Biden spent the last several months weathering the blame for an anticipated rebuke from voters – but instead found vindication
attempting to protect access to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June.
In his last major pre-election speech, Biden warned that electing candidates who denied the results of the 2020 election and wouldn’t commit to accepting the results in 2022 was a “path to chaos”. The most high-profile of such candidates lost, while abortion helped propel Democrats in states where the right was under threat.
“Ironically, he probably would have gotten more credit if he had done fewer things,” said Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster who has worked for Biden. Republicans have found much attack in Biden’s rich record, blaming his spending policies for exacerbating inflation. They have also threatened to use theirto investigate the Afghanistan withdrawal, aspects of his Covid response and his administration’s handling of the US-Mexico border.
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