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President Joe Biden will be joined by two House Democrats in tough races on Thursday as he celebrates a new $20 billion investment by IBM in New York’s Hudson River Valley.
Biden heads to Poughkeepsie for the event, where he will be joined by New York representatives Sean Patrick Maloney and Pat Ryan.
The president will visit the factory, meet workers and praise the number of manufacturing jobs created during his term in office, which the White House describes as “a manufacturing boom.”
Biden has received low ratings from voters on his approach to inflation and the economy, while Americans express frustration at the high price of food, gas and housing.
President Joe Biden goes to Poughkeepsie, New York, to celebrate $20 billion new investment by IBM
Biden will be joined by two House Democrats in tough intermediate races. New York Reps. Sean Patrick Maloney (left) and Pat Ryan (right)
During Thursday’s trip, Biden will also attend fundraisers in New Jersey and New York
But the administration has backed down, pointing to the large number of jobs created during Biden’s presidency.
“During this administration, our economy has created nearly 10 million new jobs and more than 668,000 manufacturing jobs – proving that under this administration, ‘Made in America’ is no longer just a slogan. Under President Biden, we are building a bottom-up and center-down economy where we cut costs and create high-paying jobs for our families so we can achieve it here in America,” a White House official said before the trip.
IBM’s investment was prompted by the passage this summer of the $280 billion CHIPS Act, intended to boost the US semiconductor industry and scientific research.
The CHIPS and Science Act, which Biden signed in August, received bipartisan support.
On Tuesday, Micron Technology said it would invest up to $100 billion over the next 20 years to build a semiconductor manufacturing plant in New York, expected to create nearly 50,000 jobs.
Biden has been trying to capitalize on this kind of economic investment ahead of the Nov. 8 election, which will determine control of Congress.
Last month, he traveled to Ohio to speak at the site of Intel Corp.’s planned $20 billion semiconductor plant. Ohio has important House, Senate and gubenatorial races this year.
President Biden will visit IBM’s Poughkeepsie office; the president has touted the number of jobs created during his tenure
Biden will be joined on tour by IMB Director Arvind Krishna
Some Democrats have kept Biden at bay this election cycle. But deputies Maloney and Ryan, who are in tough House races, will be by his side on Thursday.
Maloney, chairman of the Democrats’ congressional campaign, takes on Republican councilor Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th district.
Ryan takes on state councilor Colin Schmitt in the 18th district.
The two men, like many New York members of Congress, have seen their districts redrawn during the reclassification process.
Ryan won a close special election in August to serve the term of Democrat Antonio Delgado, who left his seat in the House after being named lieutenant governor by Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul. Ryan is running for a full term.
Maloney transferred from the 18th arrondissement to the 17th after his Hudson Valley home fell within the 18th arrondissement boundaries as a result of the realignment.
Hochul, who took office last year after Democrat Andrew Cuomo resigned amid sexual harassment allegations, is also on the program with Biden. She wants to win a full term in next month’s election against Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin.
In addition, Biden will visit the fundraising circuit on Thursday.
He stops in downtown New Jersey for a fundraiser at Governor Phil Murphy’s home in support of the Democratic National Committee.
He then heads to New York City for a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraiser organized by James Murdoch, the son of News Corp. publisher Rupert Murdoch.
James Murdoch and his wife Kathryn were major donors to Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign.
In 2020, Murdoch resigned from News Corp.’s board of directors. due to disagreements over the editorial content of his father’s company, which operates Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.