President Joe Biden promised jobs and better access to education in an appeal that may resonate with suburban swing voters during a historic trip to McHenry County College.
“America is back,” Biden said Wednesday, promising to fund transportation through an infrastructure package that faces opposition in Congress.
“Think how life will be when it’s quicker to drive on Randall Road,” Biden quipped, singling out a local traffic hot spot.
It’s the president’s first visit to Illinois since his inauguration and he picked a county where a majority backed former President Donald Trump in 2020.
And, outside the college, along Route 14 in Crystal Lake, a large crowd of Trump supporters gathered with flags and banners to rail against Biden.
“I think everything they’re (Biden administration) doing is harmful to our nation right now,” Crystal Lake resident Fred Bock told the Northwest Herald.
McHenry Board Chairman Michael Buehler, a Republican, said it was “exciting” that Biden picked the county. “It makes sense. McHenry County really exemplifies the best of the best Illinois has to offer.”
Other local Republicans weren’t impressed.
State Rep. Martin McLaughlin of Barrington Hills, who was not at Wednesday’s event, said that “over and over, more empty promises are coming from political elites passing more unrestricted spending programs that barely if ever accomplish what they promise.”
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