Joe Biden for President

Because of Biden, America is stronger, healthier, safer, more prosperous, and fairer. He's earned a second term. It's time to say it out loud.

Instead of focusing on the reasons why Joe Biden doesn’t get credit for his accomplishments, start giving him the credit he deserves. Tell everyone about the great job he has done.

Biden has been a terrific and impactful leader. He ended the pandemic, cut inflation, lowered medical costs, created millions of new jobs, revitalized American manufacturing, strengthened our alliances, stood up to Russian aggression, and kept the most dangerous regional wars from expanding into global catastrophes. If a Republican did any one of these things, their side would be calling for a Nobel Prize, renaming airports to honor their guy, and signing contracts to add his face to Mount Rushmore.

Biden has done things no Republican would ever do. He actually passed and signed an infrastructure bill. He is fighting to protect reproductive rights. He has strengthened unions and taken on corporate power. He has protected marriage for LGBTQ and interracial couples. He put Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Supreme Court and has continued to nominate qualified jurists from all backgrounds to the federal bench. He signed meaningful gun violence reduction legislation. He has delivered on a stunning climate and environmental justice agenda.

America is stronger, fairer, and more prosperous because of his presidency. Our economy is growing. We’ve added nearly 11 million new jobs. Wages are increasing. Inflation is coming down. Americans are paying less for health insurance and more have coverage.

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Saying Joe Biden has done a great job is not the same as saying America has overcome its challenges. The middle class still suffers from decades of trickle-down economic policies. The multi-billion-dollar dark money campaign led by Leonard Leo to corrupt the judiciary has badly eroded our freedoms. The GOP’s embrace of Christian Nationalism has undermined both the message of the Gospels and our democracy.

Only soundly defeating the MAGA GOP will face down these challenges. Then, imagine what Mr. Biden can do with a strong Democratic majority. In addition to further progress on the kinds of accomplishments we’ve already seen, there will be a new effort to make our government more responsive and less corrupt: action on voting rights, campaign finance, and gerrymandering will be back on the table, and Congress will act to correct egregiously decided Supreme Court cases, from Citizens United to Dobbs.

It is not necessary to spend too much time pointing out that instead this future, Mr. Trump promises concentration camps, a politicized government of apparatchiks who will follow orders to arrest political opponents, and the suspension of constitutional order. And it is not productive to focus on the gap between Joe’s real accomplishments and the coverage he gets. Instead, loudly, proudly, say what you know: America is far better off because of Joe Biden’s first term in office. He is moving the country in the right direction, and we need to give him another four years to finish the job.