President JoeBiden touts lend boost to 'soon-to-be Miss Mayor' KarenBassLA in Los Angeles
Appearing alongside Rep. Karen Bass , Biden reiterated his support for the congresswoman in her campaign for Los Angeles mayor, addressing her as “soon-to-be Miss Mayor.”The race is dividing the staunchly blue city as polling indicates that her opponent, a former Republican, may be closing the gap with voters. The winner will succeed Democrat Eric Garcetti, a two-term mayor Biden nominated to be ambassador to India more than 15 months ago.
Yearly inflation ending in September came in at 8.2%, and core inflation rose to 6.6%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Core inflation, which strips out food and energy prices, was at the highest level since the early 1980s. Both figures rose above projections. “They want to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act,” Biden said, a bill that includes a prescription drug price cap, among other benefits. The president also charged that Republicans would make working and middle-class people pay higher taxes.The president also said that if Republicans win in November, “inflation is going to get worse.”
“But the price of gas is still too high, and we need to keep working to bring it down,” the president said, promising to “have more to say about that next week.”Later, Biden will attend a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the tony Brentwood neighborhood.
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