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Lauren Gambino in Washington DC

Biden pitches Democrats as saviors for US economy ahead of midterm elections

Joe Biden, in a dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, speaks into a microphone in front of an American flag and a flag bearing the presidential seal.
Joe Biden speaks during a visit to a family farm in rural Illinois. Photograph: Tiffany Blanchette/AP

On a recent visit to a family farm in rural Illinois, thousands of miles away from the front lines of the grinding war in Ukraine, Joe Biden lashed out at his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, blaming him for destabalizing global food supplies and driving up the cost of groceries at home.

Russia’s assault on Ukraine, Biden explained after a tour of the farm’s fields and grain bins, has dramatically reduced food exports from the warring nations that together supply more than a quarter of the world’s wheat, causing food prices to spiral.

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