When I cast my vote for President Biden, I wasn't expecting much. I just wanted trump out of office.
I knew he was old.
I knew he had a stutter.
I knew he had a rep for "gaffes."
I didn't care. Just wanted trump gone.
Four years later, things are different.
I wasn't expecting that President Biden would be the most legislatively successful President in my lifetime.
I wasn't expecting him to help expand NATO.
I wasn't expecting him to lower insulin & inhalers.
I wasn't expecting him to create & recover 15m jobs.
I wasn't expecting him to bring manufacturing back.
I wasn't expecting him to forgive student debt.
But he did ALL those things, and more.
He surpassed my expectations by a lot.
And he has more planned for 2025-2028.
He's not a master orator,
He doesn't move so smoothly
But neither did FDR from his wheelchair.
Meanwhile, trump is STILL a threat.
He wants to be a dictator.
He wants to stay out of prison.
He wants revenge on his enemies.
He wants to take away from the poor and middle class and give to the ultra wealthy.
His Project 2025 will enable a national abortion ban to criminalize women seeking safe and legal abortions.
His Project 2025 will take away the rights of our LGBTQ family and friends.
His Project 2025 will transform the government into a loyalty pledge, not to America but to him ALONE.
We might never have another free election.
THAT is what is at stake in this election.
We can continue to progress with Biden policies, or we can let trump destroy democracy as we know it.
If you're looking for someone who's young and athletic, go watch a fucking movie.
I'll take the old guy who needs a nap while saving democracy over the old guy trying to overthrow democracy who needs a legal team.
Also, I received a question regarding the inflation numbers.
One of the most common right-wing attacks against President Biden is inflation. They tend to solely blame him for its historic rise in the first 18 months of his term. That, of course, is lacking critical context, and bigly quantities of it.
President Biden was NOT the reason for the rise in inflation. The fact of the matter is Donald Trump's epic failure in leadership during our worst pandemic in a century, not only cost us hundreds of thousands of lives, if not over a million, but also tens of millions of jobs. He didn't take the matter seriously until it was too late.
It has been documented that, for 9 full months after the virus's inception in this country, Trump went on the record 38 times, essentially saying, "This virus is just going to go away. It's going to disappear." The guy was so nonsensical and out of his depth that he suggested injecting disinfectant could rid one of the virus. Oh, and let's not forget the doctorly advice of shining lights up our butts. His historically inept leadership ultimately forced 40 states to impose lockdowns. Before Trumpers go all in with the conspiracies and say, "Yeah, Democrat governors!" No. First of all, there were not 40 Democratic governors in office at that time (nor now). Secondly, the spread of lockdowns, based on party affiliation, was roughly even, with 23 Democratic and 17 Republican governors implementing them. This resulted in tens of millions of jobs lost. During this time, of course, inflation decreased, as demand was down and did not match supply. Due to this, inflation decreased to 0.1% in May of 2020. When lockdowns were lifted, as tens of millions of Americans were no longer employed, supply could not match demand, and inflation immediately began increasing. It was up to 1.7% by the time Trump left office, or a 1600% increase since May of that year. The trend continued during Biden's first year and a half in office, peaking at 9.1% in June of 2022. With no help from Republicans, Biden and his fellow Democrats passed and signed the Inflation Reduction Act to place a halt to the financially crippling trend and largely reverse it. That, in conjunction with the Fed raising interest rates, has decreased inflation to 3.0%, or 67% since its peak 2 years ago.
Conclusion: When Donald Trump is faced with problems, the guy just talks, denying the issues even exist to begin with, exacerbating them to crisis levels. When Joe Biden is faced with problems, he confronts them head on and demands more than talk; he gets sh*t done.
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Trump v. Biden
Age
Trump: Old
Biden: Old
Average COVID deaths per day
Trump: 1,215
Biden: 455
COVID deaths most recent week in office
Trump: 24,690
Biden: 80
Total jobs added
Trump: -2.720M
Biden: +15.722M
Total jobs added outside COVID
Trump: +6.409M/36 months (178,028 per/)
Biden: +6.290M/24 months (262,083 per/)
Manufacturing jobs added
Trump: -192k
Biden: +733k
Inflation
Trump: +1600% (from May '20 to the end of his term)
Biden: -67.0% (from June '22 to June '24)
Immigration actions
Trump: 472 (over 4 years)
Biden: 535 (over 3 years)
Southern border arrests
Trump: 1.4M (2019-2020, 24 months)
Biden: 5.0M+ (first 26 months)
Lies told
Trump: 30,573 (over 4 years)
Biden: Not even close to that
Approval abroad
Trump: 28%
Biden: 43%
Companies bankrupted
Trump: 6
Biden: 0
Times impeached
Trump: 2
Biden: 0
Felony convictions
Trump: 34
Biden: 0
Felony charges pending
Trump: 54
Biden: 0
Times liable for fraud
Trump: 1
Biden: 0
Times liable for defamation
Trump: 2
Biden: 0
Times liable for rape
Trump: 1
Biden 0
Supporters arrested for actions on 1/6/2021
Trump: 1,265
Biden: 0
On Epstein list?
Trump: Yes
Biden: No
This race should NOT be close!
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