President Biden was criticized on Sunday on social media after he used an adage he often uses when expressing his optimism about the future of the United States.
Biden, who used the phrase “my word as Biden” several times before and after pledging his audience and voters to give him credibility, said he had “never been more optimistic” about the United States, at Twitter users were encouraged to joke. the veracity of his views and cited multiple crises during his administration.
Republican National Committee deputy communications director Nathan Brand and rapid response director Tommy Pigott both targeted Biden for his tweets, noting many scandals in Biden’s time.
“The border is open, real wages are down, energy costs are sky high, the Taliban rule Afghanistan, and the cartels are making billions smuggling fentanyl,” tweeted Pigott. “There is reason to be “hopeful” though – we have to [House GOP] majority working to hold Biden accountable.”
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United States President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he and first lady Jill Biden leave the White House and walk to Marine One on the South Lawn on December 27, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Bidens are spending the New Year’s holiday in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands.
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Other Twitter users called Biden’s “word” “meaningless,” a “lie,” and said Americans are “written.”
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In 2020 and 2021, Biden repeatedly gave his “word as Biden” that Americans making less than $400K a year would not pay another penny in higher taxes and that it was “to take those who the crop to pay their taxes. .”
However, FOX Business reported last summer that the vast majority of Americans would pay more in taxes as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed by President Biden in August. A non-partisan analysis by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) said at the time that in 2023, the year the legislation would increase tax revenue the most, individuals making less than $10,000 a year would pay 3.1 % more in taxes than those making between $20,000. -30,000 per year would see a tax increase of 1.1%.
Despite President Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act in August, inflation is expected to return to a 40-year high for September.
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“The more impartial experts analyze this bill, the more we see that Democrats are trying to sell the American people a bill of goods,” said Senate Finance Committee ranking member Mike Crapo, R- Idaho, in a statement last year. “Nonpartisan analysts are confirming that this bill raises taxes on the middle class and produces no significant deficit reduction when gimmicks are removed and the total cost is accounted for.”
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Biden recently sent out a similar message on the two-year anniversary of his inauguration about his optimism, saying, “Two years in, and I’ve never been more optimistic about America’s future,” which also prompted pushback from Twitter users.
Biden’s optimistic view of America’s future comes as his public approval rating remains near the lowest level of his presidency, with only 40% approving of his performance, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Fox News’ Thomas Catenacci and Lawrence Richard contributed reporting.
