Liz Peek: Progressive Dems hit Biden when he’s down

President Joe Biden desperately needs a win. He’s spent hours trying to convince the senses Joe Manchin, DW.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, to support his $ 3.5 trillion “social infrastructure” bill. Why didn’t he also transport progressive lawmakers to the Oval Office?

Why not sit down with Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., The leader of the uber-liberal caucus who has hampered progress on her bipartisan infrastructure bill? Why no late night calls to Bernie Sanders, the socialist from Vermont who is clearly the shadow president and who has resisted calls to cut Biden’s monster spending program?

We know why: it is useless. The progressive wing of his party is immune to persuasion; they are ideologues who, by a strange twist of fate, suddenly hold the reins of power in our the national capital.

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There’s a reason long-time retired Democratic congressman Barney Frank has often pilloried Sanders for his refusal to compromise, saying: “Bernie Sanders has been in Congress for 25 years with little things to show in terms of his accomplishments… ”

How did this centrist nation fall under the spell of an ultra-left group that admires communist regimes like Cuba, hates Israel – the only democracy in the Middle East and does not pay terrorists to kill their enemies – and wants to bring the cradle of Europe -a-serious social protection system to a country that has outperformed these sclerotic nations and offers unparalleled opportunities to all who are willing to work hard?

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You can thank the Democratic establishment, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., And former Black Congressional Caucus Chairman James Clyburn, DS.C., who struck a deal with the Progressive Devil. to choose Joe Biden as the presidential candidate. in 2020 but gave Bernie Sanders a seat – in fact, a throne – at the table.

You can thank Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., who doesn’t dare to confront progressives in his party, so afraid of inspiring a primary attack by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes, DN.Y . To imagine.

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And you can thank our liberal media, which helped elect Biden and spouted out “Squad” antics, never denouncing them for their vile ignorance and outrageous positions. Who are reluctant to challenge the progressives’ tendency to confuse big government statism with socialism or to question their absurd proclamations about the Israeli “occupation”. Glad to let AOC give up and say “I’m not the geopolitical expert” when she has no idea what she’s talking about.

Our country fights, not to grow or to provide jobs or opportunities, but to maintain those values ​​that have made the United States the envy of the world. We must remember the qualities that have made us strong: autonomy, independence, hard work and ambition. Values ​​that have no place in a progressive regime.

And now? Joe Biden bit more than he can chew and is now trying to swallow reality. His visit to Capitol Hill, which many commentators took to signal Democrats had made a deal, was a major failure. The bipartisan trillion dollar infrastructure bill, held hostage by progressives who insist they will not vote for it without securing a vote on their gigantic “social infrastructure” package is still standing. waiting; Biden’s embarrassing presence didn’t change anything.

Never has “My Path or the Freeway” been so apt for the uber-liberals of Biden’s party.

Never has “My Path or the Freeway” been so apt for the uber-liberals in Biden’s party.

Biden is said to be on the verge of “storming” the country, ready to sell to the public his Build Back Better program, which will likely cost more than $ 5,000 billion and which Democrats do not know how to fund.

This will not work, for four reasons. One is that Joe Biden’s approval ratings are plummeting like a pellet; he does not have the power (or the energy) of a popular president. Second, polls show voters no longer trust Joe Biden. It is important.

Third, the people he needs to convince, the so-called “moderates,” come from districts already skeptical of Biden’s massive spending ambitions. Voters rightly believe that the $ 5,000 billion already spent on COVID relief, to paraphrase Manchin, is enough.

Fourth and most importantly, time is against the President. Americans are already worried about inflation. Every day brings new reports of price increases, confirming these fears. Last week, the Commerce Department announced that the “core” PCE, the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, hit a 30-year high in August.

In fact, judging by corporate reports, inflation appears to be accelerating. When Dollar Tree announces that it will increase the prices of its traditional $ 1 voucher range to $ 1.25 or $ 1.50, it’s time to be careful.

Meanwhile, the more people find out what’s in the massive spending envelope, the more Democrats will have to stand up for freebies given to their special interest groups, like making union dues deductible or $ 50 million for. “grow and diversify the doula workforce”.

They will have to explain why couples earning up to $ 800,000 can get a rebate of $ 7,500 for the purchase of an electric car, or a rebate of $ 12,000 if the automobile is made in a union factory. When you explain, you lose.

Biden’s presidency will likely be a little brighter soon, thanks to Merck expected to deliver a useful drug to cure people with COVID-19. At the same time, cases of the virus are declining, which Biden will take credit for, although this appears to be the natural trajectory of the delta variant.

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Nonetheless, Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, the crushing of people entering the country illegally, and multiple foreign policy fiascos have left him gravely injured.

But failing to cross the finish line on a bipartisan infrastructure bill because progressives stand in the way is the ultimate humiliation for a president who has vowed to “work across the board.” alley “. Biden probably did not imagine that it would be his own party, and not the Republicans, that could torpedo his platform.

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