President Biden on Wednesday unequivocally said that Vice President Harris will be his running mate in the 2024 election, provided that he runs again.
“Yes and yes,” the president said when asked if he’s satisfied with Harris’ work on voting rights and if he can commit that she will be his running mate.
“There’s no need to,” Biden said when asked if he wanted to expand on his answer during his second solo press conference at the White House. …
President Biden on Wednesday conceded he will have to break up his signature social spending proposal in order to get as much of it passed as possible after the roughly $2 trillion proposal stalled in the face of opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)
“It’s clear to me that we’re going to have to probably break it up,” Biden said at a press conference from the White House.
“I’m not going to negotiate against myself as to what should and shouldn’t be in it, but I think we can break the package up, get as much as we can now, come back and fight for the rest later,” Biden added.
Biden cited upward of $500 billion in spending on energy and environmental programs that he believes could get support in the Senate, and he highlighted Manchin’s support for early education programs…..
President Joe Biden, a seasoned politician who ran on being able to work across the aisle, acknowledged Wednesday that the post-Trump Republican epiphany he predicted didn’t come.
In a news conference just a day before the anniversary of his inauguration, Biden blamed Republicans for stalling his legislative efforts aimed at “making things better in this country.”…
: “Why are you trying so hard in your first year to pull the country so far to the left?” President Biden: “Well, I’m not. I don’t know what you consider to be too far to the left.”
CG says
It was a mistake that could lead to a war.
Antony Blinken has to be beside himself right now.
CG says
The mistake being that Biden said that if Putin only takes a part of Ukraine and not the whole thing, then it might not be that big of a deal.
jamesb says
Lot of ‘HOT’ phone calls
CG says
and Ukraine thought Trump was trying to screw them….
CG says
On another note, Biden refused to say the next election will be legitimate if his party loses.
How is he any different than Trump?
jamesb says
times are different CG
CG says
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss…
But his attack on American democracy will be lost in the shuffle over the complete and total foreign policy blunder over Russia and Ukraine.
Scott P says
Mitch McConnell was asked the question Biden asked yesterday and Sununu posed when he declined a Senate bid–whatvis the agenda of the Senate GOP caucus?
His answer? I’ll let you know if we get the majority back.
In other words Biden and Sununu were right. There is none.
They might as well be the Nihilist Party.