Eric Boehlert: Biden's already "uniting" the country -- his agenda is wildly popular

[babylonsister]

https://pressrun.media/p/bidens-already-uniting-the-country

Biden's already "uniting" the country — his agenda is wildly popular
From Covid to climate change
Eric Boehlert
48 min ago


As Democrats maneuver to pass a $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill to rescue the U.S. economy, journalists are using the fact that most Republicans oppose the emergency legislation to to raise doubts about President Joe Biden's ability to "unify" the country. Instead of marveling at the fact that the GOP stands poised to reject a bill that is wildly popular with voters and would send generous payments to tens of millions of American families, the press keeps its focus on Democrats, while missing the larger story.

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That GOP partisanship has only hardened today. Yet the press' focus remains fixed on how Democrats can achieve two-party cooperation in the name of unifying the country.

Biden's already doing that. He began his presidency 25 points more popular than Trump, and then began signing a flurry of executive orders designed to eradicate his predecessor's most divisive policies. While Republicans whined about the moves not "uniting" the country, polling show that many of Biden's executive orders enjoy overwhelming public support. They include banning workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation (83 percent support), requiring masks be worn on federal property (75 percent), overturning the ban on transgender being able to serve in the military (71 percent), restarting the federal DACA program to protect undocumented "Dreamer" children (65 percent) rejoining the World Health Organization (62 percent), and rejoining the Paris climate according (59 percent).

The list goes on and on as Biden forges a path with policy markers that unify the country.

That includes the proposed Covid relief bill. Depicted in the press as being a deeply partisan and divisive issue, simply because the Republican Party stands opposed to the Democratic legislation, the bill enjoys sweeping support nationwide. Nearly 80 percent of Americans support sending $1,400 checks, 79 percent support federal support for state and local governments and 73 percent are in favor of extending unemployment benefits. Even among Republican voters, the Democrats' $1.9 trillion relief bill gets higher approval marks than does Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Politically, the bill represents a home run for Democrats, but the Associated Press depicts it as a "dilemma" for them because Republicans oppose it. (Why isn't it a "dilemma" for the GOP?) And The Wall Street Journal stressed that Biden faced a "big decision" whether to pass the bill even if all Republicans objected. (Spoiler: He does not.)

Meanwhile, Biden continues to garner high marks for his leadership on fighting the pandemic, the most pressing issue facing the country.

Biden is already helping to unify the country, even if Republicans and the press don’t want to acknowledge it.

[tanyev]

1. K&R

[ariadne0614]

2. He's on the Stephanie Miller Show right now. n/t

[llashram]

3. Created sensationalism and drama

by MSM garner profit from advertisers...they are shameless. A bad useless, grifting potus, 4 year Hall pass.

30 days into this Democratic administration start the homeroom punishment for a POTUS really trying to help ALL American citizens that need it. I read somewhere that most owners in MSM are fascist leaning. This makes me wonder if that's not the truth?

[CaptYossarian]

4. Why can't we unite Congress too?

Screw the "aisle". Both chambers should assign places in alphabetical order. That would force folks from both parties to at least speak to other ideologies once in a while.

"How are thekids?" and "Where are you going for lunch?" (Just don't tell MTG) would be a start. It might even catch on with C-SPAN viewers at home when they see cooperation.

We're opponents, not enemies or adversaries. Remember McCain-Feingold?

I'll still rally against GOP policy and bigotry, but we all need to see each other as Americans first.

[trueblue2007]

5. BECAUSE there are toooooooo many horrible GOPigs in Senate and House. EVIL Anti-Christ Types

[CaptYossarian]

6. Yeah, I get that...

but since Trump has been banned from all forms of social media, can't the GOP keep voting secretly (like with the Cheney and MTG decisions) and then won't have to out-crazy each other?

It was just a few innocent decades ago when I thought guys like Bob Dole were crazy, but today they'd be moderate Democrats. With new QAnon members of Congress in their party and losing control of two branches, the GOP needs to take a look at their future electibility chances. They need to take their next "autopsy" seriously and head more toward the middle.

Nobody can cheat forever and they can't win without cheating.

Between having a new GOP autopsy and sitting reps alphabetically, we might unite the government in our lifetime. It would help if the schools would teach civics again and let the goofballs and dregs understand the importance of living in a democracy.

[Tommymac]

7. Methinks the 1% have shat their drawers.

Thus the horrendous anti-99% spin the MSM is giving to it's 'reporting'.

Who'da thunk it. (Spoiler: We The People.)

Which side are YOU on?

[DeminPennswoods]

8. Dr Suess' "The Zax" always comes to

mind when Dems are harrangued for not getting Rs to sign on to popular legislations.

The Zax stubbornly refused to move one way or the other while progress went on all around them leaving them to continue their stand-off forever.