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Showing Original Post only (View all)Just Say It, Democrats: #Biden Has Been a Great President The New Republic [View all]
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https://newsie.social/@servelan/111899572450892314Just Say It, Democrats: #Biden Has Been a Great President | The New Republic
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As someone who worked in Republican campaigns for almost 30 years, I say without hesitation that the Democratic Party is the only pro-democracy party in America. But guys, why do so many of you have this need to act like ungrateful children of wealthy parentsimpossible to please and always demanding more? Name a president who accomplished as much in his first term.
The stock market is hitting record highs. Unemployment is at a record low, with 14 million new jobs. Talk to small-business owners, and the biggest problem they are facing is finding workers. A child born in the first Republican infrastructure week would have been entering grade school by the time President Biden passed the largest public spending initiative in American history. As a Republican media consultant, I made hundreds of ads about the high cost of prescription drugs. But it took President Biden to give Medicare the power to directly negotiate with Big Pharma to lower prices and cap the cost of insulin for Medicare beneficiaries at $35. For all the bitching about gas prices, the United States is now producing more oil than any country in history. Yes, more than Russia or Saudi Arabia, and thats one of the reasons gas prices are now lower in inflation-adjusted prices than in 1974. Yeah, I know, fossil fuels suck, and the world should run on solar power. But the Biden administration also launched a $7 billion solar power investment project.
What is most amazing is that Biden got this done in a world in which the majority of Republicans believe he is not a legal president. Ponder that for a minute. You are a White House staffer working to help pass Biden initiatives, and you are dealing with members of Congress and senators who dont just disagree with your bossthey think hes an illegitimate president.
Wake up and show some gratitude. You wanted student loan forgiveness. You got it, for three million borrowers. You wanted a president who would finally pass gun safety legislation. You got the most comprehensive bill in nearly 30 years, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which passed with the support of 15 Republican senators and 14 Republican House members, opening the door to some hope that laws on gun violence might finally start to reflect the wishes of the majority of the country. Maybe youre a Democrat who actually cares about the federal deficit, unlike the Republicans who fake concern. Since Biden took office, the deficit has decreased by $1.7 trillion.
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Applegrove:
Biden is masterful as President.The things he has negotiated insid and outside the USA are amazing. That's why Hamas attacked Israel - Joe Biden was getting close to a deal with the Saudis and Israel (which could still happen if there is a two state solution).
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Just Say It, Democrats: #Biden Has Been a Great President The New Republic [View all]
applegrove
Feb 2024
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This should have 200 'recs' by now. One tiny bullet point: I have fiber because of Joe.
Hermit-The-Prog
Feb 2024
#3
Biden was not even in my Top Ten of candidates I wanted for the last election
Random Boomer
Feb 2024
#17