Biden takes aim at Trump ‘code of lies’ during Labor Day event

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden came out swinging Monday during a Labor Day campaign appearance in Pennsylvania, blasting President Trump for living “by a code of lies, greed and selfishness.”

Biden spoke to a small group of labor leaders in a backyard in Lancaster, where he criticized Trump for “refusing to deal with the problems that affect ordinary people” and called for strengthening unions.

His campaign announced endorsements from the Laborers’ International Union of North America, the International Union of Elevator Constructors and the National Federation of Federal Employees, collectively representing hundreds of thousands of union workers nationwide.

Later, at an AFL-CIO virtual town hall with union President Richard Trumka, Biden called Trump’s alleged remarks about fallen soldiers being “losers” and “suckers” un-American and said Trump would never understand why Americans serve. Trump has denied the remarks.

“He’ll never understand you, he’ll never understand us, he’ll never understand our cops, our firefighters, because he’s not made of the same stuff,” Biden said.

A strong economy that was Trump’s biggest asset for re-election has now become a potential liability, brought down by the coronavirus. Biden says Trump has had an inadequate response to the pandemic, resulting in more loss of life and jobs than necessary.

Earlier in the day, Trump painted Biden as a leader incapable of handling the coronavirus and reviving the economy. Trump pledged his own “undying loyalty to the American worker.”

Trump also alleged Biden and Democrats would “immediately collapse the economy.”

The U.S. economy has been steadily rebounding from its epic collapse in the spring as many businesses have reopened and rehired some laid-off employees. Yet the recovery is far from complete. Only about half the 22 million jobs that vanished in the pandemic have been recovered.

Polls consistently show the economy as an issue at the top of voters’ minds.

from Boston Herald https://ift.tt/2FegsuO