Biden Is Ready To Help You Understand How Great Things Are – The Federalist

If things dont seem quite right, if your future looks bleak or your financial situation feels vulnerable, dont worry. President Joe Biden is about to explain to you that because of him, youre actually doing fine, thriving even, and once youve heard from him, youll understand just how good your life is.

As we witness the coronavirus spreading at a rate exponentially higher than it ever did under Bidens predecessor and as shoppers take out a second mortgage to buy bread and milk, Biden hosted his first press conference of the year to let you know that what youre seeing and what youre reading isnt whats happening.

Noting just how miserable everything under Biden is, an Associated Press reporter asked the president if he had overpromise[d] on what he told voters he would do and how he would course-correct going forward.

Biden replied not that hes going to make any policy changes or reversals, but that he needs to do a better job of explaining how much better life is for you since he was elected.

Look, I didnt overpromise, but I have probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen, he said. (Yes, he said that.) He went on to say, What I have to do, and the change in tactic, if you will: I have to make clear to the American people what we are for. Weve passed a lot. Weve passed a lot of things that people dont even understand whats all thats in it, understandably.

And so, Biden said, he will soon be out on the road a lot, making the case around the country, that things are solid.

Youre stuck wondering if youll ever be able to travel worry-free internationally again, or if your current budget plan is sustainable with record inflation? You just dont understand how great this is! Hold on, Biden is on the way to help you understand why youre wrong and should in fact be ecstatic with his performance.

Biden also said its the bottom line on COVID-19 that we are in a better place than weve been and have been thus far, clearly better than a year ago.

Thats interesting. Heres the latest from The New York Times COVID summary report: The Omicron variant has pushed the countrys daily case reports to record levels, with more than 800,000 new infections being reported each day; [a]bout 150,000 coronavirus patients are hospitalized nationwide, more than at any previous point in the pandemic; and, [a]round 1,900 deaths are being announced each day, a 50 percent increase over the last two weeks.

Biden talked for two hours, a reflection of the apparent belief at the White House that their biggest problem is that they havent been speaking enough, that they should have been explaining all along what good shape youre in.

Ahead of the conference, CNN correspondent Phil Mattingly dutifully reported that one Democratic lawmaker saw the event as an opportunity to start to reclaim the narrative.

Earlier in the day, The Washington Post had a story chock-full of quotes from White House officials eager to help you understand things that you apparently arent yet grasping.

We have a lot of work left to do, but weve had a very productive year, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed told the paper. The White House has done a very good job of helping the president carry out the agenda he ran on. So I think that the strategy for the year ahead is the same formula we followed for the past year, which is keep working, keep getting things done, keep moving the ball downfield.

Deputy White House Chief of Staff Jen OMalley Dillon said, Its important to take stock of where weve come, because theres a really strong story to be told about whats happened in this administration over the last year.

Communications Director Kate Bedingfield assured voters that Biden is doing everything in his power to make their lives better, and, Were going continue to make progress.

See there. Dont you feel better?

Its still almost three years away, but even with all that reassurance that things are looking pretty good, Bidens chances for reelection arent as rosy. An Associated Press survey out Thursday showed less than 30 percent of the public wants him to run again in 2024. Not even a majority of Democrats said they want him to run. But thats probably because they havent yet seen him explain how nice life is at the moment.

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