PHILADELPHIA — Before President Joe Biden got into the substance of his budget speech in Philadelphia on Thursday, he had a warm personal message for Sen. John Fetterman.
“John, if you can hear this at all, we’re with you, pal. We’re with you,” Biden said as he began his address, drawing cheers from the Democrats and laborers in the audience.
The moment came at the start of Biden’s visit to the Finishing Trades Institute in Northeast Philadelphia, where the president laid out his budget and tried to set the stage for both his coming clash with Republicans over the national debt limit and his own likely reelection campaign.
