be on the side of ukraine and i think biden has done a great job of keeping us together. being successful because of it. were it not for president biden, i do not believe ukraine would be standing today. it is standing, standing tall and now in the second year of this conflict and we need to continue to support them with everything that we possibly can. now let s say with president biden for a moment. he was in your state this week, congressman. tying the economic successors of his bidenomics. and the case of south carolina, that includes nearly 14 million, with the b dollars in infrastructure and clean energy investments to the state under this administration. the visit came just ahead of the release of june s job report. showing some 209,000 jobs added to the u.s. economy last month.
because they had worked for ten years, and bob look service jobs, they are now having their debt canceled. in fact, just today i was in the low country. in fact it was at the church that implemented i had serving for them today. the young man who is driving me today said to me he just got a letter that $80,000 in debt that he had because he has been working for law enforcement for more than ten years, he just got that 80,000 notice, the $80,000 and that would be relieved. they will be eliminated. that is the thing we are not talking about. this is what this president has done, everybody keeps focusing on that part of that relief that the supreme court is keeping him from doing. less incentive at the positives here that talks about what has gotten done.
voters not to look elsewhere. obama says he has doubts about two specific republican candidates former u.n. ambassador nikki haley and south carolina senator tim scott. i think there is a long history of african-american or other minority candidates within the republican party everything is great and we all can make it. scott and haley firing back. haley tweeting today barack obama set minorities back by signaling them out as victims instead of empowering them. senator scott adding democrats deny our progress to protect their power. both senator scott and nikki haley continue to trail president trump in the polls and just this week, bret, the rnc reminded the candidates that if they want to be on the debate stage in august they are going to have to sign a pledge to support the republican nominee, whoever it is. bret? bret: mark, back to president biden for a moment. is he generating some buzz for a bizarre remark he made at the end of that speech today.
but what is happening at this point could set the stage for the rest of the primary cycle. here is what we are seeing tonight. democrats are coalescing around president biden at the time that he needs it most, republicans are fleeing from trump at the worst possible time for the ex president. earlier i spoke with democratic congresswoman, but really of california about the presidential race, her own 2024 race for the u.s. senate and more. congresswoman lee, thank you so much for joining us today. let s start with president biden for a moment. after racking up a series of political winds, the president is seeing some of his highest approval ratings in almost a year. we are expecting him to officially renounced his reelection any day now. is joe biden the right candidate for democrats in 2024 and does the answer depend on who republicans nominate? it is nice to be with you. let me just respond by thing i
today. let s start with president biden for a moment. after racking up a series of political winds, the president is seeing some of his highest approval ratings in almost a year. we are expecting him to officially renounced his reelection any day now. is joe biden the right candidate for democrats in 2024 and does the answer depend on who republicans nominate? it is nice to be with you. let me just respond by thing i think that he absolutely is the right candidate for president next year. when you look at, first of all, the context and environment in which he took over in terms of people dying and getting very sick from covid-19 pandemic, making sure that he puts forth measures to save lives and livelihoods, that was a big deal. we are still not over it but we are moving toward an environment where people feel safe now. he put forth the infrastructure plan, the inflation reduction