{"id":2225268,"date":"2024-04-19T13:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T17:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-lifted-a-finger-biden-knocks-trump-in-speech-to-ibew-labor-conference\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T13:34:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T17:34:50","slug":"never-lifted-a-finger-biden-knocks-trump-in-speech-to-ibew-labor-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-lifted-a-finger-biden-knocks-trump-in-speech-to-ibew-labor-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden criticizes Trump in address to IBEW labor conference for not taking action"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnever-lifted-a-finger-biden-knocks-trump-in-speech-to-ibew-labor-conference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2225268&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden took jabs at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pokes-fun-at-trumps-orange-hair-during-closed-door-fundraiser\/\" title=\"Biden teases Trump about his 'orange hair' at private fundraiser\">2024 election rival<\/a>, Donald Trump, during a speech at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers&#8217; \u200dConference. Both\u200d candidates seek union endorsements for the upcoming election. Biden highlighted his job creation\u200d efforts and criticized Trump&#8217;s stance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-meltdown-plays-out-in-private-facebook-group\/\" title=\"New York Times Meltdown Plays Out in Private Facebook Group\">labor issues<\/a>. The IBEW endorsed \u200cBiden in 2020 and 2023, showing strong support for his reelection bid.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> took a number of shots at his opponent in the 2024 general election, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, during his Friday speech at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers\u2019 Construction and Maintenance Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and Trump are chasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"union\">union<\/a> endorsements ahead of the general election in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"union\">2024<\/a>, with both men relying on support from blue-collar workers in battlegrounds to secure their respective presidential victories. IBEW endorsed Biden in 2020 and again in 2023, just after he announced his reelection bid.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the president said he added \u201ctens of thousands\u201d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-signed-40-executive-orders-and-actions-since-taking-office\/\" title=\"Biden has signed 40 executive orders and actions since taking office\">good-paying union jobs<\/a> to the economy over the past four years while simultaneously claiming Trump \u201cnever lifted a finger\u201d to help labor groups while in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatter of fact, he lifted a finger to put a thumb on it,\u201d he said. \u201cNot only that, he put union busters on the National Labor Relations Board. The people I\u2019ve appointed to the National Labor Relations Board actually care about American workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden continued to attack Trump and Republicans for opposing his efforts to extend student loan debt relief to millions of people and rewrite the Trump-era tax cuts before closing with a summary of his and Trump\u2019s differing views on the economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy opponent learned the best way to get rich is inheriting. I can\u2019t argue much with that, but they learned that paying taxes is for working people, not the super-wealthy. They learned that telling people, \u2018You\u2019re fired,\u2019 is something to be laughed about. Not where I come from. Not where I was raised. I guess that\u2019s how they look at the world from Park Avenue and Mar-a-Lago,\u201d the president said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Claymont, Delaware. Working-class, middle-class towns, like many of you did as well. Nobody handed you anything. You paid your taxes, and being told you were fired wasn\u2019t entertainment. It was a devastating nightmare to a family,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see through the eyes of working people like you and the basic values that you represent: honesty, decency, hard work, faith,\u201d he said. \u201cIt matters. Fairness matters. And if you believe like I do, everyone in America deserves just an even shot, no guarantees, just a shot, but guaranteed to have a shot. In America, we leave nobody behind where we come from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch Biden\u2019s remarks in full below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"SqLT_0HwWXA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Biden Delivers Remarks at the IBEW Construction and Maintenance Conference\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SqLT_0HwWXA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his Friday speech at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers\u2019 Conference, President Joe Biden aimed criticisms at former President Donald Trump, his opponent in the upcoming 2024 general election. 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