Biden returns to a deteriorating Wisconsin bridge for an election-year pitch on policy achievements

KFOR

by: SEUNG MIN KIM and SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press

Jan 25, 2024

SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden returned to the deteriorating John A. Blatnik Memorial Bridge on Thursday to make the case that his administration is following through on its pledge to fix the critical link between the port cities of Superior, Wisconsin and Duluth, Minnesota.

Biden, who visited the bridge at the tip of Lake Superior two years ago when he promoted his $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, used his election-year stop to announce nearly $5 billion in federal money for the bridge and dozens of infrastructure projects nationwide.

With Biden trying to persuade voters to reward him for his achievements, the Democrat’s latest pitch came in a critical swing state that is part of the “blue wall” of states — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — where he defeated Republican President Donald Trump in 2020.

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