In case you missed it, Biden-Harris campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu, spent the week criss-crossing Wisconsin to highlight how the Biden-Harris administration is benefiting workers, public safety, and the economy with critical infrastructure investments – making a difference where Donald Trump failed.

While Donald Trump turned “infrastructure week” into a punchline and failed to deliver over four years, the former New Orleans Mayor’s stops in Milwaukee, Madison, Racine, Wausau, and La Crosse showed that President Biden actually delivered transformational infrastructure legislation that is helping create thousands of new, good-paying jobs and build the economy from the bottom up and the middle out.

See the coverage below:

Online:

La Crosse Tribune: Infrastructure improvements, transit equity focus of Biden-Harris campaign co-chair’s visit to La Crosse

[Gavin Michaelson, 3/27/24]

Mitch Landrieu, co-chair of the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris campaign and former senior advisor to President Biden, toured the Municipal Transit Utility facility with Mayor Mitch Reynolds in La Crosse as part of the campaign’s “Trump Failed, Biden Delivered” tour Wednesday morning.

“The infrastructure bill, actually, is the first time in 50 years that the federal government has taken a substantial amount of taxpayer dollars and put them back exactly where the taxpayer said they wanted them,” Landrieu said.

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Landrieu said supporting infrastructure has helped the Biden administration create over 15.5 million jobs — opening 20 new manufacturing plants across the country.

He said during Trump’s presidency, 2.5 million jobs were lost and seven manufacturing plants were closed.

Racine Journal Times: Biden campaign co-chair stops in Racine during two-day tour of Wisconsin

[Hanna Van Den Einde and Holly Gilvary, 3/27/24]

The co-chair of President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign was at the Corinne Reid Owens Transit Center on Tuesday to highlight some of the administration’s economic development investments that are making a local impact.

The stop at the transit center on State Street was one of seven Mitch Landrieu was scheduled to make during a two-day tour of Wisconsin.

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While in Racine, Landrieu toured one of the city’s electric buses, which were purchased using federal grant money.

Landrieu also spoke with representatives of Racine’s Youth Employment Program, which provides teens and young adults summer employment opportunities in city departments.

The city launched the program using American Rescue Plan Act funding.

Mayor Cory Mason described the ARPA funds as “transformational.”

“It really saved the city in the midst of COVID,” he said. “And it’s giving us the resources to not only come out of that recovery, but give people more economic security and access to opportunities and jobs.”

WIZM: Presidential advisor Mitch Landrieu has visit to La Crosse planned Wednesday

[Brad Williams, 3/26/24]

President Joe Biden visited the MTU facility on Isle La Plume in 2021, to highlight the use of electric buses. EPA administrator Michael Regan followed, a year later, impressed with the potential of the city’s wastewater treatment plant.

On Wednesday, Mitch Landrieu with the Biden-Harris campaign, will stop at the MTU headquarters as part of a Wisconsin trip to promote successes of the Biden administration.

Racine County Eye: Landrieu visits Corinne Reid Owens Transit Center while on national tour

[Dee Holzel, 3/27/24]

RYDE Racine staff had an opportunity to promote the city’s electric bus fleet as the person who implemented the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act stopped by while on a national tour to see how communities were impacted by the investments.

Mitch Landrieu toured the Corinne Reid Owens Transit Center on Tuesday while on a three-week national tour to highlight the successes of the president’s infrastructure plan.

News 8000: Fmr. Biden advisor visits La Crosse to highlight local infrastructure projects

[Judith Drake, 3/27/24]

Landrieu and La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds toured the MTU facility and learned more about the benefits electric buses have had on the community.

The electric buses are a recent addition to the city– which was the first municipal system in Wisconsin to put an electric bus on the road.

Landrieu said the improvements made to the MTU facility to accommodate the electric buses is a great example of taxpayer money going back into local communities.

On the Airwaves:

WTMJ Radio (Milwaukee, WI): “I came to the great state of Wisconsin to get around and talk to folks about the incredible record President Biden has and the failed presidency of Donald Trump.”

Spectrum News 1 (Milwaukee, WI):

“The co-chair of the Biden Harris campaign will visit La Crosse and Wausau today. Mitch Landrieu, who’s the former mayor of New Orleans, already made stops in Madison and Racine this week, he’s talking about how infrastructure funding that was signed into law by the president is now impacting Wisconsin’s infrastructure and its workforce.”

CBS Channel 3000 WISC (Madison, WI):

Mitch Landrieu, Biden-Harris Campaign Co-chair: “Infrastructure is not sexy, but it’s necessary. It’s kind of like air – people really don’t pay too much attention to it. But you die if you don’t have it. And of course, you don’t need to think a whole lot, but you can’t get to and from work or the church at the ballpark or wherever you’re going if the roads don’t work and you can’t have economic growth and development.”

Up North News Radio (Chippewa Falls, WI): “Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, the Biden campaign’s co-chair and a former senior advisor on infrastructure, is back in Wisconsin talking up the investments being made by the administration—from big bridges to small but powerful fiber optic lines.”

Fox 47 WMSN (Madison, WI):

Mitch Landrieu, Biden-Harris Campaign Co-chair:“Joe Biden has 46,000 projects right now that have been financed across the country. That’s extraordinary. It’s going to create a lot of jobs, a lot of growth, a lot of economic development. The people of Wisconsin have already benefited tremendously and there’s more to come.”

ABC News 18 WQOW (La Crosse, WI):

“Wisconsin received $6.8 billion for projects such as road improvements, expanding broadband, and fixing bridges. Part of the money went to La Crosse MTU for the electric buses and charging infrastructure. Landrieu says it not only helps La Crosse but other projects in the state as well.”

CBS News 8000 WKBT (La Crosse, WI):

“Landrieu and La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds toured the MTU facility and learned more about the benefits electric buses have had on the community. Landrieu says the improvements made to the MTU facility to accommodate the electric buses is a great example of taxpayer money going back into local communities.”  

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