On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris brings the Biden administration’s employment plan to Georgia Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s right-wing district.
Harris, a Democrat, will discuss solar manufacturing in Dalton, Georgia, as part of President Joseph Biden’s three-week trip to 20 states to push his economic strategy.
In response to tax credits in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and trade policies that disadvantage Chinese imports, Hanwha Solutions Corp. (009830. K.S.) Hanwha Q Cells unit in Dalton, South Korea, has been expanding a solar manufacturing operation first built during the Trump administration, spending billions and adding hundreds of jobs.
Administration officials said Harris would order 2.5 million additional solar panels from Summit Ridge Energy.
Biden says his economic program reverses globalization, importing jobs and exporting products. He envisions a solar-powered, carbon-free system by 2035.
Dalton is two hours from Atlanta, which swayed Georgia to Democrats in 2020. Trump won 2.4 votes to Biden in Dalton’s county.
Greene, the district’s U.S. House representative, joined hundreds in New York to protest outside the courtroom where Trump was formally charged with orchestrating hush-money payments to two women before the 2016 election to conceal publication of their sexual encounters with him.
Greene heckled Biden and labeled him a liar in his February State of the Union speech. Biden routinely mentioned her in his speeches and made the cross in February.
“The Biden-Harris administration’s economic policy and legislative wins—including the Inflation Reduction Act—is stimulating innovation, investment, and job growth in towns like Dalton and across America,” said Harris spokesperson Kirsten Allen. Instead, House Republicans want to reverse this progress and imperil manufacturing, renewable energy, and decent employment.
A White House spokesman said Greene was told but will not attend. Greene’s spokeswoman declined to comment.
The “carpet capital of the U.S.” is Dalton. In recent decades, Hispanic and immigrant workers have flocked to the town’s factories, reflecting Georgia’s shifting demographics and economics. As a result, the community now prioritizes sophisticated manufacturing with solar facilities.
The 2024 presidential race may put Biden against Trump again in Georgia. Immigrants and educated white-collar professionals have helped Democrats gain ground in a state dominated by GOP working-class white voters.
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