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Joe Biden was celebrating his 100 days in office today. But where he celebrated says everything about the hypocrisy of Biden.
He was in Georgia, the same state he chastised over its new election law. After falsely calling the law “Jim Crow on Steroids,” an insulting diminishment of true Jim Crow laws, he advocated in support of pulling the All-Star game out of Georgia. Then Major League Baseball did exactly that, referring to Biden’s words. But now, here he is, in Georgia, so does that mean he’s advocating for Jim Crow? Or is it more “rules for thee but not for me,” a concept of which Democrats seem fond? Of course, the whole Jim Crow/racism take was just nonsense, to begin with; what Democrats were really upset about was that Republicans dared to clean up the election laws, which actually provides more opportunity for voting. But Biden’s words, plus the pull out of the All-Star game and other events from Georgia cost the hard-working people of
In a survey produced by Ipsos for Reuters, he had a 55 per cent overall approval rating. While that’s higher than Donald Trump managed to receive after his first 100 days, it’s less than other recent presidents, underscoring America’s deep partisan split.
Still, Thomas Balcerski, a presidential historian at Eastern Connecticut State University, said the buzz around Mr Biden has been palpable.
“In terms of how the American people are taking to Biden’s legislative packages and programmes, we haven’t seen this kind of energy since Ronald Reagan,” Mr Balcerski told
The National.
Since Mr Biden took office, about 100 million Americans have received both doses of vaccine against Covid-19, easily surpassing his goal of administering 100 million initial shots in his first 100 days. The US reached 100 million shots on day 59 of his presidency.
Read Senator Tim Scottâs GOP response to Biden speech
By The Associated Press The Associated Press,Updated April 28, 2021, 11:07 p.m.
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Text of speech by Senator Tim Scott, the Republican response to President Joe Bidenâs address to Congress, as provided by the office of the Senate minority leader:
Good evening. Iâm Senator Tim Scott from the great state of South Carolina.
We just heard President Bidenâs first address to Congress. Our President seems like a good man. His speech was full of good words. But President Biden promised you a specific kind of leadership. He promised to unite a nation. To lower the temperature. To govern for all Americans, no matter how we voted. That was the pitch. You just heard it again.
); America is ready for takeoff : Joe Biden declares new dawn for US in first address to Congress
It was one of the most watched moments of Biden’s presidency. By Press Association Thursday 29 Apr 2021, 7:25 AM 3 hours ago 8,730 Views 8 Comments
Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress
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US PRESIDENT JOE Biden declared in his first address to a joint session of Congress that “America is rising anew” on the verge of overcoming the historic pandemic.
Looking to the future, he urged a $1.8 trillion dollar (€1.48 trillion) investment in children, families and education that would fundamentally transform roles the government plays in American life.
GOPâs Senator Scott delivers rebuttal of Bidenâs speech to Congress, criticizing him over race, pandemic
By ALAN FRAM The Associated Press,Updated April 29, 2021, 10:28 a.m.
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WASHINGTON (AP) â Sen. Tim Scott accused Democrats on Wednesday of dividing the country and suggested theyâre wielding race as âa political weapon,â using the official Republican response to President Joe Bidenâs maiden speech to Congress to credit the GOP for leading the country out of its pandemic struggles and toward a hopeful future.
Scott, R-S.C., in his nationally televised rebuttal of Biden s address, belittled the new president s initial priorities â aimed at combating the deadly virus and spurring the economy â as wasteful expansions of big government.