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President Joe Biden to tout ‘Bidenomics’ in visit to Pueblo, Colorado on Monday

President Joe Biden will travel to Pueblo, Colorado on Monday, the White House confirmed, marking his fifth visit to the state since taking office.

The White House also confirmed that Biden will tour Pueblo’s CS Wind factory, the largest wind turbine tower manufacturing plant in the world.

In a statement, the White House said the visit is part of Biden’s “Investing in America” tour, in which the president will highlight how “Bidenomics” and the Inflation Reduction Act are “mobilizing companies to invest in clean energy industries and create good-paying jobs in places like CO-03, while extreme House Republicans try to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act and deny their constituents the jobs and opportunities that the President’s agenda is creating.”

CS Wind company broke ground earlier this year on an expansion it says will double manufacturing capacity, with an anticipated 850 additional jobs at the plant by 2026.

In August, Biden mentioned CS Wind during a speech touting clean energy investments stemming from last year’s Democratic-sponsored Inflation Reduction Act at a wind tower plant in Albuquerque.

Noting that the CS Wind plant is in Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s congressional district, Biden had wisecracked that “the very quiet Republican lady” voted against the legislation, “along with every other Republican.”

Boebert fired back on social media at Biden’s facetious description of her.

“Wishful thinking, Joe,” Boebert responded. “I’m calling you out every single day and I won’t be getting more quiet about it anytime soon!”

It’s unlikely that Boebert – or any members of Colorado’s congressional delegation – will be on hand for the presidential visit on Monday, as both the House and Senate are scheduled to be in session.

It will be Biden’s second trip to Colorado this year after delivering the commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs on June 1.

Also since the start of his administration, Biden spoke at Camp Hale in Eagle County on Oct. 12, 2022, to designate a national monument, and met with families affected by the Marshall fire during a Jan. 7, 2022, stop in Louisville.

Biden talked about clean energy jobs during a visit to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory outside Arvada on Sept. 14, 2021.

President Joe Biden speaks about the economy at Arcosa Wind Towers factory on Aug. 9, 2023, in Belen, N.M.
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file)
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