Varney: Biden tried to put a bold face on a year of failure
From inflation to vaccine mandates, Biden’s policies failed in his first year as president, Stuart Varney said
Stuart Varney: Biden’s division in his own party ‘messed up’ first year in office
FOX Business' Stuart Varney blasts Biden’s first-year failures and argues the Democrats ‘rejected’ the Build Back Better agenda.
FOX Business' Stuart Varney, during his latest "My Take" on "Varney & Co.," argued Biden attempted to put on a "bold face" for his long list of failures during his first year in office, from inflation to his Build Back Better agenda.
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STUART VARNEY: I’m going to sum up the president's news conference like this:
I'm making 'enormous progress,' I'm not going to change course. The Republicans block everything.
I'd call that combative defiance in the face of grim reality.
What is this ‘enormous progress?' Those were his words.
Joe Biden speaks to a crowd at the Atlanta University Center Consortium on January 11, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. ( Megan Varner/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Inflation: 1.6% when he took office – 7% now. I see no progress.
The border: 200,000 a month coming across, way up – no progress there.
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What? We're firing the unvaxxed because they won't get a jab that doesn't work and we might get testing kits, just as the omicron surge passes.
On every issue, he tried to put a bold face on a year of failure.
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So where does he want to take the country in his second year? What's next?
More of the same.
He's not pivoting. No change of course.
He's still pushing Build Back Better. He's still trying to cripple energy companies, and when he blamed Republicans for blocking everything, he lost touch with reality.
It was Democrats who killed voting reform. It was Democrats who rejected Build Back Better. It’s the division in his own party that helped mess up his first year!
However, there's one thing he can claim as a win: he lasted two hours without looking frail or losing focus, and that’s a good thing when Kamala Harris is waiting in the wings.