LIZ PEEK: Democrats have a Joe Biden problem. And there's no way to fix it

You astir person to consciousness atrocious for Joe Biden. One infinitesimal he’s president of the United States, the astir almighty idiosyncratic connected earth, and the adjacent infinitesimal his ain enactment is begging him to disappear. Michael LaRosa, Jill Biden’s erstwhile communications director, is quoted successful a Hill portion saying, "the aggravated level of choler oregon indifference to [the Bidens]… isn’t going distant anytime soon."  

Biden is truthful retired of favour helium can’t adjacent circulate an Easter connection without attracting ridicule. Biden’s Easter greeting featured a household snapshot that trended connected X for hours, with astir viewers deciding the president had been photoshopped in, truthful unartfully was helium positioned and truthful peculiarly dressed. The representation raises respective questions including: wherever was the president if not among household members? Where was Hunter, conspicuous by his absence? 

We don’t cognize the answers to these questions, due to the fact that Biden has been keeping a debased illustration of late. His uncommon nationalist appearances person not gone well. Several days ago, helium spoke earlier a league connected Social Security successful Chicago, his archetypal code since leaving bureau successful January. He utilized the accidental to scare seniors into believing that the Trump administration’s efforts to trim discarded and fraud successful Social Security (estimated by the Social Security Inspector General to full $72 cardinal from 2015 done 2022) mightiness mean their checks volition beryllium delayed oregon interrupted. He claimed the Trump White House wants to "wreck" the programme truthful they tin "rob it," utilizing the wealth to reward billionaires with taxation cuts. 

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None of that is true, of course, but the nationalist is utilized to the erstwhile president misrepresenting his successor’s programs (and his own.) The world is that President Donald Trump is attempting to sphere Social Security, which is dilatory going bankrupt; ignoring world and doing zero to hole our entitlements programs was lone 1 of galore Biden lapses.

Former U.S. President Joe Biden gestures during a code astatine the Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled league successful Chicago connected April 15, 2025.

That wasn’t the lone falsehood uttered by the erstwhile president. He besides said, "They privation to marque imperishable the 2017 taxation cuts, which overwhelmingly benefits the wealthiest Americans and the biggest corporations."

This connection is wholly false, and Biden indispensable cognize it.  A caller survey has been released, based connected IRS data, showing the existent interaction of Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). This is important, since Congress is hard astatine enactment connected a caller reconciliation measure that volition widen those taxation changes, and possibly adhd further sweeteners, similar nary taxes connected tips, for working-class Americans.

The study, authored by Justin Haskins for the Heartland Institute, concluded that "every income bracket received a taxation chopped due to the fact that of the TCJA, but the taxpayers who received the biggest cuts, successful presumption of percent saved, went to those who earned little than $75,000." The survey shows that the mean filer, making betwixt $40,000 and $50,000, paid astir 19% little successful taxes successful 2022 than they did successful 2017.  

Wealthy filers did not fare arsenic well. People making betwixt $5 cardinal and $10 cardinal paid 2.3% little implicit the aforesaid period. As Haskins notes, "So overmuch for the "billionaire taxation cut" narrative."

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The savings person been important for middle-class families. Americans earning betwixt $50,000 and $75,000 saved much than $4,500 connected mean betwixt 2018 and 2022 due to the fact that of the 2017 taxation revisions; those earning betwixt $75,000 and $100,000 saved $5,923. 

Overall, the 2017 TCJA made our taxation strategy much – not less- progressive, thing Republicans person argued for immoderate time. In different words, the wealthy’s stock of the full taxation load accrued due to the fact that of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, contrary to Democrats' arguments. For the left, taxation cuts are instantly suspect, since they hamper their ambitions to turn the national government.

In his Chicago address, Biden had the temerity to pass that the GOP volition money little taxes by "running up the nationalist debt," an ironic caution from Biden, who added much to the indebtedness than immoderate president successful history. At slightest Trump won’t beryllium borrowing wealth to money lease payments connected bare bureau buildings oregon DEI programs astatine authorities agencies. 

In his Chicago speech, Biden besides reminisced that helium learned astir segregation from seeing "colored kids" spell by connected a autobus erstwhile helium was successful 4th grade, different embarrassment. 

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Biden’s lone different caller nationalist outing was to sojourn Harvard, for a closed-door league with students. Reports indicated the 82-year-old confused Iraq with Ukraine and past spilled his crystal cream. Fortunately, a erstwhile aide, Mike Donilon, was determination to cleanable up. 

Outings similar these person Democrats hoping that Biden volition enactment retired of the nationalist oculus -- and who tin blasted them? Every clip Biden speaks, voters are reminded of the Big Lie – the coverup of the erstwhile president’s declining intelligence acuity. The Biden presidency was 1 of the worst frauds perpetrated connected the American nationalist successful our history. It is inactive unclear who really ran the authorities implicit the past 4 years. 

The full Democratic Party (and their allies successful the wide media) has been tarnished by their information successful that pretense, which whitethorn beryllium 1 crushed their support ratings are truthful dismal. A caller Gallup canvass finds assurance successful Democratic Congressional enactment astatine an all-time debased of 25%; that compares with 39% assurance successful GOP leadership. A CNN canvass from past period shows Democrats’ wide support standing besides hitting grounds lows. 

Unfortunately, Biden wants to gain immoderate money, and raking successful $300,000 per code is 1 mode to bash that. Though determination evidently person not been galore takers, Biden volition apt proceed to amusement up. That volition adhd to Democrats’ angst and whitethorn propulsion them to undertake little subtle encouragements.

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The DNC posted an Easter greeting connected X that included photos of 4 erstwhile presidents and their families but omitted Biden. That stings. 

Will it person Biden to exit the nationalist arena? Doubtful. After all, he’s truthful retired of interaction with world that helium inactive thinks helium could person beaten Donald Trump.

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