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Today, Vice President Kamala Harris is continuing her nationwideEconomic Opportunity Tourby traveling to Milwaukee, WI for an event about investing in communities, building wealth, and ensuring every American has the ability to thrive. During a moderated conversation with comedian, radio host, and author DL Hughley, the Vice President highlighted how the Biden-Harris Administration has taken historic steps to advance economic opportunity by improving access to housing, creating jobs, investing in small businesses, increasing access to capital, forgiving student loans and medical debt, and championing additional policies that put money in people’s pockets and build wealth.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 16, 2024 / WhiteHouse Talking Points - Biden Smokes Trump on Marijuana Policy - In the 2020 campaign and as President, Joe Biden has said no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana.President Biden is keeping his promise, delivering a historic victory for criminal justice and common-sense marijuana policy across America.Today, the Biden administration reclassified marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug, moving marijuana out of a classification higher than fentanyl and methamphetamine and removing long standing barriers to critical research into medical benefits of marijuana that could help veterans, seniors, and people with chronic illnesses.Additional note: Under Joe Biden, violent crime is near a 50-year low and murders are plummeting in major cities.This is in stark contrast with the Trump administration’s failures and broken promises on criminal justice reform and marijuana:Broken Promises on Marijuana: Trump and his administration took marijuana reform backwards, withdrawing guidelines to limit prosecutions of marijuana offenses that were legal under state laws.Crime Went Up: Under Trump, America was less safe. In 2020, violent crime rose and murder increased 29.4%.Police Reform Failures: Trump called for police officers to shoot shoplifters. As president, he inflamed tensions between the police and the communities they serve. He insisted police departments should use “stop and frisk” and sought to block local police reform. His administration also reduced oversight of police departments and repeatedly proposed cutting funding for local police departments and combating illicit drug flows. Trump’s Project 2025 agenda: Pardon violent January 6 rioters while worsening racial inequity in the justice system, prosecute his political opponents, and criminalize abortion.The following is a statement from Biden-Harris 2024 Spokesperson James Singer:“It’s simple, Joe Biden smokes sleepy Don on delivering for the American people. After four years of all talk, all failure from Donald Trump, Joe Biden is keeping his promise on marijuana policy, moving America forward, and making America safer.“Donald Trump was wrong on marijuana policy and made America less safe, hurting young people and communities of color. Voters can’t afford the broken promises and dangerous failures of a second Trump term.”###

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May 15, 2024n - DNC Talking Points - NEW: President Biden’s Agenda Is Lowering Inflation While Trump Roots for Economic Crash In response to today’s CPI report,DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: “Today’s CPI report shows that President Biden’s economic agenda is delivering results for hardworking families across the nation. Thanks to President Biden, the American people are seeing one of the strongest job markets in American history: over 15 million new jobs, rising wages, and historically low unemployment rates. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is promising to bring back handouts for the ultra-rich while rooting for the economy to crash for his own political gain. The contrast is clear: President Biden is dedicated to building an economy from the bottom up and middle out, while Trump is running on the same disastrous trickle-down MAGAnomics agenda to help his wealthy special interest backers – not the middle class.”President Biden is driving down inflation while maintaining a historically strong job market.New York Times: “Inflation Cooled Slightly, Offering Some Relief for Consumers and the Fed”Bloomberg: “US Inflation Ebbs for First Time in Six Months in Relief for Fed”MarketWatch: “The April report on consumer prices showed inflation rising at a 3.4% pace in the past year, down slightly from 3.5% in the prior month, according to government figures. The core CPI climbed 3.6% in the 12 months ended in April, down from 3.8% in the prior month. That's the lowest reading since April 2021.”Financial Times: “US inflation falls to 3.4% in April”U.S. Department of Labor:“Notably, the share of working age women in the labor force rose to a historic high of 78 percent. This is the highest the rate has been since we began tracking the data in 1948, and it is a welcome sign after the devastating effects that COVID-19 had on working women. Overall, the labor force participation rate among prime-age workers continues to outpace its pre-pandemic levels.”Associated Press: “Another month of robust US job growth points to continued economic strength”NBC News: “The U.S. economy rolls on, adds 303,000 jobs in March”Meanwhile Donald Trump had the worst job record in modern American history.USA Today: “Fact check: Chart of job growth by president shows historic unemployment under Trump”Newsweek: “Trump Leaving Office With 3M Less Jobs Than When He Entered, Worst Record Since Depression”Fortune: “Trump to leave office with the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover”Washington Post: “President Trump took office at the crest of the longest economic expansion in U.S. history.He leaves presiding over the worst labor market in modern U.S. history, as an already-sputtering economic recovery has turned negative.”Trump’s MAGAnomics agenda prioritized giving tax cuts to billionaires and ultimately left working families behind.###

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 16, 2024 / WhiteHouse Talking Points - Under Joe Biden, Dow Crosses 40,000, Markets Set Record HighsToday, the Dow hit 40,000 points and the S&P and Nasdaq have also hit record highs, just another example of how President Biden is strengthening our economy and helping to secure the retirement of millions of Americans across the country. But while Americans are celebrating, Donald Trump is not – he’s said repeatedly he wants to see the economy crash, hurting millions of Americans, in order to advance his own political prospects.Biden-Harris 2024 Communications Director Michael Tyler released the following statement on the Dow’s record performance:“Toughest news yet for the one guy in America rooting for the economy to crash because he thinks it’ll help him politically. Donald Trump promised the stock market would crash if Joe Biden was elected. Instead, Joe Biden has broken economic records across the board – from record small business growth to historically low unemployment and now a new high for the Dow, strengthening Americans’ retirement plans. “Now the choice is clear: Either President Biden continues to deliver an economy that works for working families or we give the keys back to Donald Trump, who tanked the economy and left a mess for President Biden to clean up and get America back on track. If Trump returns to power, he will tilt our economy to benefit the super wealthy, cut Social Security and Medicare, and leave working families behind – just like he did before he lost to Joe Biden.”Donald Trump is Rooting for the Economy to Fail, While President Biden is Growing the Middle Class:Trump said the stock market would crash if Biden won in 2020. This obviously has not happened.Trump previously said that he believed the stock market is an indicator of a thriving economy.Trump is openly rooting against the economy on the campaign trail.Trump has the worst jobs record of any President in modern U.S. history. Under President Biden, America has created 15 million new jobs.The United States economy is growing faster than any large advanced country in the world.The U.S. unemployment rate has been below 4% for 27 straight months – the longest stretch since the late 1960s.Food prices are falling and inflation is easing.###

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