Biden Outside Group Goes All In on Latino Voters to Sell COVID-19 Rescue Package
On 4/26/21 at 6:00 AM EDT
Eleven years ago, as Barack Obama approached the podium to announce the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which would become the landmark legislation of his presidency, Vice President Joe Biden clasped his arm, pulled him close, and whispered, This is a big f ing deal.
The blunt aside was captured by hot mics at the press conference.
Fast forward 11 years, and most Democrats, including Joe Biden, agree that the White House failed to sell the American public on why Obamacare was actually a big deal, leaving room for Republicans to define the law in their own terms, and setting the stage for a wipeout of the Democrats in the midterm elections that fall.