Michael Whatley, the current chair of the Republican National Committee, appeared on Fox News late last week to summarize what he sees as the foundational question of the 2024 presidential race: "The American voters are going to go vote based on whether they are better off today than they were four years ago." Four years ago, thousands of Americans were dying each day of Covid-19; more than 20 million Americans were unemployed; also, the country was in the grip of a violent crime wave, with murders soaring.
After all, four years ago, thousands of Americans were dying each day of Covid-19. Soaring deaths aside, four years ago more than 20 million Americans were unemployed; Trump left office with the worst job record of any president since Herbert Hoover. Also, the country was in the grip of a violent crime wave, with murders soaring. Today, by contrast, we've just experienced the longest stretch of unemployment below 4 percent since the 1960s, and the violent crime wave - Trump didn't cause it, but it did happen on his watch - has been rapidly receding.Well, since MAGA thinks that they live on Earth II, they invent their own reality so they can cling to their victimhood status of blaming the more successful for their own abject and humiliating failure.
- Paul Krugman
The nation's uninsured rate improved under Biden. The supply-chain challenges improved under Biden. The cost of many prescription drugs improved under Biden. Infrastructure investments improved under Biden. The budget deficit improved under Biden. The U.S. murder rate improved under Biden.
The United States' global standing improved dramatically after Biden replaced Trump in the White House.
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