Here it's the Brian Larishow on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. One thing that happened

over Labor Day weekend, President Biden continued to argue the case to the American people

that he and the Democrats, not Trump and other Republicans, are the real friends of the

middle and working classes. Here's one stretch as an example.

Well, last guy was here. He looked at the world from Park Avenue. I look at it from

Scranton, Pennsylvania. I look at it from Claimon, Delaware. Not a joke. Folks, all my

time in public office, I've been referred to as middle class, I guess they thought that

was the somewhere, not very complimentary. Well, guess what, that's who I am. And

doesn't mean you're not sophisticated because you're middle class. It means you've

worked like hell and you know what your family has to work like hell to be able to make

it. Biden from his Labor Day speech, and here's one more clip. He did something in the

context of that speech that he doesn't do all that much. He used Labor Day to take some

direct swipes at the guy who's currently the leading Republican hoping to run against

him. When the last guy was here, you were shipping jobs to China. Now we're bringing jobs

home from China. The last guy was here. The last guy was here. Your pensions were

at risk. We helped save millions of pensions with your help. The last guy was here. He

looked at the world from Park Avenue. I look at it from Scranton, Pennsylvania. I look

at it from Claimon, Delaware. Not a joke. So who's the candidate and riches the party

of working class and middle class America? Which one represents the elites in the bad

sense of that word, the rich men north of Richmond, a major battleground for 2024, whoever

the nominee against Biden is and whether it's the same as the one he just called the last

guy or somebody else. With me now, Atlantic magazine staff writer Franklin

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