There is once again a clear divide among Minnesota's politicians who are reacting to Joe Biden's State of the Union Tuesday night.
Minnesota Second District Congresswoman Angie Craig (D) shared her reaction to President Joe Biden who laid out myriad of issues facing the country.
Craig told Vineeta Sawkar during the WCCO Morning News that President Biden focused on issues that people in her district are most concerned about.
“I was really pleased that President Biden was the president that America elected last night and really talked about the issues that folks in my district are most concerned about, like lowering costs for working families and showing up our supply chains, bringing more of our manufacturing back to our country. So I really pleased with him and his challenge is going to be where do you focus? And I do hope, and I've said to the White House, that I really hope that he can zero in on how we lower costs for working families.”
Craig says small businesses like the ones in her district need help battling inflation, and that lowering wages isn't the answer.
While infrastructure will likely be President Biden's topic of choice today during his visit to Superior, Wisconsin, there are some including Craig who hope the President opts to discuss how he will push Republicans and Democrats to lower costs for American families.
“Of course my focus is in health care in the Congress,” Craig explains. “His support for legislation last evening to cap the cost of insulin, that’s my bill, to cap it at $35. This is where I’ve been working for a long time.”
Seventh District Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (R) also spoke to WCCO, appearing with Blois Olson on the 9-Noon show. Fischbach says she was pleased with the president's focus on Ukraine in the State of the Union speech.
“I was happy to hear a lot about that, and what was going on with that,” Fischbach told WCCO. “That is one thing that is something on the minds of lots of people.”
Fischbach did say a lot of what the president said was lacking a real plan, and that the Administration is not doing a good job of working with Republicans.
“Generally, there was a lot of things he said that sounded really good, but he didn’t tell us how we’re going to get things done and move together,” said Fischbach. “I think, for me, one of those keys is, if they want to get things done that are actually good for the American people, they need to start talking to Republicans, they need to start talking to all the members of Congress and getting things that have a broad base of support and moving forward for the American people.”
Minnesota Sixth District Congressman Tom Emmer (R), who is also the Chair for the National Republican Committee, said on Twitter that America is weaker under Joe Biden.
“Nobody believes the state of our union is stronger than it was a year ago. Thanks to Joe Biden and Democrats’ socialist agenda Americans are paying higher prices, dealing with more violent crime, and watching our southern border get overwhelmed by drug cartels and human trafficking rings.”
The president and first lady are scheduled to be in Superior, Wisconsin Wednesday afternoon, arriving in Duluth around the noon hour. They will be delivering remarks on “Building a Better America” and how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law can help the American people by rebuilding roads and bridges and creating good-paying, union jobs. The speech will be at the Yellowjacket Union on the University of Wisconsin-Superior campus at 2:15pm.
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