Jeremiah Johnson for New York Daily News: Give Biden credit for going big

Left-wing pundits have created a narrative around Biden’s presidency — small-time actions, disappointment and betrayals. The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur calls Biden a “corporate Democrat” and claims that the Build Back Better bill is “trash” that contains “nothing for progressives.” Some progressive groups claim that the bipartisan infrastructure bill “makes things worse,” compared to doing nothing. This is a long-running theme with left-wing criticism. Progressive darling Nina Turner compared Donald Trump to eating a bowl of excrement, then compared Biden to eating half a bowl — as though the two were remotely comparable. These critics paint Biden as unwilling to take bold actions, to break from Trump or to go big. 

These criticisms are fundamentally wrong. Far from playing small ball, Joe Biden is having one of the most impressive and transformative first years of any president in generations. Biden deserves far more credit for going big and getting things done. 

Give Biden credit for going big
by PPI Center for New Liberalism
Policy Director Jeremiah Johnson
for New York Daily News

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