President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made their first joint public look Thursday since Biden stepped apart on July 21 and Harris grew to become the Democratic Occasion’s presidential nominee. The 2 appeared at Prince George’s Group School in Maryland to announce and celebrate decrease drug costs because of the primary Medicare value negotiation.
The Biden-Harris administration obtained some well-deserved credit score for its work to start reducing the exorbitant cost of drugs. However the rally was additionally an emotional occasion, as chants of “Thanks, Joe,” rang out repeatedly.
“It’s my everlasting and nice, nice, nice honor—I’ve to let you know,” Harris mentioned whereas introducing Biden, “to serve with this most extraordinary human being, and American, and chief. Our President Joe Biden.”
The president didn’t disappoint. He was feisty, feeding off of an enthusiastic crowd, and predicting Harris could be “one hell of a president.”
“I served within the Senate for 270 years,” Biden joked. “I do know I solely look 40, however I am a bit bit older. For the longest time, I used to be too rattling younger as a result of I used to be solely 29 once I bought elected. Now I am too rattling outdated.”
Biden framed the decreasing of drug costs as a crowning achievement of his decades-long political profession, noting that his first try to take action got here in 1973, when he was a freshman senator.
“I thank God that within the final three months I am president of america, I used to be capable of lastly get performed what I attempted to get performed once I was a younger senator of 30 years outdated,” Biden mentioned. “Thanks, God, thanks.”
