the conservative’s name, the Democrat, a devout Catholic, jokingly made a sign of the cross.
Lauren Boebert, elected in November 2020 to the American Congress, is one of the inveterate supporters of Donald Trump, whose efforts she supported to invalidate Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. She is part of the “Freedom Caucus”, a parliamentary “freedom” group made up of elected Trumpist troublemakers.
A pro-army activist, she notably opposed the “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA), the massive investment law brought by Joe Biden to encourage investments in renewable energies through subsidies and tax credits – especially in his constituency.
A contradiction that Joe Biden did not fail to criticize him for.
“She called this law a resounding failure,” he pointed out, continuing: “Tell that to the 850 Colorado residents who are going to find new jobs in Pueblo, and you’ll see if they don’t thank us for this law “.
The Democrat, struggling in the polls, has recently increased direct attacks against his Republican rival and is trying to improve his image by emphasizing his economic record.
By going to Colorado, he targeted one of Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters, Lauren Boebert, whose re-election next year to the House seems to be off to a bad start – her victory in 2022 had come down to the wire.