Obama’s Milwaukee visit touts infrastructure renewal for jobs

President Barack Obama on Labor Day called for $50 billion in new investment in the country’s roads, rails and runways.
“I want America to have the best infrastructure in the world,” Obama told thousands of union members at Milwaukee’s Summerfest grounds.
Responded state GOP chair Reince Priebus: “These guys couldn’t find $50 billion in the trillions they’ve already spent? The whole thing is absurd. We’re upside down in this country, and this isn’t going to do a thing to change that.”
Obama spoke to a largely friendly crowd at the city’s Laborfest celebration two years after appearing at the event during his run for the presidency. He received his loudest ovation and the crowd began to chant "U.S.A, U.S.A, U.S.A." when he said he wants to make products in America and sell them to other countries.
Obama also used the rally at Milwaukee’s Summerfest grounds to target Republicans, saying they are more concerned with scoring political points in an election year than fixing the country’s problems. He criticized Republicans as being concerned solely with cutting taxes for the wealthy while hoping economic success trickles down to the rest of America.
Obama’s speech was his third visit to Wisconsin of the summer and his fifth to the state since he became president.
The president plans a Sept. 28 rally in Madison.
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