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The New York Times
Biden Comes Out Swinging Against Republicans as His Agenda Stalls
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks from the East Room of the White House in
Washington, Dec. 6, 2021. The Biden administration is distributing an additional
$4.5 billion in funds to help low-income Americans cover heating costs during a
second pandemic winter, with cold-weather states receiving the largest share. (AP
Photo/Susan Walsh, FIle)
Michael D. Shear
Mon, January 10, 2022, 12:36 PM·8 min read
In this article:
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
46th and current president of the United States
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
45th President of the United States
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
44th president of the United States
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
2nd and 4th President of Russia
Robert Gibbs
28th White House Press Secretary
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has begun his second year in office by lashing out
at Republicans, embracing forceful new attacks meant to define a choice for voters
between Biden’s Democrats and a Republican Party still under the thumb of former
President Donald Trump.
The sharp tone comes as Biden seeks to jump-start his agenda, which has largely
stalled in Congress. And with midterm elections looming at the end of the year, the
president faces a challenge that he has largely avoided so far: drawing Trump and
other Republican leaders into a more direct clash of ideas.
On Thursday, Biden delivered a fierce speech promising a reckoning with Trump and
pledging to use all of the powers of his office to thwart the anti-democratic
forces unleashed by the 45th president. It was the most searing example since Biden
took office of his effort to contrast the two parties, lamenting “the big lie being
told by the former president and many Republicans who fear his wrath.”
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A day later, he took another opportunity to focus on the differences between the
two parties as he acclaimed news that the unemployment rate had dropped to 3.9%. He
predicted that Republicans would accuse him of failing to address the economic pain
caused by surging inflation in recent months.
“Malarkey,” Biden said. “They want to talk down the recovery because they voted
against the legislation that made it happen. They voted against the tax cuts for
middle-class families. They voted against the funds we needed to reopen our
schools, to keep police officers and firefighters on the job, to lower health care
premiums.
“I refuse to let them stand in the way of this recovery,” he added. “Now my focus
is on keeping this recovery strong and durable, notwithstanding Republican
obstructionism.”
For some of Biden’s Democratic allies, the change in tone is a welcome shift from
the dominant theme of the president’s first year, when he more often focused on his
desire to unify the country and struggled to negotiate with members of his own
party.
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