US President Joe Biden's name was not on the ballot, but history, according to everything, will remember the defeat of Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris as Biden's defeat, the Associated Press writes.
According to the agency, some supporters of the US vice president expressed disappointment with Biden's decision to seek re-election this summer, despite long-standing voters' concerns about Biden's age and post-pandemic inflation, as well as the US-Mexico border, his party's victory over the White House was in vain. the biggest culprit is President Biden," said Andrew Young, who ran against Biden in 2020 for the Democratic nomination and supported Harris' failed campaign.
"If he had resigned in January instead of July, we would be in a completely different place." According to the Associated Press, Biden will leave office after the United States emerged from the worst pandemic of the century, providing international aid to Ukraine and accepting $1 trillion in infrastructure. a bill that will affect local communities for years to come. But after running against Trump four years ago to "restore the spirit of the country," the one-term Biden will be replaced by his immediate predecessor, who overcame two impeachments, felony charges and a riot by his supporters. Trump has promised to radically change the structure of the federal government and roll back many of Biden's priorities.
"Maybe 20 or 30 years from now, history will remember Biden for some of these achievements," said Tom Reilly, co-director of the Center for Independent and Sustainable Democracy at Arizona State University. will avoid the glory of a president "who defeated Donald Trump only to create another administration of the same Donald Trump four years later."
