Speaking to thousands of union electrical workers at their convention at McCormick Place, President Joe Biden pledged “we’re going to beat inflation.”
President Joe Biden jokes with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly as Jeff and Gina O'Connor lead them on a tour of OC Farm in Kankakee on May 11, 2022, to discuss the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on agriculture.
The president’s visit came as a report out Wednesday showed inflation slowed in April after seven months of relentless gains, a tentative sign that price increases may be peaking while still imposing a financial strain on American households.Biden stressed that his administration was promoting ways to help farmers in keeping costs down. Farmers in the U.S., including the O’Connors, are helping on both fronts, Biden said, by cutting the cost of food at home and feeding those abroad.
OC Farms has been taking that risk right for 30 years, O’Connor told the Tribune, this year planning to plant soybeans after a summer wheat harvest. But Kankakee County isn’t eligible for “double-cropping” insurance, O’Connor said. Joining the president were U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, a Matteson Democrat and head of the Illinois Democratic Party, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
As Biden was heading to Kankakee, a small group of Trump supporters congregated outside the Kankakee fairgrounds bearing flags, posters and USA garb. “You owe me gas money,” one sign read. Several touted Trump’s false narrative that he was the winner of the 2020 election. Biden also noted that Scott’s plan would include an every-five-year vote to reauthorize Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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