September 14, 2024, presidential campaign news | CNN Politics

President Joe Biden on Saturday slammed former President Donald Trump for his divisive rhetoric and conspiracy theories while praising Vice President Kamala Harris and telling Black Americans to “keep the faith.”

Speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Awards, where he received a lifetime achievement award, Biden touted his legacy and looked ahead to the election.

Biden specifically responded to the false rumor spread by the Trump campaign that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are stealing and eating people’s pets.

“He says immigrants, Black and brown immigrants, poison the blood of our country. Right now, his running mate is attacking Haitian Americans in Ohio. It’s wrong,” Biden said.

The president touted his accomplishments in lowering health care costs, his efforts to forgive student debt, his climate actions and his appointment of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Biden stressed that “we have work to do” in the limited time before the election.

“So, my challenge to you is to keep the faith. Do the work, because we know faith without works is dead,” he said.

While introducing Harris, Biden called his vice president “the best decision I’ve made.”