Joe Biden delivers a speech to a Joint Session of Congress, April 28, 2021.
As a friend said during a lunch date Wednesday, “Why is anyone surprised that Biden is doing exactly what we all told them he would do if he won the election?” The only thing somewhat surprising is the speed at which he’s enacting his (or Jill’s, or Kamala’s) totalitarian agenda.
Since many of the individual pieces of the Democrat party’s wet dream wish list of brutal legislation can’t pass on their own (specifically, PRO Act). The Hologram’s decided to roll them into a massive “infrastructure” bill. That bill faces a tough road in the House, where Dems can only lose two votes and still pass a bill without GOP support – making both extremists like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and centrists in swing districts extremely powerful. Its status in the Senate, should it get there, is also on extremely shaky ground thanks to “moderates” like Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen Kyrsten
President Joe Biden gives remarks to Congress Wednesday evening as he prepares to mark 100 days in office
President Joe Biden gave his first speech to a Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday night. As a Democrat, there were many things I liked about his speech. In addition to the president’s temperament and his soft-spoken delivery, it was refreshing to hear someone who had the bravery to describe white supremacy as what it really is domestic terrorism and to let the trans youth in the LGBTQ community know that he has his back.
It was also refreshing to hear a president praise the other political party, Republicans, for legislation they are putting forth on areas where he felt there could be bipartisan support; and for two people to be seated behind the president who were both women. Yes, it took 245 years to get here, but it happened.
President Joe Biden, flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, addresses about 200 lawmakers Wednesday night in a streamlined joint session of Congress at the Capitol. (Photo: Melina Mara/Pool/AFP /Getty Images)
President Joe Biden delivered his first address to a joint session of a downsized Congress on Wednesday night, nearly 100 days into his presidency.
Biden spoke to only 200 masked lawmakers in the spacious House chamber, even though most, if not all, members of Congress have been vaccinated for COVID-19 and federal health guidelines don’t require such masking and distancing precautions.
The president fist-bumped senators and representatives on his way to the podium, where he delivered his address as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sat behind him, keeping their masks on.
My fellow Americans.
While the setting tonight is familiar, this gathering is very different – a reminder of the extraordinary times we are in.
Throughout our history, Presidents have come to this chamber to speak to the Congress, to the nation, and to the world.
To declare war. To celebrate peace. To announce new plans and possibilities.
Tonight, I come to talk about crisis and opportunity.
About rebuilding our nation and revitalizing our democracy.
And winning the future for America.
As I stand here tonight just one day shy of the 100th day of my administration.
100 days since I took the oath of office, lifted my hand off our family Bible, and inherited a nation in crisis.
President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress inside the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington April 28, 2021. Also pictured are Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. (CNS photo/Melina Mara, Pool via Reuters)
In his first speech to Congress, on April 28, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. heralded the country’s progress against the Covid-19 pandemic during his first 100 days in office, declaring, “America is on the move again.” Mr. Biden unveiled a bold economic agenda and called for expansive investments in children and families, infrastructure and education, to ensure the United States “wins the future.”