CLEVELAND — Taking credit for a revved-up economy, President Obama on Wednesday criticized the House Republicans’ spending plan as one that offers a “path to prosperity for those who’ve already prospered” and no path to help hard-working, middle-class people get ahead.

Speaking at the City Club of Cleveland, Obama traveled to the presidential battleground state of Ohio to draw a sharp contrast between his approach and that of Republicans.

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy and the middle class Wednesday at the City Club of Cleveland in Cleveland. The Associated Press

Obama accused Republicans of being stuck in the past, wedded to the concept of “trickle-down economics.”