{"id":2240192,"date":"2024-05-08T14:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T18:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-digs-at-trump-for-using-golden-shovel-during-microsoft-wisconsin-event\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T14:39:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T18:39:01","slug":"biden-digs-at-trump-for-using-golden-shovel-during-microsoft-wisconsin-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-digs-at-trump-for-using-golden-shovel-during-microsoft-wisconsin-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden criticizes Trump for using &#8216;golden shovel&#8217; at Microsoft Wisconsin event"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbiden-digs-at-trump-for-using-golden-shovel-during-microsoft-wisconsin-event%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=2240192&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 Biden highlighted \u2064a $3.3 billion Microsoft project in Wisconsin, contrasting it with Trump&#8217;s past $10 billion Foxconn venture. Biden criticized Trump&#8217;s economic policies, indirectly referencing him as his &#8220;predecessor.&#8221; Meanwhile, the Foxconn project faced challenges but continues to grow in Wisconsin.\u200b Biden aimed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-its-his-intention-to-run-for-reelection-in-2024-2\/\" title=\"Biden Says It\u2019s His \"Intention\" to Run for Reelection in 2024\">address economic concerns<\/a> in Racine\u200d County, sparking a debate on economic strategies.  <\/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><strong>RACINE, Wisconsin \u2014 <\/strong>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> talked up a $3.3 billion Microsoft project in battleground <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Wisconsin<\/a> while needling his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-plans-to-run-in-2024-if-hes-in-good-health\/\" title=\"Biden plans to run in 2024 if he\u2019s in good health\">general election opponent<\/a> in a Wednesday speech.<\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> held a similar event in Racine six years ago to promote a $10 billion development from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Taiwanese<\/a> chip manufacturer Foxconn, one that ended up being scaled back later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came here with your senator, Ron Johnson, literally holding a golden shovel, promising to build the \u2018eighth wonder of the world.\u2019 Are you kidding me?\u201d Biden told the crowd in Racine. \u201cLook what happened. They dug a hole with those golden shovels and then they fell into it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFoxconn turned out to be just that \u2014 a con,\u201d he said. \u201cGo figure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite changes in market demand and other challenges, Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) continues to grow with its community in Wisconsin,\u201d a Foxconn spokesman said in a statement. \u201cFoxconn Wisconsin is a key manufacturing site for data servers. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bringing-manufacturing-back-eu-targets-semiconductor-investment-to-counter-communist-china\/\" title=\"Bringing Manufacturing Back: EU Targets Semiconductor Investment to Counter Communist China\">global market share<\/a> in servers is approx. 40%. \u2026 We are proud of the over 1,000 men and women who work at Foxconn Wisconsin and help make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More broadly, Biden also criticized Trump\u2019s \u201ctrickle-down\u201d economic and industrial-based policies, though did not refer to him by his name, only as his \u201cpredecessor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Committee<\/a> Chairman Michael Whatley scrutinized Biden\u2019s own record, contending the president \u201cis trying to save face in Racine County as Wisconsinites feel the pain of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bidenomics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bidenomics<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManufacturing has <a href=\"https:\/\/click.campaigns.rnchq.com\/?qs=73e9da3b068230ebd81139c0aa5e5ca66845367b5dea43be51e06c49a5179476f0fbc8ce0a278390374aad132f16f6d3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stalled<\/a>, family farms are <a href=\"https:\/\/click.campaigns.rnchq.com\/?qs=73e9da3b068230eb73690a32746341f34e8cf02014403a16b4162a020d3beecfe6982fe900e7d22e7d541e4fdbd638e6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shuttering<\/a>, and costs are up for everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/click.campaigns.rnchq.com\/?qs=73e9da3b068230eb9b197bd56b38c96d56818baa73f24ef07736e199fed15aac790be513098a8f37b63df157b4ce7bde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">electricity<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/click.campaigns.rnchq.com\/?qs=73e9da3b068230eb78d60e6745ea37361db29dca2a253d256377ef122d4eba1233cfcc492764a31defbd19f295d8a49c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gas<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/click.campaigns.rnchq.com\/?qs=73e9da3b068230eb3a2a7608a9bf1c910c125aebd39cb4dc9984aa989f9ad22b20f86b5e376763a4bbe98a457dc97d6a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">food<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/click.campaigns.rnchq.com\/?qs=73e9da3b068230eb604c93a0d027647b1daf688ac59d540564c6be8b8049d819a0d59f05f62d5ef5c717a47533cf22f9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">housing<\/a>,\u201d Whatley wrote in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s no wonder why Biden is losing in <a href=\"https:\/\/click.campaigns.rnchq.com\/?qs=73e9da3b068230eb3c246ecd19a8db57bc389ccf06500a6f737626dff5100e62f049591eb012dd1c30c036b0f417eb5a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin <\/a>and battleground states across the country: his policies have failed and people want President Trump back in office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-to-announce-new-curbs-on-tech-exports-to-china-this-week-sources\/\" title=\"U.S.to announce new curbs on tech exports to China this week -sources\">data center project<\/a>, announced hours before Biden appeared onstage, will include 2,300 construction jobs followed by 2,000 permanent ones, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMicrosoft\u00a0will partner with Gateway Technical College to develop a datacenter academy that trains 1,000 Wisconsinites for datacenter and STEM roles by 2030,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/05\/08\/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-highlight-3-3-billion-investment-in-racine-wisconsin-and-how-his-investing-in-america-agenda-is-driving-economic-comebacks-in-communities-across-the-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>release<\/a> from the White House reads. \u201cMicrosoft\u00a0will build a Co-Innovation Lab in southeast Wisconsin, as well as team up with the startup accelerator Gener8tor to train 1,000 business leaders to adopt AI in their operations, so that Wisconsin manufacturers can seize AI\u2019s promise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Vice Chairman and President Brad Smith also spoke at the event, describing the project as \u201cbuilding the world\u2019s most advanced AI and cloud data centers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t just about building a building, and it\u2019s not just about the manufacturing jobs of today,\u201d Smith told the crowd. \u201cMore than anything, this project is about using the power of AI to fuel the future of manufacturing companies, and jobs, and skills across the state of Wisconsin and around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Racine, Wisconsin, President Biden highlighted a $3.3 billion Microsoft project, subtly contrasting it with Trump&#8217;s past promotion of a $10 billion project by Foxconn that fell short. Biden&#8217;s remarks draw attention to investments in Wisconsin, underscoring the differences in approach between his administration and his predecessor&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3125,"featured_media":2240193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24129624530204-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24129624530204-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}