Biden visits his Pennsylvania hometown to call for more taxes on the rich and cast Trump as elitist

April 17, 2024

I look at it through the eyes of Scranton,” Biden said, contrasting his hometown with the Florida estate where Trump lives. He added that taxes are “how we invest in the country.”“Scranton values or Mar-a-Lago values,” Biden said. “It’s no wonder why Pennsylvanians will vote to make America affordable again and elect President Trump in November,” he said. Although Delaware eventually became the launching pad for Biden’s political career, he often returned to Scranton, including visiting his childhood home on Election Day 2020. “And a scripted appearance by the president is not going to change that.”As president, Trump signed into law in 2017 a series of tax breaks that disproportionately benefit the rich.