Every three months or so, Joe Biden awakes from his slumber and does a “press conference.” The infrequency of the events is only topped by the absurdity of how they always play out. Pre-selected journalists are called and the president arrives with a book to hand, rarely gets a difficult question, and he moves on.
Today’s “press conference” was no different. Biden spent several minutes extolling his supposed achievements, sharing false stats, and laughing at Americans about the failings of his first full year in office.
Here’s a bit of what that sounded like.
Biden: “For the first time in a long time, this country’s working people actually got a raise.”
It is false. It is a process of reducing wage gains. pic.twitter.com/oCcTztg2Gx
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 19, 2022
Let me just say that asserting that “this country’s working people” got a raise would be ridiculously misleading, even if it were true that real wages were up. Did you get a raise? Because I didn’t get a raise, and I’m pretty sure I’m a working person.
The reality is that while wages are up, that’s mostly because service jobs are seeing higher starting pay to fill vacancies. That cashier at Mcdonald’s is getting hired on at $12 an hour instead of $9 an hour. That’s all well and good, but that doesn’t mean all the rest of us got raises as Biden asserts. Then there’s the issue of inflation, which has outstripped wage growth dramatically. The bottom line is that the vast majority of American workers haven’t received a pay raise. Rather, they are poorer now than they were a year ago, thanks to Biden’s disastrous policies.
The president also bragged about his now stagnating job growth, once again failing to mention that these aren’t “new jobs” being created. Still far below pre-pandemic peak employment, a blind monkey could easily have overtaken the recent job growth. When the government crushes the economy, there’s only one direction for it to go once restrictions are lifted. That’s not an accomplishment, and things would be far worse if red states weren’t out there bolstering the numbers by defying the administration’s guidelines.
The tongue bath started after Biden’s prepared remarks were over. While the press corps is usually pretty shameless in the regular briefings with Jen Psaki, things go to another level when it’s Joe Biden at the podium. The president was open to using these opportunities to promote more division and deceit.
REPORTER: If the voter bill doesn’t pass, will the midterm elections still be free and fair?
BIDEN: “It depends on whether or not we’ll be able to make the case to the American people that some of this is being set up to try to alter the outcome of the election.” pic.twitter.com/COCp5RSfXB
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 19, 2022
Biden claims that any future election “could easily be illegal.”
It is possible that it will not be legalized. It is because we are unable to pass these reforms that the likelihood of it becoming illegitimate has increased. pic.twitter.com/DF0iOXX2jl
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 19, 2022
It’s been said before, but it’s always worth repeating: This kind of preemptive delegitimization of the coming election is dangerous and gross. It also happens to be wildly hypocritical, given that we’ve just spent the last year being told by this very White House that there was no worse sin than questioning the legitimacy of an election.
Yet, here we are with Biden once again pushing the idea that people’s votes won’t be counted and that voters will be suppressed. He has absolutely no proof of this. Even the most controversial voting reform bills increase access to levels that are higher than pre-pandemic. Democrats are aware that they will be waxed within 10 months, and have begun to construct a story about how the election was stolen.
Later, when Biden was asked about his comparison of Republicans to George Wallace and Bull Connor, he erupted in anger before peeing on America’s collective leg and insisting it was raining.
Joe Biden LOSES it @PhilipWegmannWhen asked his past comments about Republicans being racist, he answered “Yes,” pic.twitter.com/32GBclSl8d
— MRCTV (@mrctv) January 19, 2022
I know this man is senile, but you’d think he’d be sentient enough to understand that when you accuse someone of being on the side of George Wallace, you are making a direct comparison, equating that person to a racist. That was Biden’s intent no matter how much he tries to whitewash his prior, disgusting comments.
One of his handlers could also tell him to quit trying to make fun of reporters who only ask the most basic questions. He tried to make the accusation that Biden didn’t know how to read. This faux tough-guy bravado only comes off as weak and pathetic.
The president also made some rather disturbing comments about Russia invading Ukraine, among several other absolutely inane moments, but I just can’t cover everything in one article. Regardless, what we saw today wasn’t surprising. Biden remains the same cowardly, vindictive creep he’s always been. Now, he’ll retreat for another three months or so while the rest of the country suffers under his asininity.
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