Biden: 'I'm not sure' passing Build Back Better agenda would've changed Virginia election

[brooklynite]

Politico

President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Democrats should have passed his Build Back Better agenda before the party’s Election Day defeat in Virginia, though he added that he’s not sure it would have changed the results given what Americans are facing.

In his first remarks since Republican Glenn Youngkin was declared the governor-elect of Virginia, Biden pointed to external factors weighing down voters like the lingering Covid pandemic and economic uncertainty.

“People need a little breathing room. They’re overwhelmed. And what happened was I think we have to just produce results for them to change their standard of living and give them a little more breathing room,” Biden said at the White House after an address on Covid vaccines and kids.

The president refrained from saying he takes some responsibility for former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s loss on Tuesday, but did state that his infrastructure and social spending plan should already be through Congress.

[leftstreet]

1. $2k stimulus checks would help with the breathing room n/t

[doc03]

2. The infrastructure plan could have passed months

ago.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. lol whaaaat

[LakeArenal]

4. I love ya Joe....Pass SOMETHING.

Maybe if we didn’t look so weak it might have impressed some voters.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. He's right, of course.

We lost Virginia because McAuliffe told parents there they should have no say in what their students are taught.