President Biden’s public schedule for Monday, December 12th 2022:
| 8:45 AM | The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing Closed Press |
| 11:30 AM | In-Town Pool Call Time In-Town Pool |
| 12:10 PM | The President and The First Lady depart the White House en route Arlington, VA West Executive Avenue In-Town Travel Pool |
| 12:20 PM | The President and The First Lady arrive in Arlington, VA In-Town Travel Pool |
| 12:40 PM | The President and The First Lady participate in a United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots event In-Town Travel Pool |
| 1:30 PM | The President and The First Lady depart Arlington, VA en route the White House In-Town Travel Pool |
| 1:40 PM | The President and The First Lady arrive at the White House South Grounds In-Town Travel Pool |
| 3:00 PM | Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan James S. Brady Press Briefing Room |
President Biden’s remarks from the Toys for Tots event are scheduled for 12:40 p.m. D.C., time.
Press briefing is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. D.C., time.
President Biden has tweeted…
We got 1 tweet so far for Monday.
I can’t find tweet text via White House search. I’m sure it exists in some form.
It’s Monday again, know what that means?
No tweet count until the end.
Having scrolled through his feed twice this morning what we got is a bunch of rah rah “go America!”, tweets.
Finish-up Friday’s tweets…
WSJ’s full tweet:
It’s paywalled for me.
UAW said on Twitter on 12/08/2022:
Their full statement:
Today, Ultium workers voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining the UAW by a vote of 710 to 16 (1 void).
“Our entire union welcomes our latest members from Ultium,” says UAW President Ray Curry. “As the auto industry transitions to electric vehicles, new workers entering the auto sector at plants like Ultium are thinking about their value and worth. This vote shows that they want to be a part of maintaining the high standards and wages that UAW members have built in the auto industry.”
“Region 2B has stood with Ultium workers since the moment they said they wanted to form their organizing committees,” adds UAW Region 2B Director Wayne Blanchard. “Their hard work and the support of Region 2B members and staff have led to this powerful victory. Special thanks to the retirees of Local 1112 who would open the hall at any hour to help Ultium workers meet.”
Ultium Cells LLC is a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solutions.
UAW.org. 12/08/2022.
Ultium Cells LLC., issued the following statement (*12/9/2022):
We have received election results from the **National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and respect the decision of our Ohio workforce supporting representation by the UAW. We look forward to a positive working relationship with the UAW.
We’re proud of the many achievements our Ohio workforce has accomplished as a team and there’s lots of great work that continues to take place across our site as we build battery cells for our customer General Motors prioritizing both quality and safety.
Ultium Cell.com. 12/09/2022.
*the date is not on the Ultium Cells statement. It’s in the web address*
**as of 7:00 a.m. my time NLRB.gov had not posted the elections results to the election results page linked in the above statement**
President Biden’s full statement:
Congratulations to the newest members of the United Auto Workers at the Ultium Cells LLC EV battery plant in Warren, Ohio. I ran for President to rebuild the middle class. The middle class built America – and unions built the middle class. My economic plan is creating good-paying jobs that you can raise a family on – many that don’t require a college degree – and provide the free and fair choice to join a union. By rebuilding our infrastructure and our manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries and semi-conductors, these jobs will bring our supply chains back home and tackle the climate crisis at the same time. In my administration, American and union workers can and will lead the world in manufacturing once again.
White House.gov. 12/09/2022.
The next several tweets come from remarks he gave welcoming TSMC to Phoenix, Arizona on 12/06/2022. The YouTube is 18 minutes and 22 seconds long. His full remarks can be found here.
President Biden: And what I’m most excited about is people are starting to feel a sense of optimism as they see the impact of the achievements in their own lives. It’s going to accelerate in months ahead, and it’s part of the broad story about the economy we’re building that works for everyone: one of the grow- — one that grows from the bottom up and the middle out, that positions Americans to win the economic competition of the 21st century. When we grow it that way, the poor have a shot, the middle class do well, and the wealthy do very well.
President Biden: When Arizonans see the big picture in your hometowns — cranes going up, shovels in the ground, workers with hard hats — I want you to feel the way I feel: pride. Pride. We can do — what we can do together is just anything — virtually anything.
The tweet text is not related to his remarks. But the photo was taken in Arizona the day he gave his remarks.
He paused his AZ remarks to focus on…
Gas Buddy Guy on Friday:
Gas Buddy Guy today:
Story time: Saturday, the hubby got gas for $3.79 a gallon. I will be honest; I did not believe CA gas prices would fall below $3.99 a gallon. This is one of those stories that ends with me saying “glad to be wrong.”
The above is sort-of, if you squint, related to remarks he gave on 12/8/2022 on; Building a Stronger Economy for Union Workers and Retirees. The YouTube is 12 minutes and 42 second long.
President Biden: And through the American Rescue Plan, we laid the foundation for an economy built from the bottom up and the middle out. I’m — the press is tired of hearing me say this, but, you know, when the poor have a ladder up and the middle class are able to prosper, the wealthy do very well. Everybody benefits. Trickling down doesn’t usually get down to the bottom.
This sentence from the tweet; Our Administration is building an economy up from towns like Scranton, not down from Wall Street is not showing up in any of my searches not Google not the white…
I’m 99.9 percent sure he has said that in remarks somewhere. *shrug*.
We return to the AZ remarks…
The video is 43 seconds long.
President Biden: And Sanjay of Micron. Sanjay has represented more than two dozen tech and manufacturing companies. And you’re here because you’re seeing what we’re all seeing: American manufacturing is back, folks. American manufacturing is back. (Applause.)
President Biden: All told, TSMC is investing $40 billion here in Arizona — the largest foreign [direct] investment in the history of this state. Over 10,000 construction jobs and 10,000 high-tech jobs will be created. And I want to thank everyone in this company for making this happen.
President Biden: Back in April 2021, I met with Mark and other industry leaders. TSMC had made a $12 billion investment here in Phoenix to build their first fab to make semiconductors in the United States. Now the equipment is ready to move in. Next year, commercial operations are going to begin. And today, TSMC has announced a second major investment.
President Biden: But, look, these are the most advanced semiconductor chips on the planet. The chips will power iPhones and MacBooks, as Tim Cook can attest.
President Biden: [repeat] All told, TSMC is investing $40 billion here in Arizona — the largest foreign [direct] investment in the history of this state. Over 10,000 construction jobs and 10,000 high-tech jobs will be created. And I want to thank everyone in this company for making this happen.
President Biden: Today — today we’re down to producing only around 10 percent of the world’s chips, despite leading the world in research and design in new chip technologies. But, folks, where is it written — where is it written that America can’t lead the world once again in manufacturing? I don’t know where that’s written, and we’re proving it can.
President Biden: When Arizonans see the big picture in your hometowns — cranes going up, shovels in the ground, workers with hard hats — I want you to feel the way I feel: pride. Pride. We can do — what we can do together is just anything — virtually anything.
We head back to his remarks from 12/08/2022.
President Biden: And let me close with this. I campaigned to restore the backbone of this country: the middle class, the unions. And over the last two years, that’s what we’ve been doing. Americans are working. The economy is growing. And incomes are rising faster than inflation.
Saturday’s Tweets:
Sort-of from his remarks on 12/08/2022; the union worker retirees remarks…
President Biden: We all know, in recent years, the middle class has been hit pretty hard. Unions have been under attack. We’ve had an economy — an economy that didn’t feel like it worked enough — worked enough for working people.
President Biden: And through the American Rescue Plan, we laid the foundation for an economy built from the bottom up and the middle out. I’m — the press is tired of hearing me say this, but, you know, when the poor have a ladder up and the middle class are able to prosper, the wealthy do very well. Everybody benefits. Trickling down doesn’t usually get down to the bottom.
I’ve run out of funny to share here.
Using clues from the photo specifically the words “Building on the Small Business…” at the White House YouTube channel, I found that the above picture was taken on 04/28/2022 when President Biden met with small business owners. The YouTube is 4 minutes and 19 seconds long.
His full remarks (04/28/2022):
Good afternoon, everyone. We’re joined today by five small-business owners who are helping power America’s economic recovery.
And I want — I want to welcome the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, Isabella Guzmán. Nice to have you, kiddo.
ADMINISTRATOR GUZMÁN: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: And these enterprises and entrepreneurs know that an American economy is strong because America’s small businesses are strong.
Small businesses typically account for more than 40 percent — people don’t realize it — 40 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States. They create two thirds of all new jobs. And they employ nearly half — nearly half of all the private sector workers.
And today, thanks to the economic strategy, more — more small businesses are being created, and small businesses are creating more jobs faster than ever before.
Thanks in large part to the American Rescue Plan, last year, Americans applied to start 5.4 million — 5.4 million new businesses, 20 percent more than any other year on record.
We saw businesses with fewer than 50 workers create 1,900,000 jobs for the first three quarters of 2021 alone. That’s the highest rate of small-business creation ever — ever recorded in a single year. And we have some of the folks right here who did it.
We have every indication that this trend is going to continue. The reason for that is because we’re giving people financial security to take a risk and pursue their small-business dreams.
This boom has been particularly strong for entrepreneurs of color.
Hispanic entrepreneurs started new businesses in 2021 at a faster rate in more than a decade, 23 percent faster than the pre-pandemic levels.
And, you know, the five folks that join me today exemplify what a difference it makes when — when everyone gets a fair shot.
Jennifer was — was able to start growing her engraving business last year because of the Child Care Tax Credit and the small-business support of the Small Business Administration.
Jeff and Nicolas are master coffeemakers — roasters — who were able to open their first brick-and-mortar café last year.
And Eddie and Daniel were able to turn their food truck into a brick-and-mortar company of their own. (Laughs.) That must feel pretty good, huh?
And they’re just some of the folks driving this economic recovery and reminding us that everything — that anything and everything is possible in America.
And my administration is working tirelessly to open doors for more outstanding entrepreneurs. You know, unfortunately, Republicans have a different approach.
The Republican plan, led by Senator Rick Scott of Florida, Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, would tax half of our small-business owners an extra $1,200 a year on average.
Not only do they oppose making big corporations pay their fair share, they want middle-class families and small-business owners to pay more.
Our administration estimates that the Republican proposal would raise taxes on 6.1 million small-business owners, including 82 percent of small-business owners who earn less than $50,000 a year.
That just doesn’t — that’s — that’s just not right.
Our administration wants to make it easier to start a business, easier for a small business to succeed. And our plan is to, one, expand access to capital for small businesses; make historic investments in technical assistance programs to help entrepreneurs thrive; and direct hundreds of billions of dollars in government contracts to small businesses in every community; and level the playing field — and I mean level the playing field for small business, making sure the largest corporations in America begin to pay their fair share.
And now I’m looking forward to discussing my plan and hearing from these remarkable entrepreneurs. Thank you for being here.
White House.gov. 04/28/2022.
We return to the 12/08/2022 remarks about unions and retirees.
President Biden: Think about that: For 30, 40, 50 years, you work hard every single day to provide for your family. You do everything right. You track every dollar of that paycheck for groceries, for mortgages. You need every penny of it. And while knowing that when it’s time to retire though, the pension you earned is going to be there — that security. But then imagine losing half of that pension or more through no fault of your own. You did your part. You paid in. Imagine what it does financially to your peace of mind, what it does to your dignity. Your dignity. Because you counted on not having to rely on anybody to retire. It’s about dignity.
President Biden: So, with the American Rescue Plan, we included the Butch Lewis Act — named after an Army veteran and a true champion of union workers — to protect the pensions you all worked so damn hard for, the pensions you sacrificed to secure.
Sunday’s Tweets…
When the post was posted for Friday, President Biden had 1 tweet he added 9 tweets giving him a Friday Tweeting Total of 10 tweets and 0 retweets.
His weekend tweeting total is 11 tweets and 0 retweets.
This is an Open Thread.
