Thomas Edison? Biden Eyes Get Wide As He Bizarrely Refers to ‘The Guy Who Turned On Our Lights’
Fresh off the heels of his first State of the Union address on Tuesday evening — which, despite many cynical predictions, he managed to pull off without falling asleep or wandering aimlessly away from the podium halfway through — President Joe Biden gave some remarks on his administration’s energy initiatives during a trip to Wisconsin on Wednesday.
Speaking to a “small but lively crowd” at the University of Wisconsin, Superior, as per the Star Tribune, Biden touted the $1 trillion infrastructure bill signed last year, a topic of the previous night’s SOTU address as well.
“I am truly more optimistic about America today than I’ve ever been,” he declared while pointing to things such as job creation, the use of American steel and more funding for roads and bridges that he generally implied Wisconsinites would be the beneficiaries of thanks to the sweeping legislative package.
The president went on to say these words: “Union Pacific Railroad just announced the purchase of the largest-ever purchase of electric locomotives made in Erie, Pennsylvania. And in the same plant, by the way, that the guy who turned on our lights built a factory.” – READ MORE
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