By
Spectrum News Staff
Milwaukee
PUBLISHED 10:52 PM ET Feb. 16, 2021
PUBLISHED 10:52 PM EST Feb. 16, 2021
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On a snowy night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, President Joe Biden stood in front of a masked, socially distanced crowd at the Pabst Theater, taking questions from moderator Anderson Cooper and Americans, those who voted for him and those who did not vote for him, at a CNN town hall event.
The event was aimed at selling his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief measure directly to the American people ("Now is the time we should be spending,” Biden said, emphasizing that America can come “roaring back” if this bill is passed. "Now is the time to go big.”), but the president ended up making a number of headlines about education, COVID-19 vaccines, his predecessor, and divisions in America.