Biden, who blamed Trump at a fundraising event in Denver on
Tuesday for taking away women's right to an abortion, will visit
a wind tower manufacturer in Pueblo, part of Boebert's
congressional district.
Biden, a Democrat running for reelection next year, has presided
over a stronger-than-expected U.S. economy and big federal
investments in infrastructure and clean energy, but the clean
energy industry is now struggling with high costs.
Facing weak opinion polls, Biden has turned to more directly
taking on Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential
nomination, as unfit for the presidency and a threat to American
democracy.
Boebert, who the White House calls a "self-described MAGA
Republican," referencing Trump's Make America Great Again
agenda, will serve as a surrogate target for those attacks on
Wednesday.
The second-term congresswoman, who was recently criticized by
fellow Republicans after being ousted from a Denver theater for
disruptive behavior, faces a tough reelection battle against
Democrat Adam Frisch, who has outraised her.
Boebert introduced a failed impeachment vote against Biden
earlier this year, tried to stop the certification of the 2020
presidential election, and made a show of carrying a gun inside
the U.S. Capitol in her early days in Congress.
At the wind tower manufacturer, Biden will speak about clean
energy investments and "highlight how self-described MAGA
Republicans like Representative Lauren Boebert are threatening
those investments, jobs, and opportunities," the White House
said.
Biden, who will not attend a U.N. gathering on climate change
later this year, set a goal of deploying 30,000 megawatts of
offshore wind along U.S. coastlines this decade to fight climate
change. That may be unattainable due to soaring costs and supply
chain delays, Reuters reported in September.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Heather Timmons and
Jonathan Oatis)
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