Biden thus far

Matthew Fraser
Opinions Editor

 

oD oseph Robinette Biden Jr. has been the president of the United States for about 60 days now.
7 After decades in the senate, eight years as vice-president, and an election contested often by
—_ Republicans, Biden can now add “president” to his list of accomplishments. Though his predecessor
i. is unlikely to fade into the population and content himself with a library or a couple hospitals, Biden
has managed to put him largely in the past and move forward with his agenda. In many ways (due
A in no small part to a Twitter ban) the general population has been able to do so as well; as the great
a Sharon Jones once sang: “I’ve got better things to do than remember you.”
OO Before | dive into the criticisms, it is worth first noting that Biden has managed to do a few good

O things within his first 60 days; unfortunately, some of those things come with an asterisk.
Though the actual vaccine was created before Joe Biden took office, he greatly
increased distribution and has managed to make good on his promise to

C vaccinate 100 million people in 100 days—and beat his deadline
Ap, by 42 days. With vaccine skepticism being widespread, this
has been a huge accomplishment. Biden also wasted
O no time in attacking the argued climate failures

fh Ch of his predecessor. Within days, Biden
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Old and axe the Keystone XL pipeline

Sky project. Despite Senator Ted

Cruz’s criticisms that Biden
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