President Biden welcomed to Milwaukee Laborfest by hundreds of supporters and opposition

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — President Joe Biden took the stage at Milwaukee Laborfest on Monday and was welcomed by tons of of supporters. He was additionally met with some opposition.

Within the closing minutes of President Biden’s speech, a person was faraway from the group after shouting on the President and calling him a “liar.”

President Biden paused his speech and addressed the person, saying “God love you” earlier than telling the group “all people is entitled to be an fool.”

Whereas on stage, President Biden spoke on quite a lot of matters together with defending unions and working-class American households, his infrastructure invoice and about the necessity to defend Social Safety. He additionally praised the unions and their assist of him through the years.

“I would not be right here with out unions,” President Biden exclaimed. “I bought elected once I was 29 years previous, america Senate with a state that just lately meant proper to work. You recognize why? Union labor endorsed me and fought for me. The center class constructed America, all people is aware of that. Unions constructed the center class.”

The President additionally made it a degree to voice his assist for Governor Tony Evers, who’s up for re-election this fall, and Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, who’s trying to unseat Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson.

“He will be your subsequent United States senator,” President Biden mentioned of Barnes, who was not current on the occasion.

Forward of the President’s go to, members of the Republican occasion right here in Wisconsin held a press convention criticizing President Biden and his insurance policies. They took intention on the President’s choice to forgive as much as $10,000 in scholar loans for a big majority of American debtors, a subject President Biden didn’t deal with throughout his speech.

“The President launched a mortgage payoff plan through which he was telling people who went to school and knew what they had been pay for, ‘we’re simply going to forgive $10,000,’” mentioned Paul Farrow, chairman of the Republican Celebration of Wisconsin. “That places it proper onto the burden of those hardworking people who we’re grateful for as we speak. They’re those which are going to should be paying off this debt for others.”

Senator Ron Johnson echoed Farrow’s frustration.

“What made this nation nice are the those who work exhausting, they rise up each morning, they go to work they usually contribute,” mentioned Sen. Johnson. “The Biden administration insurance policies, the Democrat governance, is crushing these people.”

In a separate occasion, held simply exterior the Henry Maier Competition Park, Republican candidate for governor Tim Michels held his personal information convention the place he took intention at President Biden and his opponent, Governor Tony Evers.

“They’ve completed nothing however give you unhealthy insurance policies,” Michels mentioned. “Joe Biden? From the botched Afghanistan withdrawal to as we speak’s Biden inflation. Tony Evers? From Covid to Kenosha. Unhealthy instincts. Unhealthy management.”

President Biden advised his crowd of supporters America is dealing with an important time in our nation’s historical past, indicating it is necessary to work towards the long run.

“All the things’s altering. All the things is altering,” President Biden mentioned. “We will should ask whether or not we wish to be a nation that strikes ahead or backwards. Are we going to construct a future or obsess concerning the previous?”

The final time President Biden visited Milwaukee was for a CNN City Corridor in February 2021.