President Biden deployed his stage whisper during a speech in Wisconsin on Tuesday as he went about selling his infrastructure deal to the public and outlining plans to give tax breaks to ordinary families.
It was a standout moment as he described the urgent need for a 'generational investment' and looked to persuade voters of the economic benefits of a $973 billion bipartisan package.
After explaining how families would get a check for $3600 for each child under six and $3000 for each one under 12, he said he would accused of delivering giveaways.
He dropped his voice and leaned into the microphone to deliver a conspiratorial word to people watching at home.
'Hey guys, I think it's time to give ordinary people a tax break,' he whispered.
'The wealthy are doing fine.'
President Biden dropped his voice and moved close to the microphone during his speech on infrastructure, using a rhetorical trick he has deployed in several recent appearances. 'Hey guys, I think it's time to give ordinary people a tax break,' he whispered. 'The wealthy are doing fine'
The visit was part of Biden's effort to sell his huge spending plan to voters and keep up momentum after securing Republican support for a compromise infrastructure plan
Biden delivered his speech after touring a public transit center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He discussed the benefits of electric buses with employees and how Wisconsin winters damage the city’s roads
'Don't jump,' joked Biden when he saw Mike La Fleur, the superintendent of streets for Municipal Transport, sitting high on a paving machine. It is one of the president's go-to jokes whenever he sees someone at the top of a ladder, stairs on on machinery
The small audience at a public transit center in La Crosse, Wisconsin, loved it, breaking into loud applause.
The whisper has become a key part of Biden's rhetorical arsenal. He used it in his joint address to Congress and last week in a question and answer session with reporters.
Critics have labeled the effect 'creepy.' Yet it has become a go-to trick at moments when he wants to quietly suggest he has got one over on his more fiscally conservative opponents.
During the speech he explained how Wisconsin would
