President Biden took aim at the agenda House Republican leaders unveiled during an event in Pittsburgh on Friday, slamming Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for dodging key issues and warning that a GOP majority would try to strip away fundamental rights and government programs.
Biden, in remarks at a Democratic National Committee rally at the National Education Association (NEA) just hours after the House GOP event, issued a point-by-point rebuttal to the Republicans' agenda.
“We didn’t hear a mention of the right to choose. We didn’t hear a mention of Medicare. We didn’t hear a mention of Social Security,” Biden told the crowd.
Biden, specifically called out a proposal from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that would create a nationwide ban on abortion after 15 weeks and warned the GOP wants to block reproductive rights if they take control of the House in this fall's midterm elections.
Biden, who is Catholic but supports abortion rights, said he would veto any such legislation if it passed, arguing a stronger Democratic majority could instead help codify abortion access.
“If you give me two more Democratic senators in the United States Senate, I promise you … we’re going to codify Roe,” Biden said, referring to the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that was upended this summer by the new conservative majority on the high court. “We’ll once again make Roe the law of the land, and we’ll once again protect a women’s right to choose.”
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