I’m part of the press pool traveling with @VP to Columbus.
She’s set to tour Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 189 with @SecMartyWalsh and speak about what the bipartisan infrastructure deal will do for Ohio.
It’s her first trip since the bill became law on Monday.
This trip marks @VP’s first visit to Columbus since taking office in January.
Back in April, she visited Cincinnati to build support for the infrastructure bill.
And in March, President Biden visited Columbus.
Lots of attention paid to Ohio by this administration.
Also hitching a ride back home to #OH3: @RepBeatty, who chairs @TheBlackCaucus and played a big role in getting the infrastructure bill across the finish line.
“This law will put more Americans to work in good union jobs,” @VP says at Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 189 in Columbus.
“Our bipartisan infrastructure law is part one of two. We are determined to lower the cost of living for working people in America.”
The @VP spoke for about 14 minutes here in Columbus before roughly 100 attendees.
Before leaving Columbus, @VP commented on the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict:
“The verdict really speaks for itself. As many of you know, I’ve spent a majority of my career working to make the criminal justice system more equitable and clearly there’s a lot more work to do.”
As 2024 kicks off, Pres. @JoeBiden will travel to Valley Forge, PA, on Saturday to deliver a campaign speech on protecting democracy and marking the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
In a call with reporters, Biden’s campaign outlined its plans for January.
After delivering his first campaign speech of 2024 in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Biden will then travel to Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday to deliver another campaign speech about combatting political violence.
As for VP @KamalaHarris, she will head to South Carolina on Saturday to deliver the keynote at a women’s church event.
On Jan. 22, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade being decided, Harris will launch a reproductive freedoms tour in Wisconsin.
🧵 Today, the U.S. House is set to vote on whether Ohio Rep. @Jim_Jordan should be the next Speaker.
I've covered Jordan closely since 2018, interviewing him dozens of times and reporting on every aspect of his job.
The story that stands out most is related to Jan. 6, 2021.
Between November 2020 and Jan. 6, 2021, @Jim_Jordan became the unofficial congressional spokesperson for then-Pres. @realDonaldTrump's baseless efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Over and over again, Jordan insisted Congress should step in to keep Trump in office.
On Jan. 6, 2021, Jordan played a leading role in getting lawmakers to object to certifying Biden's election win on the House floor, despite no evidence of widespread fraud existing.
Jordan's communications with Trump on that day have been under a bright spotlight ever since.
As @HenryJGomez first reported this morning, former #OHSen candidate and current State Senator Matt Dolan (@dolan4ohio) has sent this letter to Ohio county GOP chairs in response to activists and party leaders encouraging him to challenge Democratic Sen. @SherrodBrown in 2024.
Of the 6 GOP candidates who ran for #OHSen this year, @dolan4ohio was the only one to reject Donald Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
He invested $10M+ of his family fortune into his race & finished 3rd in the primary.
#OHSen candidate @JDVance1 is kicking off Election Day Eve with an event in Lorain County.
“The biggest threat to American security in my lifetime is this terrible crisis at the southern border,” Vance says, as he delivers his usual stump speech.
~60 people here.
As the #OHSen race winds down, I asked @JDVance1 what block of voters has been the toughest to get through to.
“…a lot of the Trump base is still very hard to get through to, in part because they don’t trust the press — in my view, rightfully so.”
He also says suburban women.
In Avon, I asked #OHSen candidate @JDVance1 what he says to voters who like outgoing-@senrobportman’s dealmaking style on Capitol Hill and wonder if Vance will replicate it.
“I’m running to get things done. And that’s the way in which I think Senator Portman really is a model.”
After attending a church service with #OH03 Rep. @JoyceBeatty, #OHSen candidate @TimRyan is heading north to a campaign event in Medina.
He has IBEW bikers escorting his bus.
As the #OHSen race comes to a close, I asked @TimRyan what block of voters has been the toughest to get through to.
“People who didn’t vote Democratic for the last few cycles in Ohio. But I think we’ve penetrated that in a very, very big way by making this race about Ohio.”
If @TimRyan wins the #OHSen race on Tuesday, national Democrats will likely talk him up as a potential 2024 presidential candidate.
His message to Ohioans?
“I’ll be serving a full six-year Senate term.”
“And if you bring this up in front of my wife, I’ll kill you,” he joked.
Lots of chatter tonight about this @AP story on #OHSen candidate @TimRyan (D) and $27,000 in campaign donations he has received since 2007 from "drug distributors blamed for key roles in the [opioid] crisis."
The report states that over @TimRyan's 20-year career in Congress, $27,000 of the $50+ million he has raised in campaign donations have come from three drug distribution companies that have helped fuel the opioid epidemic.
The @AP report mentions that throughout the #OHSen race, @TimRyan has criticized @JDVance1 (R) for an opioid-focused nonprofit he launched that didn't end up accomplishing much...and involved a doctor with ties to Big Pharma. apnews.com/article/2022-m…