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Good riddance, Joe Biden
Mike Hayes
Jan. 26, 2025 6:00 am
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Goodbye and good riddance to Joe Biden. He will go down as the worst president in my lifetime, and I lived through Jimmy Carter’s term in office.
One of the first things Biden did when he came in to office was to open the border to drug smugglers, human traffickers, gangs and possible terrorists. He named the feckless Alejandro Mayorkas as head of Homeland Security and Kamala Harris as ‘Border Czar.’
Despite being warned that two spending bills would spur inflation, he pushed for them anyway. Inflation hit a high of 9.1% in June of 2022, with a corresponding increase in the price of almost everything. Inflation has now decreased to under 3% but it doesn’t matter. Higher prices remain.
Mumbling, stumbling and wandering off stages, the world recognized Biden as weak. How else can you explain Russia having the nerve to invade Ukraine and the Hamas attacking Israel?
What made matters worse was the main stream media covered up his senility saying he was as sharp as ever. This might have been what Jill Biden was pushing, but those who interacted with him had to know differently. They covered it up.
Biden’s disregard for the American people was in full display during his recent ‘farewell’ speech. As he chastised the new oligarchy for not paying their fair share of taxes, off camera sat his dumpster fire of a son, Hunter, who Biden recently pardoned for the crime of (wait for it) not paying his taxes. Goodbye and good riddance, Joe Biden.
Mike Hayes
Marion
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