President Biden received a hostile reception from voters in the battleground state of Pennsylvania when he visited several small businesses to promote his Bidennomics economic plan.
“Welcome back, Joe!” one onlooker yelled as the Pennsylvania-raised president entered a bike shop in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
“You lose!” another yelled. “loser!”
During the president's visit, he visited a running shoe store, a bike shop and a coffee house in downtown eastern Pennsylvania.
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“My name is Joe Biden, and I work for the Governor and Senate,” the president said while walking into Nowhere Coffee Co. with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.). ” he joked.
Biden's pitch on Friday was that Bidennomics is working in small-town America.
Speaking at the Firefighter Training Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Biden pointed to recent consumer sentiment data and said people are feeling better about the economy.
“Before you know it, they feel a lot better about the economy,” Biden said in response to a reporter's question. “What we don't do is let people know exactly who made the changes. … Everyone is improving and they believe it. They know it. And… It’s just starting to sink in.”
In 2020, Biden won surrounding Lehigh County with 53.2% of the vote.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
