In Speech, Biden Can’t Scapegoat His Way Out of Inflation

Even when Democrats had 60 votes in early 2009, Biden blamed them for standing in the way of the utopia he claimed he’d deliver if only they rubber-stamped his plans.

President Biden in the Rose Garden at the White House May 9, 2022. AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta

President Biden’s inflation speech on Tuesday gives him another chance to grow in office. It’s no longer enough to quote President Truman in the opening line and spend the rest of the speech passing the buck down Pennsylvania Avenue.

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