Progressive Democrats are frustrated with President Biden's lame-duck response as President-elect Donald Trump dominates the news cycle with Cabinet nominations and meetings with world leaders.
Mr. Biden has been relatively quiet in the weeks since Mr. Trump was reelected, allowing Mr. Trump to steal the spotlight with several high-profile events. Mr. Biden had his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, attend the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, giving Mr. Trump the opportunity to greet French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in front of cameras. Ta.
“This is one of the most lame duck situations we've seen in a Democratic administration,” Osama Andrabi, a spokesman for the progressive group Justice Democrats, told the Wall Street Journal. “It's a huge missed opportunity.”
Democrats also feel that Biden and the White House have not been critical enough of President Trump's Cabinet nominees. President Trump has already withdrawn one candidate, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), and Trump's defense secretary nominee, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, has also drawn criticism. .
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Washington Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee told the Journal: “We need to step up and do more. We need to speak out and speak out against these candidates who are nothing short of a disaster.” Ta.
“Most voters don't know who Kash Patel is, and they don't even know who Matt Gaetz or Tulsi Gabbard are,” progressive Democratic strategist Waleed Shahid told the outlet. “But if President Biden talks about them, more Americans will know…The only way to win high-profile wars is to go to voters and explain them, and President Biden has consistently I have been avoiding it.”
French President Emmanuel Macron (right) welcomes and shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump before a meeting at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on December 7, 2024. (Mustafa Yalcin)
However, the White House pushed back on the criticism, insisting that Biden was busy traveling abroad.
“President Biden is seizing every day of this term to accelerate implementation of an unprecedented agenda that will benefit generations of hardworking Americans,” White House Press Secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement. ” he told the Journal.
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Top Democratic governors have been far more vocal in criticizing the incoming administration. Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared an effort to make California “against Trump.” Part of that plan includes spending $25 million on a potential legal battle with the Trump administration.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has vowed to make California “anti-Trump” before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy also said he was ready to “fight like hell” against the Trump administration, but acknowledged the need to build a working relationship with the White House.
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“When your values are being attacked, when communities and people who don't deserve it are being attacked, you have to fight like hell,” Murphy said. “And here you have to relate to the guy.”
